The other day while we were picking up some things after I got done with work I was super ready to go home when Peter said that we had to swing by the hospital to pick something up for his mom. I was suspicious because 1) It was like 7:30 at night 2) He kept coming up with random details which didn't make for a very convincing lie.
After driving in what I was pretty sure was the opposite direction from the hospital, we pulled up to Ozone pizza! I was on a surprise date! Yay! I had always wanted to go there and apparently it is a Pensacola hotspot. Also I've really been missing pizza. Nothing can fill the void that Panda Pizza left in my soul... nothing.
It had all of my favorite toppings! Including vegan cheese. As soon as I ordered it though, I thought to myself "Oh gawd I hope it's not Daiya." Unluckily for me, it was Daiya. Daiya is good for many things, but unfortunately pizza is not one of them. So I learned my lesson there and I can't wait to go back and get a cheese-less pizza.... this time probably with thin crust also. But it was so fun!
We haven't been on a date in forever and Ozone was so cool. I'm not used to restaurants that have decorations that aren't pictures of the owners' family or a framed apron or something. Ozone had these cool paintings on the wall that you could buy. There was one with Mae West that I loved but I forgot to take a picture of it because I am a terrible blogger.
While on the subject of Italian food... I started thinking about the amazing pasta sauces that I got back home. Jarred pasta sauces are great and convenient and I love them, but there's something so fresh and simple about Italian tomato sauce. I tried a bunch of random recipes but nothing tasted right. I would try to recreate it and add spices and garlic and it was never right.
I wrote to my parents and asked them to send me a sauce recipe from one of my mom's Italian cookbooks. Once I got the recipe, I saw why I could never recreate it. That's because there is like nothing in it. Tomatoes, onions, white wine and salt. That's it. The Italians had it so right!
The recipe for this sauce came from the cookbook made by Miss Vera. If you lived in Naples for a decent amount of time, you or someone you know probably went to one of Miss Vera's cooking classes. I genuinely enjoyed mine! She has someone that cleans up your mess and where else can I drink wine with my mother at 10 in the morning?
Her recipe called for fresh tomatoes put through a food mill. But I don't have one of those so I adapted it. I decided to put it on here to give everyone missing Italian food an little piece of home. One batch makes about eight cups of it so I plan on using it as pizza sauce and in lasagna and pasta. There are a lot of carbs in my future.
Speaking of carbs. My working out has been going really well! Except for the running. I am just not a runner. I hate running. About a minute into all of my runs my chest gets tight and I just can't breathe. So I started doing HIIT in addition to the toning workouts and yoga. It's only been a month and I don't really SEE results, but I can feel myself getting stronger.
Anyways! Here's the recipe! Enjoy!
Authentic Italian Tomato Sauce
1 onion - diced
6 oz can of tomato paste
6 oz of water
1/2 cup of olive oil
1/2 cup of white wine
28 oz can of diced tomatoes
56 oz container of strained tomatoes
1. Sautee the onion in the olive oil in a pot.
2. Add the wine and continue to sautee until the wine has evaporated.
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| This is the strained tomatoes that I used! They were so good! Use them if you can find them |
4. Let simmer to two to three hours.
ENJOY! I was going to post a pic of the finished product on my pasta, but I used spelt pasta and it looked kind of gross even though it tasted so great. I'm going to make my own pizza though and use it as the sauce and I think it's going to be amazinggg.
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