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OTB (Onion, Tomato & Butter) Sauce Recipe

By on November 16, 2012 in Recipes

I have always enjoyed making tomato sauce from scratch. I can recall the day I went into labor with Ronnie who is now about to turn 11. I was in active labor but had left my huge pot of tomato sauce simmering while I went to see my doctor that morning. I returned to finish canning up my sauce with some pretty strong contractions only two or three minutes apart and refused to leave until I had canned up the last jar. I took two jars with me to give to my doctor.  I don’t think he was used to women showing up for labor holding jars of tomato sauce.

A few times a year I will get into a sauce making frenzy of peeling tomatoes, chopping onions and garlic and herbs and spices.  Throwing in my best dark wine and and standing by the stove which requires a good part of the day followed by me wiping up the remaining sauce in the pot with a long stick of french bread so as not to waste any : )

Then one day about two years ago I was surfing food blogs and came across this sauce.  This luscious sauce only has three ingredients, onion, tomato and butter. It has become my new favorite and honestly I think I love it enough to replace my own and it pratically makes itself. It is actually quite famous in the food blogging world and rightly so.  Those bloggers are not easily impressed so you might want to take notice.

I can’t even say why chopping an onion in half and throwing it into a pot of canned whole tomatoes with a few tablespoons of butter makes this so darned good but it does.  It just does.

My only changes to the recipe is that I chop up the onion and leave it in the sauce because we like the texture but you could totally do away with that step.  I should also throw in that it makes a great  margheritta pizza sauce.

and this is my secret weapon for chopping up lots of onions.  The kids thought I should show you what I look like with them on.  Um, not a chance : )

So to resume, this sauce rocks and it is super duper easy and sooo cheap to make.  I make enough to last a few months and pop the jars into the freezer since you should not can sauces that have butter in them.

OTB Sauce

28 oz can of whole tomatoes.  (Please spend another dollar and buy organic, this recipe is so cheap that you can afford it.)
5 tbsp butter
1 medium yellow onion, peeled and  chopped in half
salt to taste

Put all your ingredients into a sauce pot and cook on low to medium for about 30 to 45 minutes until the tomatoes break up (I mush them with my spoon to help out).  Thats it, get out the french bread and wipe the pot clean after you put up your sauce.

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Labor-aid Recipe

By on September 21, 2012 in Natural mothering, Recipes

Still working on getting my comments fixed.  I  seriously need to find someone who can help at this point since I am clueless.  Out of the 30 something comments I received on Matthews birth (thank you all so much) only 5 or 6 are showing on the blog.

I have received numerous requests for my laborade recipe.  Its funny what some of you will catch in my posts, its nice to know that my words are actually read : )  I figured I better post it soon since I have a few bloggy friends who are expecting a baby any day now ;  ) and they might want to make some.

Oh, firstly for those of you who have no clue what laborade is…its kind of like a homemade version of those drinks that athletes drink to keep Momma’s hydrated during labor.  There are many versions on the internet, this is just the way I make it.  Sipping on this drink will keep you refreshed and hydrated and puts back the minerals you will lose during labor and will give you a little boost of energy.

Crunchy Momma’s Labor-aid

1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup raw honey
1/4 tsp good sea salt
1 tablet magnesium
1 tablet calcium
2 raspberry leaf tea bags

Boil two cups water and steep the tea bags for 10 minutes.  Remove tea bags and add 2 more cups water to the tea.  Put in the blender and add the lemon juice, honey, sea salt, magnesium and calcium tablets.  Whirl it up for a minute to make sure the tablets get dissolved and put away in the refrigerator until the big moment.  You can adjust the honey to your taste.  I don’t like anything too sweet but you might like a bit more.

You can also use this to replace athletic drinks for the rest of the family by not adding the raspberry leaf tea.  It is very refreshing and really works to replace minerals lost in exercise.

See you back here on Sunday for my weekly journal which has not happened for the past two weeks so it will be a long one : )

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