Luke: "Hey mom, I drew a picture of Miss Gibbs."
A.K.A. Livie
A.K.A. Livie
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Fresh
This is the Spaghetti Sauce Recipe. Courtesy of my friend Amy.
Authentic Italian Spaghetti sauce
1 1/4 hours/ 30 min prep
Serves 6
8 large fresh tomatoes, diced into small pieces (im thinking 12 romas?)
1 lb sausage
3/4 cup fresh basil, minced
8 cloves fresh garlic chopped/minced
1/2 cup chopped onions
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (I've never used red pepper flakes- might be too hot for the kids?)
Brown sausage, remove from pan. Leave approx 3 TBS of drippings in pan. Cook onion and garlic in drippings until tender. If not using meat, then cook garlic and onion in 1/4 cup olive oil. Add fresh tomatoes and cook until heated through (approx. 1 hour). Stir in basil, black pepper, crushed red pepper flakes and salt. Serve over cooked pasta and top with Parmesan cheese.
You have to make this. It's so good!!!!! I doubled the recipe and froze the sauce in large jars.
Authentic Italian Spaghetti sauce
1 1/4 hours/ 30 min prep
Serves 6
8 large fresh tomatoes, diced into small pieces (im thinking 12 romas?)
1 lb sausage
3/4 cup fresh basil, minced
8 cloves fresh garlic chopped/minced
1/2 cup chopped onions
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (I've never used red pepper flakes- might be too hot for the kids?)
Brown sausage, remove from pan. Leave approx 3 TBS of drippings in pan. Cook onion and garlic in drippings until tender. If not using meat, then cook garlic and onion in 1/4 cup olive oil. Add fresh tomatoes and cook until heated through (approx. 1 hour). Stir in basil, black pepper, crushed red pepper flakes and salt. Serve over cooked pasta and top with Parmesan cheese.
You have to make this. It's so good!!!!! I doubled the recipe and froze the sauce in large jars.
Canning
I've been obsessed with canning lately. It's takes way too long and it's very tedious work but there is something so satisfying about the whole process. I found this great website and recently have spent several hours in the kitchen canning and preserving.
40 pounds of tomatoes and 8 hours later I had 5 jars of spaghetti sauce and 20 something jars of tomatoes.
Fresh ingredients for a delicious spaghetti sauce.
Lot's and lot's and lot's of tomatoes.
Almost done. Just have to put them in their hot water bath.
This website has great recipes and ideas for FOOD in JARS.
I used this recipe for marmalade. Picked these up from a friends mom's tree...Organic right?
My favorite part of this process was cutting the peels into thin ribbons. They looked so pretty. I love pretty things.
Boiling with the piths and pips. Had to google both those words but now I know what they are!!!!
Will it set?
Yeah! I did it! It set and it tastes amazing!
Lot's and lot's and lot's of tomatoes.
Almost done. Just have to put them in their hot water bath.
This website has great recipes and ideas for FOOD in JARS.I used this recipe for marmalade. Picked these up from a friends mom's tree...Organic right?
My favorite part of this process was cutting the peels into thin ribbons. They looked so pretty. I love pretty things.
Boiling with the piths and pips. Had to google both those words but now I know what they are!!!!
Will it set?
Yeah! I did it! It set and it tastes amazing!
LUCKY days
It's St. Patrick's Day morning and I stayed up way to late. We are not even Irish but Lucky still comes to visit. This year LUCKY changed it up a bit. Although Anna set up a trap with rainbows and gold coins we still didn't catch him. It's because he's really sneaky! He did however leave us a few little treats and sneaks!
LUCKY left some things upside down.
He stacked some things.
Luke did not appreciate LUCKY'S mayhem.
He left his mark in the toilet but didn't appreciate the messy bathroom. LUCKY went as far as to leave the kids a note expressing his dissatisfaction with the condition of the bathroom. 
Finally he left some treats hidden around the house. Anna wondered how one small little leprechaun could stack pillows so high and hide treats so high. Had to tell her maybe he jumped. 
Just because we love to make cupcakes.;">
He stacked some things.
Luke did not appreciate LUCKY'S mayhem.
He left his mark in the toilet but didn't appreciate the messy bathroom. LUCKY went as far as to leave the kids a note expressing his dissatisfaction with the condition of the bathroom. 
Finally he left some treats hidden around the house. Anna wondered how one small little leprechaun could stack pillows so high and hide treats so high. Had to tell her maybe he jumped. 
Just because we love to make cupcakes.;">
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Happy Birthday Missy!!!
We LOVE you Miss!
Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to Missy. Happy Birthday to you!!!!!! We love all the memories we've shared with you. Too many, many more...
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