I’m trying to learn to buy groceries, cook for myself again.
Can’t afford to buy and keep produce. Limited cookware. So, any recipe telling me to crush garlic, dice onions, etc, can’t do.
Need budget, ghetto, for people on a fixed income, easy no frills way to make diy tomato paste pasta sauce.
Good suggestions so far. Tks. I have 1 bowl, 1 plate, 1 spoon, 1 fork, 1 butter knife ; 1 small sauce pan; Only stores nearby are corner stores. Hardly any produce. Having to make due with what you can find in a liquor store.
$10 for amazing tomato sauce. Makes 700ml or roughly 7 plates of pasta.
Req: Pot, Can Opener, Tupperware, Bulk Bin Store, cup measurements, tablespoon, teaspoon.
Basics: Open can, measure ingredients, put most ingredients into pot, set temperature, stir, lower temperature, add final ingredient, stir every 15 min for 30min-2hrs.
Buy Garlic Powder 2 cups, Italian Seasoning 1 cup, Oregano 1 cup, Basil 1 cup, Rosemary 1cup and powdered Thyme 1 cup. At bulk bin store usually comes to $6.
Buy two cans of crap tomato sauce (Hunt’s,.Heimz, Store Brand) 351ml or two cans of tomato paste. $1-$3.
If tomato paste, you add water until thick sauce consistency and then salt with 4 table spoons of sauce.
Else pour cans of sauce into pot.
Add 3 Table Spoons Italian Seasoning, 2 Tablespoons Oregano, 1 Tablespoon Rosemary, 2 teaspoons basil, 2 teaspoons Powdered Thyme.
Bring pot to burner and set for medium-high. Stir until bubbling. Turn to low.
Add 1/2 cup garlic powder.
Let simmer no lid for 1-2 hours. Or 30 minutes if you want a less flavour sauce. Stir every 15min.
Done.
You’ll have enough spices for 4 more basically 700ml of sauce. Which is roughly 28 more plates of pasta.