Yes, My Speghetti Has Carrots In It!?!

Tonight I am making Home Made Company Spaghetti. This is the kind of spaghetti that my Italian Grandmother Annette always made. Each time she made it, it would be slightly different. Each time she made it, it had different ingredients in it. If you asked her for the recipe like I did so often, she would reply, "It doesn't have one Shereeee. It is a little of tis and a little of tat!" Over time, I learned by arriving early that she was cleaning out the refrigerator while she made it. Along the way she left me tips by teaching me to freeze unused veggies (like tips and edible stocks) that I would of just thrown away and putting them in a freezer bag marked for soup. I think she also used it for her Spaghetti sauce chopped into tiny pieces.

I also had a friend who was Italian, and she would add spinach chopped up finally to her sauce. Her daughter would try to make it without the onions, garlic and spinach and then would complain that it didn't taste right. Silly girl!

So these are my rules for my Company Spaghetti Sauce.
1. I use 3 types of meat and one is always Italian Sausage (Turkey, beef or Chicken)
2. Yes, I put carrots in it along with what any other veggies I find in the refer.
* Tip - Run them through the food processor and whatever you don't use, put in the freezer marked veggies.
3. I triple the garlic.
4. I always use fresh basil. Yum!!! I love my fresh herbs from the garden in it too.
5. DON"T ADD SUGAR! Use red wine instead. Make sure it is one that is drinkable. Those cooking wines are nasty.

My Grandma would be so proud of me, or mad at me for giving away her secrets!

Shereeee now needs to stir the sauce.