Today I successfully made (and canned!) my first batch of homemade spaghetti sauce -- from tomatoes I grew myself.
We put in 8 tomato plants at the start of the summer and they are just hitting full stride in yielding fruit. The recipe I'm using, from a friend of mine, only requires pureeing the tomatoes -- don't need to blanch -- so it's really easy. I've been pureeing batches as I get too many to eat and freezing the puree.
Each batch of sauce makes 4 to 5 quarts. Today I got 4 quarts, plus a little extra that I froze. Plus I've got 2 more quarts of puree waiting in the freezer -- I'll probably have enough for another batch of sauce by next weekend.
To go with the new sauce I also tried a new recipe for homemade italian meatballs. My husband is really picky on his meatballs and somehow I stumbled on exactly the right recipe! They were a big hit!
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