Spaghetti Sauce

I am growing herbs for the first time. I'm super excited. I have them in a pot, but I think next time I'll actually plant them in the garden.




Now that I have all these fresh herbs, I'm looking for new ways to use them. I decided to cook up my own spaghetti sauce recipe. Here are the items I used:



First I took the casings off the sausage & browned it.



This was really yummy sausage from Costco, it was habanero & goat cheese flavored. Then I added the crushed & diced cans of tomatoes.



While this was cooking I cut up the fresh basil & parsley from my planter.



Then threw them into the pot as well:



Sorry this is rather blurry. I didn't get a finished meal shot, I was hungry and it was good!!

Sophie

Sophie is a family dog. Joint custody between my parents & I. She's about 6 years old, and we adopted her from the humane society when she was 4. I believe she was abused by her previous owners and she was quite shy and anti-people when she came to live with my parents. Two years later she is a much happier (if still neurotic) puppy. I get her on weekends because I now have my own home and can have animals if I want!

It just amazes me what joy animals bring to our lives. My parents took her camping for the first time this week and I missed her more than I thought I would seeing as I normally do not see her during the week. She had a pretty rough time because of all the different noises and something outside of her routine, but they survived and she's now sleeping on my living room floor. :-) It's so peaceful to have her here. As crazy as that sounds.

A Picture Story

I've fallen for Pioneer Woman and her wonderful website. I went out an purchased her cookbook and made my first recipe, eggs in the hole.



The ingredients




Making the hole




Side One



Side two




And the finished breakfast. Very yummy, easy & not too much clean up.