Tomatoes, garlic and herbs from my garden.
This might be enough Marinara sauce to get me through to next year's harvest :)
So this is what I ended up with. Tha larger containers will go for lasagna I think
How long will you simmer this huge pot?
@LnzyHou hours - want to thicken it a tad. Need to go to Wally World to get a bunch of small plastic freezer containers each just big enough to hold enough sauce for one or two dishes.
@NorthernInvader @LnzyHou
For the future... Consider pint sized deli containers?
You can get them on Amazon...
Very good for freezing stocks and sauces...
Looks good, btw...
@InvaderGzim @LnzyHou Nice, thanks but I prefer square or rectangular ones as they use much less space in a fridge/freezer. I have a bunch of Pyrex round ones (this size and larger) and they really take up a lot of room because of their shape.
When making huge sized sauces, I let cool entirely & place in heavy duty baggies to freeze as takes up less space in freezer.
Also buying plastic containers is very difficult for me. I reuse carry out containers designed for single use. Even take with me when I know there will be leftovers. I stopped going to restaurants that only provide styrofoam containers.
Just an alternate thought.
@LnzyHou I've been using Ziplocs but too often I've found the bottom corners leaking when thawing. The plastic containers I'm using are very strong and last forever. Plastic bags have very limited reusability then depending where you are can't be recycled.
Heavy duty zip bags work for me when I make green chili.
@NorthernInvader
But…. But what about us? 🤤
@Knitpurrl There just isn't enough I'm afraid 😇 🤣
@NorthernInvader Nice. Very nice. This is the way.
Two things this taught me this year is:
(1) either blanch and skin the tomatoes before freezing (easier later) or cut the ends off the tomatoes before freezing so when thawed the skins will come right off. I had to run them through my food mill twice first to get the skins and some seeds, second time with a finer set of holes to get rid of the seeds.
(2) I'm getting too old for this much work :)