Spaghetti Sauce Garden

Our Spaghetti Sauce Garden, (that's what we call it), is the ground pictured in the photo above, between the 2 trees (oh, and that is Kenna, my Sheltie).  My husband is getting ready to till it and get the ground ready.  It is just a small garden that we plant with tomatoes, peppers, onions and some green beans, but what a nice harvest we had for the winter.  My husband actually did all the work including, cleaning,dicing, cooking and freezing the veggies.   We love Italian food, especially red sauce and Salsa.  We had enough from this little garden to make all kinds of Italian food throughout last winter, and it was so delicious and fresh!

Bob, my husband,  froze zip lock freezer bags  of peppers, onions and tomatoes in portions to make sauce for about 4-6 meals.  We would use one jar of store bought sauce for the base and add the portioned tomatoes, peppers and onions.  We added minced garlic and the shake on parmesan cheese to this sauce and other seasonings.     We used this sauce for so many different Italian meals throughout the winter and it was great just knowing we had these portions  in the freezer.  He also made homemade salsa that was just delicious!

We are definitely doing this again this year and in this economy we saved money.  Italian meals are actually very easy to make.  We have a great Mediterranean Cookbook with some wonderful recipes in it.  Here is one of our summer salad favorites:

Cucumber, Tomato and Onion Salad

2 tablespoons olive oil

1/3 cup cider vinegar

5 tablespoons water

2 large cucumbers, thinly sliced

2 large tomatoes, sliced

1 red onion, thinly sliced

Salt and pepper to taste

Fresh dill, to garnish

Combine all ingredients in a large glass bowl.  Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour or up to 6 hours before serving.  Makes 6 side servings.  Enjoy!

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