Monday, August 27, 2012

Day 8: The Cultural Significance of Tomato Sauce

I don't know... I saw a book with that title once- Catching Up With Ketchup: The Cultural Significance of Tomato Sauce.  It is not totally random... you'll see.

For breakfast I made boiled eggs.  I know, gourmet!  I made organic whole wheat toast with butter and had a glass of 100% orange juice.  The girls had the same thing, except I wanted all the OJ for myself so they had organic apple juice.

I looked at little E at one point and it struck my how nice it was that she was only putting goodness into her body.  I wish it could be like that all the time!

That simple breakfast lasted me allllllll day.  I didn't start to get hungry until close to 5:00.  I was excited to get home from work and boil some whole wheat pasta and try my homemade pasta sauce!

Well..... it was okay.  I think next time I will get the food processor out and puree.  I didn't like the big chunky onions.  Not quite Prego-like enough for me.  I'll also add a little honey.  But it tasted alright.  The slice of whole grain bread with broiled with butter, garlic, and natural cheese was wonderful.  But I wasn't head over heels for the sauce.  I don't know if I'll eat the rest.

So I need to work on that recipe I guess.  Tomato sauce is one of those specialty recipes that Italian grandmothers perfect and consider their legacy (hence the cultural significance); I can't expect to get it perfect right out of the gate.

Although, that little let-down has reinforced my dislike for cooking.  Tomorrow morning I put that turkey breast in the crock pot.  Simple as it gets.  That will last me through Day 9 and 10!

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