First Step

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Eating real food is hard.

Really hard.

It takes time

and focus

and planning,

a lot of planning.

After posting yesterday, I got very discouraged.

How is this possible.

It costs money (but hopefully not the way I do it) and time and concentration.

I literally spent all day yesterday researching online,

so now you know I will become an expert.

Despite the little discouragement, I am moving slowly

And you can too.

Here's how:

One step at a time.

It cannot all be done at once.

So take a deep breath.

Here's what I am going to do this week.

1. Dry 3 lbs of pears--they were on sale. (post coming soon)
   
   
2. Made four ingredient tomato sauce. Freeze it in one cup increments because that's all we eat at a time anyway. Look at us, saving money.

Let me comment on this four ingredient tomato sauce. It's amazing! I could drink it. Seriously.

I did things a little differently than the recipe above.

• Puree six 14-oz cans of whole tomatoes (They are 10/10 at Albertson's.)
• Heat 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil in a large pot
• Sautee 5 minced garlic cloves in the hot olive oil, soften for two minutes (do not let them brown--i.e. stir frequently)
• Add 1/2 cup pureed tomatoes, let it warm and become a golden color
• Add the rest of tomatoes
• Bring to a boil and simmer for four hours
• Let it cool, then measure into freezer safe bags or containers and freeze

So despite the little setback yesterday, I'm feeling pretty good about this movement. There's nothing like using a little of that marinara that I made from scratch and feeling accomplished. It's the little things, right?

Try it. You won't want to go back to $3 jars of marinara. I don't.