Easy Tomato Sauce

[wendelah1]

This sauce is so easy and so good that I'm almost embarrassed to post it.

Tomato Sauce with Butter and Onions
(Adapted from Marcela Hazan’s Essentials of Italian Cooking, via Smitten Kitchen)

Serves 4-5 as a main course; makes enough sauce to lightly coat most of a pound of spaghetti

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Ratatouille

[polydad]

I've just inflicted a couple of gallons of ratatouille on my parents; might as well spread it around.

I have more a philosophy than a recipe; get the best fresh raw veggies I can find, chunk 'em all up and plop 'em in a big pot with a big can full of crushed tomatos, a cup of broth, whatever herbs from the garden are looking good, a scoop of flour as a thickener (type of flour dependent on dietary sensitivities of the crowd I'm feeding), and some salt and pepper. Simmer for an hour or so, and serve over whatever starch folks like -- I tend to like polenta for this dish, but I also have a fondness for barley.

Aztec Chicken

[zarhooie]

This is a good workday meal to stick in your crock pot!

( Ingredients and directions after the jump! )