The Holiday are Just Around the Bend...

The holidays are sneaking up on us faster than I could imagine! We have been busy with work, school stuff, football, girl scouts, just to name a few! Time is flying! I won't gross you out by telling you how many more days before Christmas. Ugh.
But on a brighter note, book your mini session now so you can hang on to those fleeting moments :-)

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What's in Crock Mama's Crockpot today?! Organic Chunky Red Sauce!

At one of our homeschool co-ops we have an amazing organic garden with all kinds of veggies the kids planted. And, my fav, chickens!!! It was super fun last week when we got to tend to the garden and chickies when everyone 'flew the coop' (hahaha- couldn't help myself) and went on vacation. They told us to help ourselves to anything we wanted, so with a frost looming every night last week, we did! After baskets full of goodies were hauled home, the thought eventually entered my mind- crap! what do we don with all this stuff?! So... we decided on crockpot chunky veggie red sauce! We made some, made some more, and more... Guess what everyone is getting for Christmas ;-)

Ok. So. Last night we decided to chop veggies and toss in crockpot and let cook overnight. This morning the house Smells. De. Vine. Yum.
This is how Crock Mama did it--- you can also substitute items to suit your taste or use canned, frozen, fresh veggies. Get creative and have fun!

Recipe:
tons and tons of peeled tomatoes-- really specific huh?
1 huge zucchini, chopped in small pieces
a handful of baby carrots, chopped finely
2-3 celery sticks, chopped
1 large fresh from garden onion, diced
large handful of sliced mushrooms- We used dried from Whole Foods
10 or so cloves of fresh garlic, chopped
2 large cans of organic tomato paste-- you can use tomato sauce to if you like a very thin sauce
spices for taste-- Crock Mama used- fresh basil, and then some dried spices including cinnamon (not to much), dried red peppers, pepper, and Ms Dash italian blend. You can do whatever your little heart desires!
Try the finger taste test... I ended up adding about 1/4 cup of sugar due to the high acid content.
Cook on LOW for 6-10 hours. Amazing sauce when complete! With this amount after it cooked down, we had enough for a few cans of sauce.
Then we canned! Yes, you heard me right. Canned.

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You can enjoy this sauce on pasta, rices, meats, pizzas, you name it! Crock Mama amazing!