Recipes

[ECBG]

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@wagirl wrote:

@ECBG --yes I know what cilantro is just never saw it spelled that way. Not a huge fan of it tho.

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@wagirl 

MUCH better raw.

I got introduced to it cooked in a lovely beef broth with steak in it.  I tasted it and was very, very sorry.

[Mj12]

Culantro is different than cilantro.  Culantro has a stronger flavor, and it can be added both during cooking as well as after.

[wagirl]

@Mj12 ---thanks for the info! I didn't taste cilantro in that sauce---just a wild guess on my part. 

[drizzellla]

My son does not eat tomatoes. Can you see chunks of tomato in the cooking base? Or are they ground up and not noticable?

[Mj12]

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@drizzellla wrote:

My son does not eat tomatoes. Can you see chunks of tomato in the cooking base? Or are they ground up and not noticable?

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@drizzellla  The sofrito is tomato based however Goya also makes a Recaito which is cilantro based so that one might work.

[wagirl]

@drizzellla ---omgosh--dosn't that little quirk drive you insane???!!! My daughter is the same way--she HATES chunks in anything---especiallly tomatoes---I think this sauce is slightly chunky, more crushed maybe. DD is near 40 too--but I whirl stuff up to make it smoother anyway----

[drizzellla]

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@wagirl wrote:

@drizzellla ---omgosh--dosn't that little quirk drive you insane???!!! My daughter is the same way--she HATES chunks in anything---especiallly tomatoes---I think this sauce is slightly chunky, more crushed maybe. DD is near 40 too--but I whirl stuff up to make it smoother anyway----

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@wagirl  - YES!

It drives me crazy. And if there happens to be a chunk of tomato, he will have to remove any remnants. If he eats lasagna there is usually a pile of tomato sauce left on his plate. He scraps the sauce off, as much as he can. And I make sure it is made with tomato sauce so there is no chunks.

If the canned spagetti sauce has chunks of tomato, I take a potato masher to it. But usually that isn't good enough. I can't make numerous recipes because of him. 

Glad things are finally opening up again. He isn't home for dinner as often.

[wagirl]

@drizzellla ---hahaha---that made me laugh!! Yep, DD does the same thing---a pile of chunks on the side----I whirl the sauce up in my Ninja small blender----there should be a special place in heaven for us that do that for our kids!!!