Chunky Taste O' Autumn

Today I decided that I wanted to make tomato sauce. Well, I got everything out and did not feel like getting the food processor out to puree everything into a nice chunk-free sauce. Then I thought, why not make tomato sauce in a different way. So I did, by leaving it extremely chunky which oddly enough now tastes like autumn instead of strictly being tomato sauce.








Ingredients:
2 Large Tomatoes
1 Large White Onion
1 Green Bell Pepper
1/2 stick Butter
1.5 cups of Red Wine
dash of Teriyaki Sauce
Dash of Lime Juice
Paprika
Ground Black Pepper
Italian Herb Mix
Fennel Powder
Garlic Powder
Onion Powder
Turmeric
Cumin/Coriander Mix
Dill

So I began this whole recipe by putting a pot on the stove and cutting up the 1/2 stick of Butter and putting that in. I turned the heat to medium. I then turned back to the Tomatoes. These I cut up into chunks and dumped them into the pot 1 Tomato at a time. To this, I diced the Green Bell Pepper and added it. Finishing this part I diced the Large White Onion and dumped it in as well. Then I stirred it all together.

After a minute or so, I added the spices. They went in as follows:
-dash of Paprika
-dash of Turmeric
-dash of Dill
-dash of Onion Powder
-coating of Garlic Powder
-heavy dash of Ground Black Pepper
-1/2 cup Italian Herb Mix
-heavy dash of Fennel Powder
-2 spoons of Cumin/Coriander Mix

After this stage, I added a 1/4 cup of Lime Juice, 1 1/2 cups of Red Wine, and a dash of Teriyaki Sauce. Then mix. Mix regularly so as to not let anything cook itself into being a new part of your pot and to make sure all of it is cooking properly.

Taste test to see that it is done to your specifications. I chose to leave it at this stage as it is delicious.

If you choose to make it into a sauce, let it cool a bit and pour into a blender to puree. Boom, instant sauce!

Tasty Summertime Tomato Sauce

This tomato sauce was kind of just thrown together with what was in my kitchen and I decided it was tasty enough that it needed to be put up here!

Ingredients:
6 Greenhouse Tomatoes
4 Carrots
4 sm Sweet White Onions
1 md Red Onion
1 Green Bell Pepper
2 Anaheim Peppers
2 Jalapeno Peppers (cored)
Italian Herb Mix
Garlic Salt
Cumin/Coriander
Tumeric

I started with 6 Greenhouse Tomatoes and pureed them in my trusty Food Processor. Added to this was 4 Carrots, also pureed in the food processor. All put into a large saucepan, with the heat on medium.

After I had those two ingredients in the saucepan, I proceeded to use my food processor to chop up 4 small Sweet Onions, 1 Red Onion, 1 Green Bell Pepper, 2 Anaheim Peppers, and 2 Jalapeno Peppers(cored). Then I stirred them all together and added about 3/4 cup of Dark Beer. Stir.

Once I had all of that stirred to an even consistency, I grabbed the spices. My Italian Herb Mix went in first, about 3 spoonfuls. Then I added Garlic Salt, maybe 2 spoonfuls...maybe. Here I added Ground Cumin/Coriander and Tumeric. About 2 spoonfuls of each. Stir heavily. Let cook with semi frequent stirring for about 10 minutes, then turn off heat and serve at your discretion. I served them with some sliced Sourdough Bread. Enjoy!

Homemade Hummus

Hummus is a great snack food for anyone who has or has not tried it. If you have not, I suggest you do. It's fairly simple to make as well.

Ingredients:
2 or 3 Cloves of Garlic (diced up)
1 can of Garbanzo Beans
1 spoonful of Cumin/Coriander Mixed Spice

I used my trusty food processor for this tasty snack. I started off with the Garlic Cloves. I peeled then diced them. Once that was done, I threw them in the food processor.

Second, I opened my can of Garbanzo Beans. There is a very pungent liquid in there with them, keep at least half of it. Pour the liquid with the Garbanzo Beans into the food processor.

Third, I sprinkled the Cumin/Coriander Mixed Spice on the top of everything in the food processor. Then blend...blend until it is smooth. Just take out and serve, easy as that.