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Italian Meatballs in Red Sauce and Exploring BPA Free Tomato Choices

Surely I can’t give you a recipe for meatball sandwiches, without providing a recipe for the meatballs themselves. I know it’s May, and you may be thinking that you don’t want a pot of meatballs and tomato sauce simmering all day in a hot kitchen. No worries, this recipe is for your slow cooker to do the work.

But first lets talk about the tomatoes…

Everyone loves a juicy summer tomato, and they absolutely make the best tomato sauce. So clearly the best choice would be to can your own organic tomatoes each summer to enjoy year round. Realistically my garden doesn’t produce enough tomatoes(yet!) for a year’s worth of sauce, and canning takes an enormous amount of effort that many people may not have time for.

So here are some options for the rest of us.

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