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bulletAlfredo Sauce
bulletApplesauce
bulletItalian-Style Spaghetti Sauce (Della's recipe)
bulletSweet & Sour Sauce (stir fry)

 

 

ALFREDO SAUCE

  
1 can (10 3/4 ounces) Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 		Stir the soup, milk, cheese, black pepper in a microwavable dish and cook until the mixture is hot and bubbling, stirring occasionally.

 

HOMEMADE APPLESAUCE

  
4-6 APPLES
1 CUP WATER
1 TABLESPOON LEMON JUICE

2 TABLESPOON SUGAR (less if apples are sweet)
1/4 TEASPOON CINNAMON

 

 Peel, core and quarter apples.

Add to water and lemon juice.
Bring to boil.
Simmer approx. 30 min.

Remove from heat and add sugar and cinnamon.

 

 

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Italian-Style Spaghetti Sauce

 Della's Recipe
1/2 Cup Olive Oil (first squeeze)
1/2 Cup Onion, chopped
2 Cloves Garlic, crushed
2 Tablespoons Sugar
1 Tablespoon Salt
1 1/2 Teaspoons Dried Basil Leaves
1/2 Teaspoon Fennel Seed
1/4 Teaspoon Black Pepper, course
2 lbs 3 oz Italian-Style Plum Tomatoes
6 oz Tomato Paste
1/2 Cup Water		 Put oil in a 4-5 quart Dutch oven and heat over moderately high heat.  Add onion and garlic and sauté until golden.  

Add sugar, salt, basil, fennel, pepper, tomatoes and tomato paste to sautéed onion-garlic mixture in Dutch oven.  Pour in water; mix, mashing tomatoes with the back of a large wooden spoon.  Bring to boil over high heat; reduce heat to low.  Cover and simmer 1/2 hour.

BIG BATCH (for freezing) - Spaghetti Sauce
Make as above.

1 cup oil
2 cups onion
8 cloves garlic
140 oz. tomatoes (8 lb 12 oz)
24 oz. tomato paste
2 cups water
8 tablespoons sugar or 13 Splenda packs
4 tablespoons salt
6 teaspoons sweet basil
2 teaspoons fennel
1 teaspoon pepper
 


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SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE FOR STIR FRY (or basting)

1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup mustard
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons soy sauce

Mix well by hand  (easy/fast)
 

 

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