Adventures of a Military Family of 8

No Anchor Can Hold Us Down...

  • Welcome New Friends!
  • About Me, Our Blog, Our Journey
  • Media Kit
  • Privacy Policy

Vegetable Pasta Sauce Recipe

by Lily @militaryfamof8

Vegetable Pasta Sauce

Vegetable Pasta Sauce Recipe

Vegetable Pasta Sauce

 

This is such a simple, yet delicious recipe anyone can make.
Weather you’re looking for a regular meaty Pasta Recipe (just add meat), or you are looking for a Vegetarian Pasta Sauce Recipe;

This recipe will make your tummy happy…

Marinara

Basically for this you can use almost any veggies you already have…

These are my most common used ingredients:
  • 1/2 onion
  • 1 large garlic, clove (or 2 small ones)
  • 1 small eggplant
  • 2 carrots
  • 1/2 green pepper
  • 1/2 red pepper (any color is fine)
  • 1 bottle of tomato sauce ( 24 oz)
  • 1 tomato, diced
  • 3 Tbsp of Italian seasoning
  • salt/pepper to taste
  • 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese

 

Marinara3

Directions 
  • In a food processor blend the onion, garlic, peppers and eggplant until finely chopped. Shred the carrots.  Heat a large pot and add 2 Tbsp of olive oil. Then add all the vegetables. Saute for a good 5 or 8 minutes, or until buy xanax online australia they are soft. Next add the diced tomato. On medium heat, allow the tomato to break down and cook for another 5 minutes.
  • All the vegetables should have turned into a “big mushy” type of consistency. Now pour the tomato sauce and half of that of hot water. This part really is more of a personal taste. Some folks like their tomato sauce a little more saucy than others.
  • Season with salt and pepper and lower the heat. Let it simmer for 40 minutes, stirring every 8 minutes or so.
  • Check your seasoning. If you added more water you may need to add an extra Tbsp of Italian seasoning or even salt.  Once it’s done cooking, you may want to add the Parmesan cheese at this point. Stir again.
  • Serve over hot noodles and garnish with shredded basil leaves.
  • Enjoy!

Marinarasauce

 


Filed Under: Beef recipes..., Comfort Foods..., Recipes

21 Mouth Watering Mexican Recipes

by Lily @militaryfamof8

21 Mouth Watering Mexican Recipes

 21 Mouth Watering Mexican Recipes

A - 21 Mouth Watering Mexican Recipes - words

As the colder weather makes us spend more time indoors, I seem to run out of ideas for new dinners. I love finding recipes to include in round-up posts because not only does it give me many new ideas, but it helps you as well! It’s a Win-Win!
Need some meal planning inspiration? Here are 21 Mouth Watering Mexican Recipes that we can all add to our dinner list. Enjoy!
[Read more…]

Filed Under: Amazing Round-ups..., Beef recipes..., Comfort Foods..., Dessert Recipes, Mexican Food recipes..., Poultry Recipes..., Recipes, Sides..., Soup recipes...

30 Slow Cooker Entrees your Family will Love!

by Lily @militaryfamof8

Slow Cooker Entrees

30 Slow Cooker Entrees your Family will Love!

30 Slow Cooker Entrees your Family will Love!

Meal planning is definitely trending as we all want to save time and money. One of the easiest ways to get those meals prepped and ready is with the magic of the slow cooker. Here are 30 Slow Cooker Entrees your Family will Love! Perfect for those busy weeks where you’d love to have dinner ready to serve when you get home.

As a Mom of 6 I am always on the run once the kids are out of school. From after School sports, to after School clubs, [Read more…]

Filed Under: Amazing Round-ups..., Beef recipes..., Comfort Foods..., Mexican Food recipes..., Poultry Recipes..., Recipes

#FranksRedHot & #HamBeach slow cooker join forces…

by Lily @militaryfamof8

Let me begin by introducing myself, I am Lily; the woman who only used a slow cooker/ crock pot for nacho cheese during a birthday party.  Now that we got that out of the way, WOW!!! The things people make with the slow cookers are amazing!!!  I seriously had no idea what to do with them, hence the nacho cheese; but now; hold me back!!!

