Italian Tomato Sauce Recipe

 Hi my friends!!!
How are you today?
Well...if you like Pasta and Tomato Sauce, this is the recipe for you!
I made this 2 days ago and would like to share it with you, thinking that maybe someone could like to try it!

First, you need fresh tomatoes (of course...LOL), better if they are homegrown...

 Wash very well your tomatoes...

 Cut them into big pieces and put them into a mixer

 Blend tomatoes reducing them into cream and put them in a big casserole

Now take some vegetables and spices...
I used  celery, sage, onion and basil...

Put them into the mixer, blend them reducing them into a crem as you did before for the tomates

Add this cream to the tomato cream in your casserole, then add salt and extra virgin olive oil and cook it for about 40-45 minutes, mixing it gently with a wood tablespoon...

This is the result:

Ok...now you can put your tomato sauce into jars, put them into a big casserole, completely covered by water  and boil them for half an hour...

Put labels on  the jars and...

This tomato sauce is perfect for cooking pasta, but also meat, vegetables, eggs...or anything else you like!!!
You can save it for more than a year!!!
Hope you liked my recipe and please, if you try it...let me know!
Enjoy your meal my friends!!!!!
Dany

Some colors in this odd summer

Hello my friends!!!
how are you?
I would love to show you my latest crochet creation...a colorful and happy shawl!!!

Some times ago I bought some skeins of yarns because I would love to make a blanket...
Well...I still never made that blanket...LOL...so I decided to use them for make a shawl!

I don't know if also in other countries this summer is not a real summer like here in the Norht of Italy...
I have to say that this is the 1st week that we are having nice weather but...our summer is almost finished...
We have had always grey sky, rain, cold, wind...amazing isn't it?
So I tought that some colorful yarns could bring me the summer spirit...!!!!

So...this is what I made...

I've had sooo much fun making it and I love the way it turned out!
Probably it will be my Mom next Xmas present...
I still have other skeins of the same yarns in different colors so surely I'll make others!
They are so fun and easy to make and you can make it while you are watching television, chatting...
Hope you like it!
Have a nice Saturday!!!!
Dany

Falling stars...

This is a magic night my friends...

May all your wishes come true tonight!!!!!!

Love, Dany

Enjoying the Mountain

Hi!!!

how are you today?

A new week is started (it's already Tuesday...LOL) but I would like to show you what I did past Sunday...

Well...I have to say that I'm more a beach girl than a mountain girl but...I enjoyed the Sunday's Adventure!




 

Hubby and Brother in Law show us the road...LOL...

Lots of water all around...

And the panorama was wonderful...

                                                  Some "Stone Art"...LOL...

                                                          

Falls...

Finally we reached the refuge and...we had some rest...


Funny Sisters...



Sister and BIL




Hubby and me...



Some friends we met...

Time to come home and say Goodbye...

I really hope we'll come come there again soon as we have had so much fun.
It was a perfect day!!!
Dany







Shades of purple on the wall

Hello my friends!!!
Do you remember the quilt I was working on some times ago?
I wrote about it in a post about one month ago I think...
Well...finally it's finished and it's now displayed on my bedroom wall.
I love the way it turned out, I love purple and here there are shades of purple that are perfects on my bedroom!

As you can see, it's a simple quilt, perfect for use these beautiful fabrics that you fell in love and would not like to cut in too much tiny pieces...LOL!!!!

I've designed it and make it and this is really so much fun for me!!!!
I started with  an idea on my mind and...I'll end with a quilt on my wall...LOL!!!

I've added some appliquè for make it nicer...
Two birds in love on a brach...

Some colorful butterflies...that give it a spring-y look...

And...grass...

I made in this way my Purple Enchanted Garden!
Hope you like it!!!
Dany

My Holidays on the French Riviera part 2: Old town, Menton by Night and...FOOD!!!!

Hello My friends!!!
How are you today?
here there are other pictures of my holidays...
You can see a mosaic of pictures of the old town.
Beautiful little alleys  inside the town are accessibles by old stairs...

Each house is so caracteristic with old trees, flowers, colorful windows...

And...the town by night...is so beautiful with his lights, music, open markets on the roads and  lots of people...

It's so nice to walk in the night, the air is fresh and you can feel the smell of the foods...pizza, fishes, french fries, pasta, crepes...and you can't wait to stop in a cute restaurant and...try them all!!!!

Hope you enjoyed my tour in this beautiful town!!!!!
Where are you going for the holidays?
Dany

A bag for a wedding

 Hello my friends!!!
yesterday morning I was in a creative mood and so I decided to make myself a new bag...
I need a new bag/purse for a wedding that  will be the 30th of July...
Usually, I don't like very much the kind of bag/purse you wear to wedding parties because they are small...and I love big purses as I always have so much things to carry with me...LOL!!!!
So...having this in mind...I absolutely would not like to waste my money for a purse that I probably only use one day for few hours...

So, I decided to make myself a cute wedding purse...
I'll wear a beautiful pearl grey oriental style silk dress with red flowers and grey sandals so I need something in these colors...

I looked into my stash and I found some cute fabrics that could work, then I've also found some silk scraps and laces...The colors' combination looked so perfect to me...

 

I took one of my Tilda's book and I found a pattern that perfectly suits my taste...

And...in a couple of hours...I made it!!!!

I'm so happy with the result and I think my cute new purse goes perfectly with my dress...

So...what do you think?