Plum tomatoes

Over a year ago I froze a couple of quarts of fresh plum tomatoes from the garden.  Nothing fancy, I just blanched them quickly to remove the skin, then I chopped them up.  I figured I'd turn them into sauce at some point, but I had completely forgotten about them until last night!  Thank goodness I used my food saver, because after thawing, pureeing and seasoning, this was some of the best tasting sauce, ever!

Next year I think we'll plant lots and lots of tomatoes and then freeze them this way.  Words cannot describe how well they froze, seriously!

I've been commissioned to make cheesecake and cranberry relish

Thanksgiving is at my sister's this year, and I'm happily making my mom's cranberry relish recipe, much to the delight of my niece, Emily.  My nephew Josh will most likely want an entire cheesecake for himself, so I'd better make extra. :)

I love Thanksgiving!

When I don't feel like cooking

Today was one of those days.  It's getting colder, I'm tired, we got to the end of the day and my son asked "What's for dinner?"

Went downstairs to the freezer - and I had choices galore!  Meatloaf, sloppy joes, pulled pork, crispy chicken, chicken wings, chicken tenders.  We decided on sloppy joes.  Thaw, reheat, thank-you-very-much.

I remain indebted to Jill Bond who wrote the book (literally) on dinner from the freezer.