here's an easy recipe for organic pasta sauce
4-5 ripe tomatoes
1 onion or 2 shallots
1/2 lb mushrooms
1 large or 3 small garlic cloves
1 teaspoon fennel
1 tbspoon sweet basil
1 teaspoon sharwoods hot curry powder
1/2 teaspoon red chili paste
salt & pepper to taste
sautee the onion and tomato in a mix of 2 tblspoons olive oil and 1 teaspoon butter. add other ingredients and cook on low (covered) for abt 20 minutes. you can also add pretty much anything you wud like to this recipe. note of caution: if you are going to add meat, cook separately and drain off fat before adding with "other" ingredients.
nother note: if you have a wheat allergy, this is great with rice or rice pasta.
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ps. absolutely right abt the 'cooking free' ... hmmm ... i'll have to think of something better