Cuisine: Queer-licious Tomato Sauce

This recipe is simple and divine. I can't remember how I was inspired to create it, but I think it had something to do with looking in the fridge, seeing what was there, and then just crafting from the ground up. The key to this delicious recipe is removing the tomato skins. The best way to do this is to boil them as mentioned below and then take the skins off of them over a bowl. That way you can catch all of the juices squeezed out as you handle the tomatoes. You can also use this as the base for any recipe that calls for tomato sauce.

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You Will Need:
7 tomatoes
2 cups Water
1 White Onion, finely sliced
6 Garlic Cloves, minced
1 to 2 Tbsp. finely chopped fresh Sage
1 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Black Pepper

What To Do:
Core tomatoes, and place inside a pot with water. Boil for 5 to 7 minutes.
Remove tomatoes from water, peel, discard skin, and put tomatoes back in the water.
Add ALL other ingredients.
Simmer for an hour.
Mash tomatoes, and simmer for another hour.
Serve over pasta!

Cuisine: Jason's Simple Salsa for Queerly Complex People... (draft)

I love tomatoes, especially any of the heirloom variety. I didn't used to like them. Growing up I always had to eat them with a little sugar sprinkled over the top just like my grandpa, or they had to be in a spaghetti sauce or in a salsa.

Then, I grew up and my palate changed. I now love tomatoes. Love them. They are perfect raw or cooked; in salads, on sandwiches, or in soups. If they are an heirloom variety, I can just take a giant bite out of them and eat them like an apple. I absolutely can't get enough of them.

Tomatoes are the main reason I love, love, love salsa. This recipe takes a simple salsa and spruces it up with some nectarine. Now, you maybe thinking, "Why in the world is a nectarine doing in salsa?" The answer is,"It tastes damn good. That's why!"

You're just going to have to trust me on this one. Go out and buy a tasty nectarine, a beautiful tomato, and enjoy this very tart, sweet, spicy, and salty salsa.

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You Will Need:
1 Nectarine
1 large Heriloom Tomato
1 Serrano Pepper, cored and seeded
1/2 Yellow Onion
1 Yellow Pepper
2 tsp. Salt
1 Tbsp. Sugar
Grape Seed Oil

What To Do:
Dice nectarines and tomatoes.
Slice the pepper thinly.
Thinly slice yellow onion length-wise.
Chop yellow pepper in thin, short slices.
Combine ALL ingredients.
Let sit 30 minutes or longer.
Serve!