There is a farm stand down the road from our camp. They have great produce but also stuff they hold back as "Seconds" because the product is not perfect. Well, not perfect is fine when you want to make marinara. Four quarts of fresh tomatoes set me back four bucks and this afternoon, I cooked it all up. These two jars are destined for the freezer. A smaller jar is in the fridge for another meal this week.
Dinner was some more marinara with spiralized zucchini, four large ones set me back two bucks. Three large red and yellow peppers were two bucks too. We will be eating colorfully this week. This is a quick picture of what was left from my plate after I ate my fill. I don't avoid white pasta if I mix it with high fiber veggies. This would not have tasted right with wheat pasta.
Last year, we had a farm share and paid almost twenty bucks a week for veggies. We had to give half of it away. This week, I spent eight dollars and will use it all up. No more farm shares for us. But I'll keep on buying those "seconds" so we have plenty of sauce!
It looks absolutely delicious.
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There is nothing like marinara made from fresh tomatoes!
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ReplyDeleteNow that I'm not working, I'll have time to make this more often too!
DeleteThe sauce looks wonderful. When I buy fresh zucchini, I always search for the smallest ones. They just taste better to me.
ReplyDeleteI look for ones I can fit in my small spiralizer. The smaller ones do seem to have less seeds too. I'm going to be doing this more often for the rest of the summer. I might even buy a freezer at this point...
DeleteOur farm market sells "cull" tomatoes and cucumbers at half price, usually the cucumber is as large, just has a weird curve to it (I don't buy the tomatoes as have more than I can eat right now from my own plants). I don't know why anyone would have to have perfect veggies, wish they would sell these at regular markets.
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