I was going to write a blog post about something I was going to cook in my NEW Hamilton Beach 5qt Slow Cooker, but
I couldn’t think of one thing; so I asked the kids to tell me what they felt like having for dinner.  Being that today has been the coldest night so far, it was an easy answer for them; they chose beef stew.  So I thought to myself that beef stew might be a little boring for you to read about, so as a second choice they said “happy-help me stew” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Beef recipes..., Recipes

Foodie Friday: Homemade Sloppy Joes recipe

by Lily @militaryfamof8

 

 

With Halloween this weekend I wanted to share my recipe for Sloppy Joes. This was a Halloween favorite as a child and I made them every year for my kids to eat before Trick or Treating. You remember as a child eating Sloppy Joes. My mom made them out of a can of Manwich. She would serve them open face over toasted buns. You had to eat them with a fork and butter knife. To this day I love them. I can taste them, smell them. Something so simple yet so fulfilling. My mom was not that into cooking. Yet there are a handful of dishes that I loved. She made chicken fried steak that any southerner would love and liver and onions (yes I said liver) that to this day I miss. It is amazing that I miss the simplest dishes. A can of Sloppy Joe sauce and I am back in my mommas kitchen. (don’t worry she doesn’t know Mr Internet so she has no idea I am talking about her ) [Read more…]

Filed Under: Beef recipes..., Recipes

Foodie Friday: Crock Pot Roast with Gravy recipe with Shamrocks & Shenanigans

by Lily @militaryfamof8

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aricka has been nominated for Best Foodie Blog of the Year!!!!!!!
If you agree, which you should!! 😉 go on and vote for her, voters are also eligible for a prize!
http://www.misterpoll.com/polls/504857
Don’t forget to add her name on the bottom of the form for the vote to count “Shamrocks and Shenanigans”

Guess what day it is?!? It’s Foodie Friday with My Dear Friend Aricka at Shamrocks and Shenanigans.  For today’s post she made an AWESOME Crock Pot Roast with Gravy recipe!

When I was asked to do fall recipes for my buddy Adventures of a Military Family 8, I was thrilled! I have a ton of wintery recipes. Growing up the first part of my childhood in the snowy mountains, my family ate foods rich in gravy or stewed. I didn’t know it at the time but my grandmother was cooking for a large army. Every meal was at least ten hungry adults. My grandmother had a way of making cheap meals taste elegant. This happens to be right up her alley. The nice thing about this meal is the crackpot does most the work. You do a little prep. It cooks slowly all afternoon and then you pile it on some mashed potatoes and add a veggie. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Beef recipes..., Recipes

Follow us, we're fun!

Looking for Something Specific?

Hi!
Welcome to our little world!
My name is Lily, I am a Mommy to 6 kids; and wife to a US Navy Sailor of 15 years. We are a typical Family trying to live the American dream, and though my son’s Autism and my Husband’s PTSD and TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) sometimes try to dampen our mood; we try our hardest to push through it and keep on movin’!

I absolutely LOVE blogging, sharing our life, and our adventures; whether good or not so good.

Our Family went through what WE hope is the worst week ever a year and a half ago, and tragedies continued to hit our Family for a while.
In 4 days, our car was totaled, our house broken into, and our house caught on fire. We are literally having to start over from scratch.
If you’d like to read our story, click on the link:

The worst week ever in our family- Trajedy comes in drones!

If you’d like to contact me, you can try any of the above & below methods, or you can email directly at
militaryfamof8@gmail.com

Subscribe to our Newsletter…

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Our Sponsors…

Adventures of a Military Family of 8 is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.

The Network Niche

© 2022 · ADVENTURES OF A MILITARY FAMILY OF EIGHT ·