Marinara! Stat!

I have never questioned my Big Guy’s love, but I know I test it in the summertime when the tomatoes come in at different times. I have learned to freeze my San Marzano tomatoes, but the beef tomatoes don’t tolerate it well. It is inevitable, I’ll wake up one day and decide today is the day to make the sauce.

The work is not hard, but it takes time and having his help is priceless. We have a great system in place to deal with our small batches now that includes him peeling the tomatoes while I work on roasting the vegetables that we like in our sauce. We add another layer of fun by having a pot going to make vegetable stock with the peelings.

I find it amazing this process was a once-a-year thing we did with our friends but having tomatoes in the backyard tends to bring us to the kitchen more than once a year. I hope you know sarcasm when you read it since I absolutely love every minute of it!