Ok food blogger what are you going to do with all this?

I would like to say that I have a recipe for this, I did my best to keep track of everything, but this was more of a refrigerator cleaning journey again.  It started a couple of weeks ago I was at my favorite produce store again, the vine on tomatoes were on sale, how could I resist the vine on guys they look so inviting fresh and ready to use for... dammit that's right I am the only person at my house that will eat fresh tomatoes.  Ok, here is a plan, set them on the counter until I figure out what to do with them... 4 days......  6 days....  Ok there was nothing left to do but Marinara Sauce now.  Ingredients:

10 old vine on Tomatoes peeled and seeded

2 TBS Olive Oil

1 Carrot coarsely chopped

1 rib Celery coarsely chopped

3 cloves Garlic chopped

2 Shallots chopped

1/2 Red Bell Pepper chopped

6-7 Leaves wilted leftover Basil

  ( I know this is starting to sound great now)

Big Pinch of dried Oregano

1 can of Fire Roasted Tomatoes

1/4 cup dried Mushrooms

some red wine (whatever I didn't drink)

Salt and Pepper to taste

Start by peeling and seeding the tomatoes to do that easily drop them 2 or 3 at a time into boiling water for about 30 seconds then pull them out and the peel comes right off.  The seeds can be a little bitter so I try to get most of them out, cut the tomatoes in half and scrape them into the garbage.  Set the meat of the tomatoes aside.

Heat the olive oil in a sauce pan and add the Carrot, Celery. Shallot and Garlic and cook until softened maybe 15-20 minutes then add the rest of the ingredients.  Cover and cook for a couple of hours while you are doing other stuff, stirring occasionally.  when you think it is done blend it up I used one of my favorite tools the immersion blender puree it all down.  Taste it and see what you need, a little sugar? vinegar?  I don't know you decide.  Finish up the seasonings and you are ready.

As I continue to clean up all blogging leftovers I found a about cup of shrimp in the freezer.  This was going to turn out Ok after all.  I minced some garlic, another 2 cloves (never had too much garlic) and sauteed that with the shrimp, then added spaghetti and enough sauce to toss it all in.