Homemade Pizza Sauce Made with Fresh Picked Tomatoes

                                                                          

                                                                                          

This is FRESH Pizza Sauce made with tomatoes from my garden! Delicious and easy!

5 Large Tomatoes Peeled and Cored

1 Tablespoon Chopped Garlic

Salt to taste

Sugar to taste

Vinegar to taste

1 Tablespoon Of Chopped Parsley

1 Tablespoon Of Italian Seasonings 

Peel and core your tomatoes, puree in blender until smooth. 

In a sauce pan add your prepared tomatoes and seasoning EXCEPT the salt, sugar and vinegar. Cook on a low simmer stirring often to prevent the sauce from sticking. This will thicken in about 1 hour. Now taste and add salt, sugar if needed then taste again adjust to suit your taste. If to sweet add a little vinegar and taste adding more if needed. This will make 1 and 3/4cups of great sauce and makes one large pizza! It was delicious! 

Chicken Ranch Macaroni Salad

                                                                               

What a lovely change from regular Macaroni Salad! 

 

  1, 16 Ounce Box Elbow Macaroni cooked according to package directions.  Helpful Hint I cooked mine in the broth from the chicken!

2 Pounds Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast

1, 16 Ounce Bag Frozen Broccoli Cauliflower Carrot Medley Cooked in the Chicken Broth from the chicken

Water, Enough to cover the chicken on your stovetop along with 1 Teaspoon Salt & 1 Tablespoon Crushed Garlic

2 Ribs Celery Chopped

1 Small Onion Chopped

1 Green Bell Pepper Chopped

1 Cucumber Peeled & sliced thin

24 Ounces of your favorite Ranch Dressing

Cook Chicken in enough water to cover along with the salt & garlic. Simmer until cooked about 45 minutes. Meat Thermometer should test chicken temperature at 165 degrees. Remove from pot & let cool until you can handle the chicken to dice into bite sized pieces. Now in the broth add the frozen vegetables and cook those about 8 minutes. Remove them from the broth and place them in a deep bowl. Add the diced Chicken.  Now dump into the pot of broth the Macaroni & cook according to the package directions. If you need more liquid just add water. Once cooked drain well. Now chop the fresh vegetables and add them  to the bowl. Once Macaroni's are cooked drain them & add them to the bowl. Stir well. Now add your Ranch Dressing Stir well and chill. Chill at least 4 hours, overnight is best. You may want to add 2 hard boiled eggs chopped to the recipe. I had people who do not like hard boiled eggs so I did not add them, but for me I would. Enjoy this main course Macaroni Salad! 

Corned Beef Hash

Delicious Homemade Corned Beef Hash!

2 Pounds Corned Beef, Leftover or make fresh! I had a 2 pound Corned Beef Brisket frozen on hand. I just thawed and simmered on my stovetop covered in water with the packet of spices that come with the brisket. I simmered this for 2 hours covered with lid. Let meat cool then dice into bite sized pieces. Discard the broth.

6 to 8 Potatoes peeled and cubed, again in nice size pieces.

1 Medium to Large Onion peeled and chopped

1 Tablespoon Minced Garlic

2 Tablespoons Chopped Parsley

6 to 8 Uncooked Eggs if you like, I was not using eggs this time

Pepper to taste

Do not add salt until Hash is done. Taste and see if any salt is needed, then salt if desired.

4 Tablespoons Butter, unsalted is preferred. I only had salted butter on hand it was perfect.

1 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil.

Melt butter with the oil in a large deep skillet. Add the potatoes, onion, parsley & garlic. Fry stirring often. You want the potatoes to have a nice brown crust. Now add the diced Corned Beef. Stir in the beef  and fry covered stirring often. Once potatoes are soft and everything has a bit of a brown crust you have Corned Beef Hash! At this point taste and see if your hash needs salt, add accordingly! Feel free to break eggs onto the top cover and cook until eggs are softly set. I was not feeling like an egg this time, so I just dished up the hash when it was ready! Serve 6 Nice sized servings SO GOOD!