Adventure Mouth!

Ingredients 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 medium onion, coarsely chopped 4+ garlic cloves, peeled and coarsely chopped 2+ celery stalks, coarsely chopped Mushrooms 1 pound ground chuck beef or ground turkey (or ground bison) 14 oz can crushed tomatoes 14 oz can of diced tomatoes 1/4 cup flat-leaf Italian parsley, chopped 8 fresh basil leaves, chopped Parsley (optional) Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1/4 cup freshly grated Pecorino Romano Instructions In a large skillet heat the olive oil. When almost smoking, add the onion and garlic and saute over medium heat until the onions become very soft, about 8 minutes. Add the celery and mushrooms and saute for 5 minutes. Raise heat to high and add the ground beef. Saute, stirring frequently and breaking up any large lumps and cook until meat is no longer pink, about 10 minutes. Add the tomatoes, parsley and basil and cook over medium low heat until the sauce thickens. Season with salt and pepper. This will take

Cranberry-Orange Relish Ingredients 1 navel orange 1 (12-oz) bag fresh cranberries 1/2 cup sugar (change to substitute, may need to increase quantity) 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon Instructions Finely grate 2 teaspoons zest from orange. Cut away and discard peel and pith from orange, then cut sections free from membranes. Gently pulse cranberries with zest, orange sections, sugar, and cinnamon in a food processor until finely chopped. Chill, covered, at least 2 hours to allow flavors to develop. Relish can be chilled up to 3 days. Notes 10 minutes of active prep, 2.5 hours until ready 10 servings (3 - 3.5 cups) Cranberry Sauce Ingredients 1 cup sugar substitute 1 cup water 12 ounces fresh or frozen cranberries 2 tsp orange zest (~1 orange) 2 tsp tapioca starch 1 tsp sugar Instructions Combine sugar substitute, tapioca starch, and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Add cranberries and orange zest and bring back to a boil.  Add sugar. Reduce

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017577-best-gazpacho Ingredients About 2 pounds ripe red tomatoes, cored and roughly cut into chunks 1 Italian frying (cubanelle) pepper or another long, light green pepper, such as Anaheim, cored, seeded and roughly cut into chunks 1 cucumber, about 8 inches long, peeled and roughly cut into chunks 1 small mild onion (white or red), peeled and roughly cut into chunks 1 clove garlic 2 teaspoons sherry vinegar, more to taste Salt ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil, more to taste, plus more for drizzling Instructions Combine tomatoes, pepper, cucumber, onion and garlic in a blender or, if using a hand blender, in a deep bowl. (If necessary, work in batches.) Blend at high speed until very smooth, at least 2 minutes, pausing occasionally to scrape down the sides with a rubber spatula. With the motor running, add the vinegar and 2 teaspoons salt. Slowly drizzle in the olive oil. The mixture will turn bright orange or dark pink and become smo