Doubt Everything, Ask Questions, Find Truth

1 Cup Tomato Sauce
1/4 Cup Vinegar
3/4 t Onion Powder
1/4 t Garlic Powder
4 t honey
1/2 t salt

Boil until well mixed and hot.  Blend while still hot for 2-3 minutes.  Bring back up to a boil and thicken up.

Blending when hot will help smooth out the texture.  I recommend placing a towel over the blender and holding the lid down TIGHT to about getting burned if the lid opens.

I hope to change the vinegar out for a Lemon/Lime juice mixture in future batches of this recipe.  This is a small batch that can be used as a test for upping the recipie ammounts.

1/2 C Water
10 T Diced Skinless Jalapeno
5 T Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
2 T Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
2 Large Tomatillos Sliced in 1/4
1/2 t Salt
1 T Garlic Powder

Boil everything for a few minutes to heat it all up.  Throw in a blender and blend for a minute or two till smooth.  Return to pot and boil a couple more minutes to desired thickness, remembering to leave it a bit thin as it thickens as it cools.

Allow to cool a bit then bottle.  When it is fresh of the pot it is very spicy but this tames down as it cools and sits in the fridge overnight.

This is an amazing sauce that has a little bit of a bite but with a nice sweet flavor.  This will be on the list of recipies to repeat.

A side note about the missing batches 4-7.  They will be showing up on the blog here in the future as my posting schedule permits.  I also made two batches between 5 and 6 but due to the unrepeatable nature of them I didn't record the recipies.  Batch 8 was a repeatable recreation of one of these.

Revenge of the carrots.

Batch #3

• 1 C tomato sauce
  
• 4 habanero
  
• 4 garlic cloves
  
• 1/2 T Vinegar
  
• 1 T onion powder
  
• 3 T carrots
  
• 1/4 t salt
  

Garlic press peppers and garlic into sauce.  This removes the skins and only gives you the oils and flavor.  I am not sure if I will keep doing it this way, it just is a test.

Boil to thickness and taste.

Rather mild with a after kick.  Carrots take the heat away at first.  Still a bit of a bite.  The carrot flavor is rather strong and because of that I will not be putting this much in next time.  Maybe some lemon and lime next time would be good.

This is batch number one's recipe from my hot sauce experiment.  Later recipies have been easier to make but I wanted to share batch one.

This makes about 10oz of hot sauce in as little as 15 minutes.

Batch #1

• 6 Roma
  
• 2 Habanero
  
• 1 jalapeno
  
• 5 cloves garlic
  
• 1/2 T onion powder
  
• 1/8 C vinegar
  

Blend it all together.

Boil on low for 10-20 minutes.  Add water to keep consistancy from getting too thick depending on sauce thickness to start.

This sauce has a bit of a tomato flavor.  There is a bit of a strong garlic flavor.

Thickness is an issue I am working on.  I have been experimenting with making it not so thick and will share that with you once I get it a bit better.

This is part of my latest experiment.  I am a hot sauce addict and now I have begun making my own.  I started with a guess at ingredients one evening and came up with a recipe that I was excited about for two reasons, first it was good, second it was a great place to start experimenting from.

This is batch number two's recipe.  Batch 1 is a bit harder to make but this is quite easy.

This makes about 10oz of hot sauce in as little as 15 minutes.

Batch #2

• 1 C tomato sauce
  
• 3 habanero
  
• 1 jalapeno
  
• 3 cloves garlic large
  
• 1 thin strip of red bell pepper
  
• 1.5 T vinegar
  
• 1 T onion powder
  
• 1 T carrot diced super fine
  
• 1/4 t salt
  

Use garlic press to add peppers and garlic into sauce.

Boil on low for 10-20 minutes.  Add water to keep consistancy from getting too thick depending on sauce thickness to start.

This sauce has a bit of a hot afterburn and not too much tomato flavor.  There is a bit of a garlic flavor and the carrots help reduce the heat from the peppers.

I have been thinking about the food we eat, the chemicals we eat, the substances that are call food that we are eating.  I am worried about the foods that I am eating and that we all are eating.  Chemicals, pesticides, GMO products and other food like substances are all around us and we are eating them blindly.

I will focus this site on eating healthy and giving you resources to learn what you need to make healthy choices.  This will include recipes, tips, links and other resources.

I am on a quest to replace as many foods from my diet that come from the unnatural sources such as GMOs and chemicals and preservatives.  I don't think that all preservatives are bad, I just would like to minimize them in my diet.

I don't want to commit to a schedule of posting to this site but I will say that I plan to do it regularly.  My intent is to post on a biweekly schedule at a minimum and post even more often if I have stuff to share.

The site here has been neglected for too long with big breaks between posts.  This has created a case of expectational debt where you are expecting something and it has not been delivered.

Thanks for your understanding and check back later.