Ever wonder what in the world happened to my homemade ketchup making experiments? Yeah, me too.
I’ve told you several different times that I was experimenting with a good ketchup recipe. Many of you have sent me wonderful looking recipes. And still…I have nothing to share with you. I figured I should at least offer a little update, for all of you who have been eagerly sitting there with a hamburger in your hand waiting for me to tell you how to make ketchup to garnish it.
Here’s what happened: I tried two different recipes several months ago. We sort of liked one and really didn’t like the other. I thought maybe after they sat in the fridge a few days, we would like them more, but we didn’t. Then you sent some recipes and they looked really good and I picked out a few to try…but then I never did because there are just SO many things to do and recipes to try and posts to write and children to watch flying off the stair railing.
And so I just keep getting this kind. And I like it. And all it requires is opening a bottle and squeezing.
I make almost everything from scratch. I have decided to give myself a break on the ketchup and buy it for now. Until I can catch-up. I will leave “homemade ketchup” on my list of reader-requested recipes…but for now…if you’re sitting there with your hamburger waiting for the homemade ketchup, I’ll have to apologize and say…go ahead and eat your burger. :( I think that I thought making a tasty homemade ketchup would be easy…and it’s kinda not. I wanted to make it easy for all of us, you know?
On another, happier note though…you know our little corn crop that got pummeled by the wind? You were all right in your comments. It DID perk itself up and we have been able to save most of it!!! We were so excited that Matt did a little corn photography:
The purtiest corn we ever did see.
And now…on to the menu plan for this week!
Sunday, July 25
Oatmeal, pears
Italian stew with green beans, corn on the cob
Grilled cheese sandwiches, strawberry milkshake
Monday, July 26
Strawberry bread, applesauce
Chicken nuggets and french fries, peaches
Cheesy beef and rice, steamed broccoli
Tuesday, July 27
Honey whole wheat bagels, cantaloupe
Pizza, apples
Three cheese garlic chicken pasta, steamed carrots
Wednesday, July 28
Scrambled eggs, fruit-kefir smoothies
Taco Potatoes, watermelon
Cheesy Salsa Enchiladas, tossed salad
Thursday, July 29
Giant breakfast cookies, bananas
Hamburgers, fresh tomatoes, onion rings
BBQ meatballs, baked potatoes, green beans
Friday, July 30
Peanut butter honey toast, applesauce
Strawberry chicken salad (found in this free book), watermelon
Tacos
Saturday, July 31
Homemade donuts
Leftovers
Cookout with friends
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That’s IS purty corn!
check out homjoys.com unde recipes for a great BBq sauce. Love that website and the sauce – i tried it last year for the first. Wish I had more tomatoes but we are just so dry.
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Thanks for the heads up!!
That’s the same ketchup I use except I buy it in a huge can from Azure. When I open the can what I do is refill the ketchup container in the fridge (the store bought container), put some in a mason jar in the fridge for refills, and put the rest in a large plastic container in the freezer. It freezes/thaws fine- no problems. I’m sure I could probably just store all of it in the fridge, but I have more room in the freezer than the fridge.
Great menu items. I love your post about ketchup. Since I have switched to Trader Joe’s ketchup (no high fructose corn syrup), I can’t enjoy any other kind. There is just something about the tomato flavor. I wonder if it’s similar to the kind you get. Love the blog. Thanks so much for sharing.
In case you haven’t heard of this recipe on Kitchen Stewardship’s Blog, here’s another to add to your list of homemade ketchup recipes to try:
http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2010/08/02/guest-post-how-to-make-healthy-ketchup/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kitchenstewardship%2FPgbo+%28Kitchen+Stewardship%29