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We go through a lot of tomato sauce in our household. My husband could eat spaghetti and tomato sauce several nights a week and then be up for a ziti or lasagna. So, when I started gardening and trying to grow things organically for my family, it was only natural to start thinking about canning our own tomato sauce. Besides knowing where the sauce came from, it is also nice to get further away from cans that can cause health problems. While we do have a lot of tomato plants, they don’t all ripen at the same time and I’m not going to purchase a bunch of tomatoes since I’m already growing them. What to do? Take the easy approach that will actually get more people into making their own! Freeze your tomatoes as they ripen!
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