Canning Spagetti Sauce and Making Noodles

Friday I tried  canning for the first time by myself. I did it a couple
of years ago with my sister and we had lots of fun.
 Besides canning, I made homemade noodles.
Here is some pictures of my adventures.

First of all I washed the jars and lids so they were nice and clean

Then I boiled water and put my tomatoes in it about a minute.

Then I put them in ice cold water

and the peeling just came right off.

Skinning the tomatoes,

Next I cut the tomatoes in 4ths and took out the seeds and juice

so the spaghetti sauce would not be to thin.

I put onions, garlic, dried basil, celery, salt, oregano, bay leaves,

red sweet peppers, and lemon juice in my tomatoes to flavor them.

I mixed it together on the stove and boiled it. The tomatoes just fall apart after cooking it

awhile.

In the two pictures below I am sterilizing my jars and my lids.

It made a lot less then I thought it would. I was thinking about 3 to 4 quarts,

but I ended up with 2. I only canned 1 and used the other 1 for dinner.

It did not make very much, but it was fun and a good experience for me.

Okay noodle time!!

THIS RECIPE WAS EASY!

Only 4 ingredients

1. flour

2. salt

3. eggs

4. oil

5. water

I doubled the recipe.

I had to knead it for 8 to 10 minutes,

untill it was smooth and stretchy.

The recipe said to make it into about 6 different

pieces, then I started to roll it out, one section at

a time.

                                                       Here they are all rolled out.
                                                At this point I had to let them sit for 20
                                                              minutes.     

Then I started to slice them in thin strips

with a pizza cutter.

 I put them on hangers to dry.

That is what my recipe told me to do.

Have any of you done that with your food!

I let it dry for two hours, then I put them in bags

and stored them in the freezer.

They can stay in the freezer for 8 months.

For dinner the same day, I used one bag of noodles

and one jar of the homemade spaghetti sauce.

 Time to eat, come on over everyone!

Have a wonderful day!

Mindy