Homemade pasta sauce

It's been a while!

Here is an easy way to make your own pasta sauce. This is a base, so try your own variations on this and post them in the comments!

Ingredients:

• 8 tomatoes, chopped (or 4 cans crushed tomatoes)
• 3 cloves garlic, diced
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 cup fresh basil leaves (or 3 table spoons dried)
• Meat (optional)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 cups water
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp pepper
• 1 tsp red pepper flakes
• Parmesan for garnish

Directions:

• Put onion, garlic, and basil into a food processor, run until almost liquid
• Sauté onion mix for 5 minutes in olive oil in large pan or sauce pan
• Add tomatoes, crush a bit if fresh, stir well
• Add salt, pepper, red pepper flakes
• Add 2 cups water
• Add sugar
• Add meat (optional)
• Boil until sauce reduces to your liking, slower and longer the better
• Serve, mailman, repeat!

This sauce is delicious as it is, and so any additions you make will only make it better. Be careful on the red pepper flakes, they are quite strong with the garlic. Otherwise, this is super easy and can be used for chicken, ground beef, meatballs, sausage, etc. Here's Natalie dominating some angel hair with this sauce :)

Happy cooking mailmanning!

Pseudo-Fried Rice creation

I have never thought of a name for this, but let's go with pseudo-Fried Rice creation.

Also, to be sentimental for a moment. I have really enjoyed this blog because I don't get to see any of you all that often and it has been awesome to see your faces!!

Ingredients-
1 cup rice- I used brown rice and it really comes down to how much rice you want to eat.
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1.5 cups frozen veggies of your choice- I just dump out half the bag usually
1 Egg - depends how much protein I want because you can always add more
salt and pepper to taste

Directions-
1. Make rice. I hope you all know how to make rice, if you don't get a rice cooker!

2. Heat the olive oil in the frying pan. Add the frozen veggies.

3.When the frozen veggies are almost done crack the eggs directly over the veggies and stir it/mix it all up. Cook until egg is done (usually a minute or so).

4. Salt and pepper to taste
5. Stir in the rice

6. Mailman and enjoy!

Clearly still working on the selfie/mailman on my phone.

Sometimes I mix it up and add a spicy seasoning to this. I have even added a hot sauce like Cholula or Siracha!