It's that time of year again.
Get busy with spring and ready for summer.
The weather has been so wonderful lately. Everything is starting to come out in bloom and the grass is a deep, dark, crayola green.
Duff and Mike went and got the plants and seeds for the garden. Some nice new soil to help fill up the boxes. I really want to try our hand at the square foot gardening method. But Duff has to have his hills and rows. So it is in, and I let them do it their way. Mike is big into herbs this year, so we are going to dedicate one planter for those. They put basil and cilantro in already. We may have to move them around when we add the others.
Just what do you think is in this big canning pot?
Hint: think Mexican Food.
More Specifically: think Tacos
What Makes Them Spicy and Hot: YES, You got it! Homemade Taco Sauce!
Tacos were on the menu for dinner tonight, and uh-oh, no taco sauce in the freezer.
It is one of our family food traditions. I grew up on it from the cradle. If you have tacos in this family, you have them with the homemade sauce. You season your meat with it before you even put it in the tortillas and fry them up. But don't be confused with a salsa. This is NOT a salsa. This is a sauce and it's hot. 160-200 hot chili peppers hot. (I have made it milder when pregnant and nursing, though.)
Here is the line-up:
Tomatoes, hot chili peppers from the jar, oregano, onions, garlic, Las Palmas red chili sauce. Mix all together, let simmer until onions and tomatoes are cooked through. Cool, and ladle into containers leaving head-space for freezing.
I would love to post the recipe. I AM a recipe sharer. (And that is a whole other post for another time...) But if I did, my mother would be very upset with me. She still has a dream to sell this one day! But if you would like to try it, let me know and you can come over for a sample and if you like it I will give you the recipe. Just promise you won't sell it, 'k?
Our supply for the year. I ten times the recipe and it makes 12 quart size containers. One for each month. We really do eat that much. Oh, and I should mention that it is awesome on omelets and scrambled eggs, too.
