Spaghetti Sauce Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook

3/4 cup chopped onions(or less)
1 clove of garlic or 1/8 tsp of garlic powder
3 tbl salad oil
2 one pound cans of chopped tomatoes (equals 4 cups)
2 six ounce cans of tomato paste
1 tsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2    tsp pepper
1 1/2 tsp dried oregano, crushed
1 bay leaf

If it is just too thick you can add water to thin it down to desired consistency. We usually brown ground beef and the onions and add all the rest of the ingredients. Simmer uncovered for 30 min. Remove Bay leaf. Supposed to serve 8 but it never has here.

How to can tomatoes and applesauce

Tomatoes

Talk about busy, mom and I sure have been. We're thankful for the harvest from the garden. Below are some pictures of the canning process along with a how-to if you're interested.

1. After washing your tomatoes, you will drop them in boiling hot water for about 45 seconds.

2. Scoop them out and place them in cold water. This causes the skin to seperate for easy peeling.

3. Peel, core, and place in clean canning jars. Wide mouth work best for whole tomoatoes.

4.Place 2 tablespoons of lemon juice and 1 teaspoon of salt to each quart jar. The lemon juice is to help counter the acid that sometimes causes them to spoil after canning.

5. While you are filling your jars, boil the rings and lids in hot water. This sterilizes them and causes the gum to seal to the ring of the jar.

6. After the lids have boiled the lids aprox. 10 minutes, take a clean damp papertowel and wipe around the mouth of the jar. Place the lids on while they are hot and tighten them.

7. Immediately place jars into a pot of boiling water. To water bath, the water should come up to at least 3/4 of the jar.

8. Set your timer for 30 minutes. Continue to boil the jars in the water on Med-High, but not all the way on high, as it would brake the jars.

9. After 30 minutes, take the jars out and set them on a cutting board to cool. Let set for 24 hrs before moving.

This is some spaghetti sauce we canned.

To make applesauce:

1. Peal, core, and slice your apples.

2. Boil in a little bit of water till soft.

3. Press through a food sieve, and throw out the remaining pulp.

4. Put it in your jars, and proceed as described above.

or.......

you can put them in a skillet with sugar and cinnamon and enjoy them with hot buttermilk biscuits.:)