Gazpacho 12 Roma tomatoes 2 lg cucumbers, seeded 1 bell pepper 1/3 c red wine vinegar 1/3 c olive oil 2 T minced garlic 2 T lime juice 1 lg red onion 4 stalks celery 1 c fresh parsley 4 c tomato juice Chop to desired “chunkiness” in food processor. Makes 1 gallon, so you may have to run half the recipe through the food processor at a time, depending on the size of your mixing container. May reduce recipe, but it keeps well in the refrigerator for days. Eat cold.
Tomato Sauce Combine fresh tomatoes, shallots, garlic, tomato paste, vegetable broth, pepper, oregano, thyme, basil in water, cook for 20 minutes you can try this tomato sauce in your source of protein in night meal.
This is the simplest gazpacho I could think of. It happens to be really pretty with yellow tomatoes, but is just as easily made with red tomatoes (or red peppers, or both). You can add a bit of garlic or onion for some extra punch, but this is just simple and smooth and light as it is. Straining isn’t necessary if you like your soup with more texture, but in that case I would recommend peeling the tomatoes first. Mark an X in the bottom with a paring knife and drop them into boiling water…
Best homemade Marinara Sauce ever! For each 4 cups of fresh tomatoes cut in large chunks, add 1 (6 oz.) can tomato paste, 1 clove garlic sautéed together with 1/3 cup diced onion in olive oil, 1 tsp oregano, 1 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp black pepper, 4 tsp dried parsley, 1/2 cup white wine. I use a stick blender to blend all this together except onion and garlic. Pour into sautéed garlic and onion and simmer at least 30 minutes. So so delicious! Brown sugar to taste to sweeten it up if you would…
Cinfully Sweet Co: Pico de Gallo for Taco Bar-Grape Tomatoes cut in half, Diced red onion, 2 Jalapenos Diced, Chopped Cilantro and Juice from One Lime right before serving.
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We eat a lot of pizza here in our little house. Sometimes we buy it from the place down the street that makes pizzas so big they put Costco’s to shame. But most of the time we make it. Why? b…
