i asked Joel what he was in the mood for and he said pasta..... guess what? there are no pasta recipes in Nourishing Traditions. Namely because wheat that hasn't been soaked is very hard for you to digest and pull nutrients from.
But they know that you will end up making it anyway so they suggested brown rice past or buckwheat flour pasta and included two spaghetti sauce recipes. here is the one we used:
2 lbs ground beef or other red meat
2 onions peeled and finely chopped
1 green pepper seeded and finely chopped
3 tomatoes peeled seeded and chopped
1 small can of tomato paste (i did 2 because i didn't think Joel would think it was saucy enough)
1 cup beef stock (i used chicken because i haven't made the beef yet)
1/2 cup red wine
1/2 lb chicken livers
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon each dried thyme, rosemary, oregano and sage
sea salt and pepper
saute meat in large pot until crumbly and pink is gone, while sauteing livers in butter until cooked through. but into a fine dice. add liver and all other ingredients to the beef, blend well, season to taste and simmer, covered for about 1/2 hour. serve over noodles.
they had the coolest trick for peeling tomatoes: boil some water and use a large slotted spoon to dip the tomatoes in for 5 seconds each. After you dip one in the peel slides right off! dip then peel, then repeat.
super easy. maybe everyone else already knew this but i would have been going nuts trying to peel those things!
Yes, i put the liver in. Yes you could taste it, but barely. Joel knew it was in there but liked it a LOT anyway- which is a small miracle. The wine flavor was pretty strong but flavored it well. Leland saw that there were onions and other "weird things" but cleaned his bowl anyway.
sweetest comment of the night that made this week of trying to figure out nourishing foods worth it goes to Leland.
when i was getting ready to dish it all up he said "mmmmmmmmhhhhhh, momma. you cooked up a good smell!"
and Joel thanking me afterwards for giving a hoot was pretty sweet too.
I had enough left over to send a huge serving with Joel for lunch and keep some for lunch for me and the kids today or tomorrow- plus 3 quarts to freeze for next time Joel's in a pasta mood.
we used half gluten free corn/rice noodles and half regular noodles we had.
not as easy as opening a can and warming it up, but very satisfying :O)
more (non food) news to come later today or tomorrow morning.
it's almost Leland's 4th birthday!
Owen and Jillian are almost ready to leave on the first month of tour!
getting ready for a Home Educators Expo!
Emory's potty watch is broken.... AH!
until then.
1 comment:
You are such a good momma. And that food smelled and look amazing!!! Sorry you weren't feeling good yesterday :(
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