The Way of the Cook

I had a hankering for some spaghetti with tomato sauce, but lo! The pantry held no jars of prepared tomato sauces! There were, however, plenty of cans of diced and whole tomatoes (pretty much the only fruit/vegetable that I buy canned) calling out to me to be the base for my latest creation. I had a couple of old poblanos and an onion that were quickly chopped and sauteed in some olive oil. I added two cans of diced tomatoes, half a clove of garlic and fresh herbs from my balcony. After a simmer of about an hour it made a fabulous sauce. I decided it needed a higher concentration of tomato, so I added another can. I quickly heated up some of the leftover pork from the other night in a skillet and dumped it all on some spaghetti with a heap of parmesan cheese. Delicious. It took a little longer than my typical dinner but the sauce was worth the wait. The tomato flavor was very bright and this simple sauce beat most of the jars you can find at the supermarket hands down.