Spaghetti Sauce

Mostaccioli

Defrost or heat spaghetti sauce.

Boil Noodles in water with a pinch of salt.

Mix sauce and noodles together or scoop sauce on top of noodles.  

Spaghetti Soup

Defrost or warm up sauce.

Add water to the heated sauce to make a soup base.

Boil noodles.

Mix noodles and soup to finish dish.

French Bread Dip

Defrost sauce while keeping it cool.

Cut thin slices of cheese.

Cut a loaf of french bread and add a dollop of sauce to the bread and add the cheese on top.

Pizza Potato

Defrost sauce.

Bake potato in microwave for 5 minutes and cut potatoes in half to make two wedges.

Scoop out a little bit of the inner potato to make a bowl shape.

Add a thin layer of spaghetti sauce with some oregano.

After, add a layer of mozzarella cheese and lastly add a few pepperonis to top it off. When done, place in microwave for two more minutes.

Italian Quesadilla

Defrost and warm up sauce.

Cut steak in thin strips and grill seasoned steak to your taste.

Spread sauce evenly on the tortillas and place either sliced or grated mozzarella over sauce.

Place steak in between the two tortilla layers and repeat steps three and four to the other tortilla.

Pan fry until cheese is melted and tortillas are golden.

Salsa

Add one cup of spaghetti sauce.

Add two tablespoons of lime juice and chopped cilantro and diced red onion.

Add half a cup of corn kernels.

Add a dash or more of hot sauce to your preference of heat.

Lastly stir salsa to mix everything evenly.

Histories

In a common world we believe that tomatoes came from Italy, and then became a common crop in America specifically California. Not all of what we believe is true. In times before America, South America and Italy were common suppliers for each other. Before tomatoes, Italians used cheese and common plants like olives to make their sauces. So, to no one who was asking, thank the Southern Americans for your common spaghetti sauce you see today.

There are multiple types of tomatoes. I strongly believe that Roma tomatoes are the best type of tomato to create sauce. A Roma tomato is a medium size tomato and they look like a large jelly bean. According to (https://authoritynutrition.com/foods/tomatoes), a medium size tomato that is roughly 123 grams contains around 22 calories. The tomato is made up of 95% water and the other 5% consists of carbohydrates and fibers.

Definitions

Locally-grown, the easiest definition suited for this description is “food that is locally grown”. But this definition can be expressed thoroughly. Locally-grown is grown within a hundred miles of its point of sale. The produce is also not trucked to and from in large amounts but in small amounts to one specific market for sale.

Fruits and vegetables in a way, are like birds. Birds only mate at certain times of the year, this is referred to as mating season. Just like birds, fruits and vegetables only grow in certain seasons. For examples tomatoes are grown mostly in summer, but if certain habitats have a summertime atmosphere, then tomatoes will grow.

Sustainable, it means “able to be maintained at a certain rate or level”. This definition collaborates directly with the tomato example. If a certain habitat has a summertime atmosphere, then this habitat can sustain tomatoes being grown.

Directions

• Spaghetti Sauce
1. Cut Tomatoes in half so tomato is as long as possible.
2. Clean insides of tomatoes.
3. Boil tomatoes in a pot with a pinch or two of salt.
4. Scoop tomatoes into sauce maker in order to separate seeds and skin from the base.
5. Drain water out of sauce through a clean thin sheet.
6. Sautee onions and garlic
7. Boil sauce after creating strictly base, to allow the base to come together, and add sauteed onions and garlic, basil, parsley, and other seasoning to your taste.
8. Let sauce cook to allow the seasonings and base to come together and come to the thickness of your preference.
• Mostaccioli
1. Defrost or heat spaghetti sauce 
2. Boil Noodles in water with a pinch of salt.
3. Mix sauce and noodles together or scoop sauce on top of noodles. 
• Spaghetti Soup
1. Defrost or warm up sauce.
2. Add water to the heated sauce to make a soup base.
3. Boil noodles.
4. Mix noodles and soup to finish dish.
• French Bread Dip
1. Defrost sauce while keeping it cool.
2. Cut thin slices of cheese.
3. Cut a loaf of french bread.
4. Add a dollop of sauce to the brad and the slice of cheese on top.
• Pizza Potato
1. Defrost sauce.
2. Clean outside of the potatoes.
3. Bake potato in microwave for 5 minutes.
4. Cut potatoes in half to make two wedges.
5. Scoop out a little bit of the inner potato to make a bowl shape.
6. Add a thin layer of spaghetti sauce with some oregano.
7. After, add a layer of mozzarella cheese.
8. Lastly, add a few pepperonis to top it off.
9. Put the potatoes in the microwave for two more minutes. 
• Italian Quesadilla 
1. Defrost and warm up sauce.
2. Cut steak in thin strips.
3. Grill  seasoned steak to your taste.
4. Spread sauce evenly on the tortillas.
5. Place either sliced or grated mozzarella over sauce.
6. Repeat steps three and four to the other tortilla.
7. Place steak in between the two tortilla layers.
8. Pan fry until cheese is melted and tortillas are golden.
• Salsa
1. Defrost sauce.
2. Add one cup of spaghetti sauce.
3. Add two tablespoons of lime juice.
4. Add half a cup of corn kernels.
5. Add chopped cilantro and diced red onion.
6. Add a dash or more of hot sauce to your preference of heat.
7. Lastly stir salsa to mix everything evenly.

Menu

Main ingredient:

• Spaghetti Sauce
• Tomatoes
• Onions
• Garlic
• Basil
• Parsley 

1. Mostaccioli
• Spaghetti Sauce
• Mostaccioli Noodles
2. Spaghetti Soup
• Spaghetti Sauce 
• Water
• Noodles
3. French Bread Dip
• Cold Spaghetti Sauce
• French Bread Loaf
• Mozzarella cheese slices
4. Pizza Potato
• Spaghetti Sauce
• Cheese
• Pepperoni's 
5. Italian Quesadilla 
• Spaghetti Sauce
• Tortillas
• Grated Cheese
• Steak
6. Salsa
• Spaghetti Sauce
• Lime Juice
• Corn Kernels
• Cilantro
• Red Onions
• Hot Sauce

Using three different recipes above, a well balanced, sustainable meal can be made. Using menu items: four, five, and six, a two course meal can be made. As an appetizer the salsa can be served with chips. The salsa may be thick, but is not very filling. Perfect for an appetizer! For a main entree, the Italian quesadilla and the Potato Pizza, go very well together. The Italian quesadilla is not heavy nor light and a wedge of baked potato with sauce, mozzarella cheese, and pepperonis will finish off a very well sustained meal.