Marinara Sauce

I started making marinara sauce with @nataliejhiggins and her husband when they lived next door. We would hunt down the end of season tomatoes at the farmer’s markets and spend a day creating a beautiful sauce which we could enjoy throughout the winter months.

They no longer live next door, but Big Guy and I have been continuing to up the sauce game over the years by growing the ingredients @carondeletgarden. After a haul of 125 pounds of San Marzano tomatoes last year, we should have known this year would be a different story. We knew the harvest would be poor starting thanks to the hailstorm followed by the rains and extreme heat leading to damaged plants and fruit. The squirrels were a nuisance too as they dealt with the need for moisture and nourishment.

We had to supplement our meager intake of six pounds of tomatoes with store bought canned San Marzano tomatoes, but we managed to can four jars which will still give us that pleasure of opening a jar of “summer” in the winter months.