Happy first Friday of 2012! I’m still adjusting to the fact that the holidays are over, and the new year has arrived already. Where did the time go? While I’m still trying to figure out where the holidays went, I can say that I’ve had my fill of cookies and sweets. I didn’t make any crazy resolutions about…
I love to make fresh tomato sauce, but I do not enjoy peeling and seeding tomatoes… At all!
Last summer, I got a big bag of tomatoes (about 40 pounds) from a local farm stand and decided that I wanted to make sauce to freeze so that I would have it for the winter. Fortunately, my mom was kind enough to lend me her food mill so that I wouldn’t have to suffer through all of the dreaded peeling and seeding. I loved it and put it on my wish list immediately (and my mom was kind enough to get me a food mill for my birthday later in the year!).
I’ve been surprised that we’ve still been getting quite a few tomatoes from our CSA this late in the season. So, in case you are still seeing lots of tomatoes, I thought I’d share my quick tutorial on making tomato sauce with a food mill. It’s a huge time saver, and it works for me!
While walking through Pike Place Market in Seattle with Mardi and Kelly, we stumbled on an Italian market with a lovely selection of artisan pastas imported from Italy (along with a beautiful assortment of olive oils, Balsamic vinegars, and other things that I knew would weigh down my suitcase too much). I knew I would…
It’s time to bring the first month of the Kitchen Bootcamp challenge to a close! I’ve had a great time with this first challenge, and I hope you have enjoyed reading about my adventures as I work through The Professional Chef. I took on two sauces this month – a Simple Tomato Sauce and a…
This is an important post for me… Not just because it’s a great tomato sauce (which I think it is), but because it’s my very first self-produced video! Are you ready? I’ve been contemplating adding some cooking videos for a while, but never really had the motivation to actually do it. I mean, let’s be…
The best thing about slow cooker recipes is that I usually have leftovers. When I take the time to prepare a meal in my slow cooker, I always make sure to make a large batch so that I can use it later in the week or pop it into the freezer for a quick meal on…
A few weeks ago I heard someone mention putting pasta in a frittata (I think I was watching a cooking show on TV, but I can’t remember)… I was skeptical. I am one of those people who is picky about the textures of my food… So, I wasn’t sure about pasta with cooked eggs. However,…
