Spicy Sausage Pasta Sauce

 Well I am on a pasta sauce thing these past few days.  I made my basic pasta sauce from scratch and crumbled 3 of the spicy sausages that husband M had Barbecued.  It was so good, I just ate a serving without any pasta added.  

Pasta Meat Sauce from Scratch

I was very happy with this meal!  I have made pasta with meat sauce using my favourite jar sauce for years and years.  Go figure.

10 medium tomatoes

1 pound of ground meat

5 tbs unsalted butter

1 onion diced

5 cloves garlic minced

1 bay leaf 

1 tsp dried basil (or fresh leaves)

1 tsp dried oregano (or fresh leaves)=

1 tsp dried parsley

1 tsp white sugar

2 tbs olive oil

1/2 tsp red pepper flakes

1/2 tsp black pepper

1/2 tsp salt

Prepare the tomatoes by dunking for a minute in boiling water.  Remove and when cool enough, skin them.  I score the flesh into quarters and the skins peel right off.  It takes me 5 minutes.

Saute onions, garlic in olive oil and butter.  Add the meat and brown it.  Add the spices and herbs then add the tomatoes.  Simmer covered 45 min to 1 1/2 hours depending on your preference.  Mash the tomatoes with a masher occasionally.  

I cooked 3 cups of small shell pasta and added to the sauce for a delicious one pot meal.

Peeling tomato skins

 I enjoyed peeling tomato skins with the aim of making my own tomato sauce since fresh tomatoes are in season right now.  It seems that it might be a lot of trouble but I enjoyed the process!  Kind of like making bread, a good feeling.

Bring water to a boil, dunk the tomatoes in for a minute.  Allow them to cool enough that you can skin them.  I lightly scored the flesh into quarters and the skins came right off, it took about 5 minutes.

Why did it take me my whole life before trying this?

Three point seat belt and a good company

 A brief history of the seatbelt can be found in this link.

'In 1959, the Volvo engineer Nils Bohlin developed the modern three-point seat belt. Although the design was patented, the company decided the patent was to be left open, making it available to all vehicle manufacturers to use for free. '

Volvo is a great company to do this.

Friday Art -Fish

 Welcome to Friday Art.  I am showing a fish for Nicole's Friday Face Off and also linking to Gillena's Art For Fun Fridays.

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Cartoons and Caricatures and Coleslaw

 Well this would be my first Caricature and it is for Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date 'Cartoons and Caricatures' theme.  It is an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") in markers and coloured pencil.  Boris Johnson has been in the news lately my inspiration was from the newspaper.

I had half a cabbage to use up and decided to make some coleslaw using this simple recipe.   We enjoyed it.

Wednesday Memes

 

I got this Cinderella one from Martha.