Tuesday, April 20, 2010

What's Cooking Tomorrow

My son's back for the semester break and having him home means I do alot more cooking, not that I'm complaining at all, but daily it would be a battle of thinking of what's the menu going to be for the coming day?

My boy is not a fussy eater, he basically eats whatever that's put in front of him but the one dish that I would say that is his favourite is spaghetti. Now preparing a spaghetti dish is one of those dishes that I enjoy doing cause it's ready in a jiffy. Here you have a dish that's easy to make and cost next to nothing. Just add some garlic bread and a salad and we have a wholesome healthy meal.

Well, now you can guess what the menu going to be tomorrow.

While most of us make spaghetti sauce by opening a jar or can, preferring convenience to sweat and tears of homemade. Let me tell you that making Spaghetti Sauce from scratch is not only simple but also delicious. Here is a recipe that will not only impress your friends and family, as well as your taste buds.

Making spaghetti sauce from scratch means you experimenting with all the different kinds of ingredients to discover what mix of taste you prefer.

There a few steps to getting things done but have some patience and enjoy the finish.




Spaghetti Sauce

Ingredients
20 ripe fresh Tomatoes
1/4 cups of chopped onions
3 cloves of chopped garlic
2 tablespoon of basil
1 lb choped mushrooms
1 large chopped green pepper
2 bay leave
2 tablespon oregano
1/4 teaspoon of ground black pepper
grated Parmesan cheese
3 tablespoon on olive oil

Method:

Prepare the tomatoes:
In a big pot of boiling water, put tomatoes in a few at the time for about 45 seconds. Remove them and immediately plunge them into ice water. This process will make the skin come right off.
Now cut tomatoes into half and squeeze each one with clean finger to remove seeds, put aside to drain.
Put the drain tomatoes in a food processor and liquefy.

Heat olive oil in a large pot and add onions and garlic and stir till onions is soft and garlic is golden brown. Add muchrooms, green peppers and liquified tomatoes to the pot and cook for a few minutes. Now add spices and bring to a boil, cover and simmer until sauce is thick.

You have now made spaghetti sauce from scrath. Enjoy!

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