{"id":9865,"date":"2012-01-30T19:54:06","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T02:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=9865"},"modified":"2012-01-31T08:32:02","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T15:32:02","slug":"marinara-et-al","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2012\/01\/marinara-et-al\/","title":{"rendered":"Marinara, et. al."},"content":{"rendered":"

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It has gotten seriously ugly of late. The temperature has been above freezing for several days and it has been raining. It is a damp, slushy, drippy, icy mess! I guess the good news is that it is supposed to stay warm for the foreseeable future so we should be back to bare ground in a few days and ready to give Winter a fresh restart.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, something warm and comforting food-wise seemed like a good idea.<\/p>\n

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Last Winter, I started making a marinara from roasted veggies. I toss tomatoes, cauliflower, carrots…usually also broccoli – in a baking dish…spritz with olive oil, add salt and pepper and slowly roast everything in a low oven (275). When everything is tender, I add the veggies and a can of tomatoes with their juice to my Vita-mix and puree the lot! I simmer the result with oregano, sweet basil, garlic…adjust seasoning to taste.<\/p>\n

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The result is beautiful and delicious. I use it on pasta, with meatballs, for pizza sauce and for soup. This jar is only half the sauce made. <\/p>\n

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The rest, I freeze flat in Zip-loc bags…an idea I saw on Karin\u2019s blog: Paper Route Designs<\/a>.
\nKarin is the designer of the jar labels I use and love! Freezing sauces and broths flat allows you to break off just a little as needed. <\/p>\n

I need only a small chunk of sauce for a single-serving pizza, pasta or bowl of tomato soup.<\/p>\n

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Soup, it was on this dreary day! A chunk of marinara, some vegetable broth, some cannelini beans – all in the Vita-mix and the result is a faux-cream* of tomato soup. I doctored it a little further with some chopped kale, pumpernickle croutons and a bit of parmesan. Perfect!<\/p>\n

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Bob says to save some for him, he’s on his way in!<\/p>\n

*I’ve used pureed white beans: cannelini, navy and even garbanzo – to make brothy soups creamy. They do not taste “bean-y” to me but you get the added benefit of protein, fiber and other nutrients from the beans. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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