You Say Tomato...Sauce

Ma's Tomato Sauce

This is a basic tomato sauce that we use over pasta or to make other yummy Italian sauces.  It is not the typical thick tomato sauce - it is a bit thinner and has chunks of tomato & garlic in it.

Ingredients:

4-6 cloves of fresh garlic, peeled and crushed
3 28-oz cans of whole, peeled Roma tomatoes
       or A LOT of fresh Roma tomatoes, blanched and peeled
Dried basil
Olive oil
Salt
Pepper

Instructions:

1) Heat 2-3 tablespoons of Olive oil in large pot over medium-low or medium heat.

2) When oil is ready, add the crushed garlic and sauté, continuously moving the bits around, until the garlic is light brown.  (Note: you do not want the oil too hot as it will burn the garlic.)

Yummm...garlic

Cesar Cookie Crunchies

Taste Tested by the Dog has received the first review of the

Cesar Cookie Crunchies dog treats. 

(Please note: I felt that giving only my review of the Cesar Canine Cuisine Cookie Crunchies could be misleading since the last time Cesar sent me samples they included the Softies treats...which I LOVE.  So, to provide an unbiased opinion I sent a sample package to several of our Official Taste Testers.)

Package received!

What to Do with My Latest Pineapple

My latest pineapple is almost ready for picking!!!  We love growing pineapple even though it takes forever to get fruit.



We usually just slice it up and eat it.

"...like a big pizza pie..."

That's amore!!

Ma's homemade pizza!

Some have asked how Ma makes homemade pizza so I decided to sneak you ALL the recipes.  Please note: the word RECIPES is plural because Ma sometimes cheats and doesn't make the dough (gasp!). If you are up to making your own dough - which can take a while - here is the recipe Ma uses.