Hi Everyone,
Are you interested in a sauce that you can make in large batches that stores well; a sauce that can be used all year round for a variety of dishes – meat and meatless – and even serve as dip? Got tomatoes? Make Marinara.
When certain ingredients are in season, the abundance and low prices make us so happy that we tend to buy more than we need and know what to do with. Do you? Me? Guilty, with pleasure! I use these opportunities to experiment, stock up by preserving, using a variety of the methods, and offering some of my creations as gifts to friends. Not all ingredients lend themselves to preservation, or can be used readily with a wide variety of other ingredients. Tomatoes, however, have a natural affinity to various forms of preservation, whether raw or cooked. And, they work well in many dishes.
If you usually buy jarred sauces for pasta, pizza, casseroles, or dipping, then you should seriously consider saving yourself a whole lot of money by making your own Marinara, an Italian tomato-based sauce. You will not only be saving money but your taste buds will thank you, as your version will be far superior to
