So I was super hungry and wanted to eat Spaghetti (craving you know)..had no sauce so..I decided to make my own sauce. It came out amazing :)

Ingredients:

• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped - optional
• 5 clove garlic, chopped
• 2 (6-ounce) cans tomato paste
• 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (14 1/2-ounce) can stewed tomatoes - You can use regular tomatoes also.
• 1 tablespoon thyme
• 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup water - I usually make this freshly for spaghetti, so I use pasta water. 

Direction:

• Heat some oil in pan.
• Add Onion and Garlic and saute little bit until onion is tender.
• Add tomatoe sauce, tomato paste and stewed tomatoes.
• Add all seasonings and water. Let it cook until it is properly cooked.
• You can add ground sauted meat if you like.
  

Enjoy hot!!

So I started gardening this summer (2010) and first thing I wanted to grow was Basil :) My Pottery intstructure happens to be Italian and gave me nice recipe. First important advice he gave was to use GOOD Parmesan cheese, so decided to get Parmesan cheese from Farmers Market here in Chicago. They sell good handcrafed cheese from Wisconsin.

Ingredients

• 2 cups packed fresh basil leaves
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1/4 cup pine nuts
• 2/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• Kosher salt
• 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Direction

Combine the basil, garlic, oil in  food processor and pulse until  incorporated and smooth.

Season with salt.

tip: If you want to freeze this do not add cheese. Add when you consume it.

Summer 2011: Last year I freezed pesto in batches and used it through out year. It was yummmm. I am sure not going back to supermarket pesto :)