Fire roasted tomato sauce
2011
Hi everyone! It’s been a super busy week and I haven’t had time to post new stuff! The first few weeks of school are always hectic, keeping track of 3 kids at 3 different schools – making sure what things they have going on, it’s crazy!
But, one highlight this week – my baby is in 4th grade and do you know what that means?? She gets to decide if she wants to play an instrument. 
They had an assembly at school, she came home and declared she wanted to play the saxophone!
We went to the open house and she tried some instruments…
She tried the cello:
And in the end….she went with the CELLO! Great job Claire!
So now on to my fire roasted tomato sauce. I make pasta every week, because its cheap and feeds a big family. Having 2 teenage boys I count them as 2 servings, and my husband will most likely have 2 servings, so even though I have a family of 5, I cook for a family of 8!
I do the majority of my shopping at Aldi .
When I was there over the weekend, I noticed they had fire roasted tomatoes for only .89 cents a can!
So I decided my sauce this week would be with that.
Fire Roasted Tomato Sauce
1 28 oz. can of tomato sauce
2 cans fire roasted tomatoes
1/2 green pepper
1 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
2 baby orange peppers
1/2 large white onion
5 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon oregano
splash of Worcestershire sauce
2 links Italian sausage, casing removed
I almost always add just a little meat to my sauce. Not a ton. 1/2 pound of ground beef, or ground chicken, or a few links of Italian sausage.
Directions:
In a cast iron skillet, add a little olive oil and add the Italian sausage. Break it up and cook until browned on all sides.
Meanwhile in a large blender. I add everything else. All the veggies, the cans of fire roasted tomatoes, the tomato sauce and spices. Blend until its all smooth.
By the way, this is a great sauce to make towards the end of the week, just throw in veggies left over in your fridge, no one will know what you put in there! I’ve even been known to add fresh spinach into the mix, but make sure you don’t put too much or else the sauce will be green and then the jig is up – your family will know you crammed healthy stuff in the sauce!
Add the pureed sauce into the skillet with the Italian sausage and cook for about 20 minutes on low/medium heat.
That night I made bow tie pasta. The sauce was delicious, kind of smokey from the fire roasted potatoes. Everyone had seconds.
And lastly – what do you think of the new layout for Slim-Shoppin??? After almost 4 years of the same look, it was time for a FRESH look!
There are a lot of things I am still learning about this template, it’s got a lot of bells and whistles, so I will be tweaking things here and there. The one thing I did notice is it takes a few seconds for the page to upload everything, so please be patient with that
OK, time to enjoy the weekend. My niece is getting married tomorrow so we’ll be seeing lots of family we haven’t seen in a while, so I am looking forward to that.
Have a great weekend!
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Wow, I love the new look!!! The header is so pretty and inspiring, and it just looks “clean” overall. Nice job!
Cello, huh? Will you have to lug it around, or will they have one at school for her and then one at home for practice? I remember my friend bought a cute two-seater convertible as her “fun car” when her boys got older (they still had a Suburban) – then one picked the cello and she ended up either with it sticking out of the fun car if the weather was nice enough for the top to be down, or else she was back in the Suburban. The things we do for our kids, right?!?
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That sauce sounds wonderful! Love anything with Worcestershire sauce – true story (so much so that I remember learning how to spell it since I used it/talked about it so much!).
SO cool that she chose the cello – love it!
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LOVE the new look! So clean and fresh looking! Keep up the good work!
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Site update looks great, good job!!
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Site’s lookin’ good! I need to get you upgraded to WP 3.2.1 though!
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Hi Jenn, really lovin’ the new layout. The sauce looks fantastic and YAY Claire!!! Hope she loves the cello, she sure looks at home holding it!!! Have a great Monday.
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Wow I have not been here in forever!! I love the new look! I never knew you made jewelry! Do you have an etsy!?
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