Spaghetti Sauce

We were feeling adventurous and decided to make spaghetti sauce.  From scratch.

Well, close enough.  We used canned tomatoes and tomato paste.  Katie helped me cut the mushrooms and onion, and she got to squish the canned tomatoes.  She even added the seasonings!  She did a great job, and I really enjoyed not having to squish the tomatoes.

Cutting onions with Katiebug was an interesting experience.  She decided to separate them before putting them in the food processor, drawing out the onion sting.  My eyes are still burning!

So what was your favorite part, Katie?
The noisy part!*  And squeezing tomatoes.  That was fun.
Was it messy?
Yeah.
What else do you want to say about making the sauce?
They're all my favorite parts. 


*chopping the onions in the food processor.



The sauce is simmering on the stove now. We tasted it already, and she did a great job! We'll post the official results after dinner.




After dinner:
The sauce came out great, but Katie didn't eat it.  We served it over spinach and cheese ravioli (from the freezer section).  She helped me make stuffed mushrooms and garlic bread to go with it.

The mushrooms were stuffed with cream cheese and vegetarian sausage.  Katie scarfed down the filling, but didn't care for the mushrooms themselves.  She loved the top of the garlic bread, too.

Eric and I really enjoyed the entire meal.  The kids picked at it.  Little critics.