Thick Chunky Tomato Sauce With Veggies Crock Pot Food

THICK & CHUNKY TOMATO SAUCE WITH VEGGIES (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large deep heavy bottom pot over medium high heat.
• Add next 7 ingredients and saute till almost tender about 10 minutes stirring frequently.
• Transfer to a large crock pot add tomatoes, dried seasoning, sugar, salt, and pepper.
• Cook for 5-6 hours on high stirring ever so often.
• If it starts to stick to bottom turn to low or finish by adding the fresh herbs.
• If you`re not around to stir cook on low till desired thickness.

CHUNKY TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, heat oil over medium. Cook onion and garlic, stirring frequently, until translucent, 2 to 4 minutes. Crush tomatoes into pan; add oregano. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

BAKED GROUPER WITH CHUNKY TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425-degrees.
• Combine first 10 ingredients in medium bowl.
• Heat oil in large, heavy skillet over high heat.
• Place fish, skin sides up, in pan: cook for 2 minutes.
• Turn fish over and top with tomato mixture.
• Bring to a boil.
• Place pan in oven, bake for 8 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork.

CANNED CHUNKY TOMATO AND VEGETABLE SAUCE

Steps:

• Place 9 x 370ml jars with a wide neck in the dishwasher and wash at 65-70 C (around 149 F). Don't wash the lids in the dishwasher if they are new, just wash with hot soapy water.
• Meanwhile, wash all the tomatoes and peppers and scrape the zucchini lightly leaving some colour.
• Peel and chop the onion and peel and mince the garlic.
• Chop the tomatoes, peppers and zucchini into small chunks depending how chunky you want your sauce.
• Throw everything into a large stock pot and bring to the boil stirring every now and then so that you don't get any pieces stuck on the bottom. Once the tomatoes start to cook, the juices are released and you don't need to stir.
• Add the salt and remaining spices and allow mixture to boil over medium heat for about one hour.
• When the mixture has thickened to your liking turn off the heat but leave the sauce on the hotplate. It must not cool down.
• Dry the washed jars and their lids. The jars should still be slightly warm from the dishwasher.
• Fill each jar to just under the brim and seal carefully. Immediately turn jar upside down.
• Repeat until all the jars are filled.
• When the jars have cooled turn the right way up and store.
• This makes a mild sweet sauce which is very nice with pasta especially as a sauce in vegetarian lasagna.
• Edited: Since discussing canning techniques on the forum I felt I should mention that this method is appropriate for tomatoes in Greece which have a high acidic content. They do not spoil even without processing in a water bath. Traditionally Greeks make tomato sauce with tomatoes and salt, nothing else. Furthermore I don't remove the peel or seeds from the tomatoes as they are sweet and do not detract from the flavour. If your tomatoes are different then please process them so that they do not spoil and peel if you know that the skin will be bitter.

CHUNKY CROCK POT TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• If using the ground beef, brown it, then drain off the excess grease.
• Combine all ingredients in the crock pot.
• Cover and cook on high for about 4 hours.
• Check the consistency an hour before it is done; if it's too thick, add a little water, and if it's too watery, leave the lid off so that it can reduce somewhat.
• For Vegetarian/Vegan omit the ground beef or use a Vegetarian/Vegan ground meat sub.

GREEN BEANS AND POTATOES IN CHUNKY TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.
• Add garlic to pan; saute 30 seconds, stirring constantly.
• Add potato, celery, salt, and beans; saute 1 minute.
• Add 1/4 cup water; cover and cook 5 minutes.
• Add cilantro or parsley, and tomatoes.
• Cover, reduce heat, and cook 4 minutes or until tomatoes begin to soften, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in pepper.