Our day started bright and early 🌅 because I wanted to have all my sauce made and jarred before the temperatures outside started to feel like the surface of the sun ☀️🔥! After our morning walk 🚶♀️🐾 and a quick breakfast 🍳, I rolled up my sleeves and got to work — with Bella 🐶 by my side, of course. She took her job very seriously 🕵️♀️, supervising the entire process and making sure nothing accidentally fell to the floor.
This year, I decided to try something new ✨ — a recipe that called for roasting the tomatoes 🍅 and peppers 🫑 first. So, I got them all washed, chopped, and prepped 🧑🍳, then worked in batches: two cookie sheets at a time 🍪, three rounds through the oven 🔥. While swapping trays in and out, I chopped more veggies and cleaned as I went 🧽🫧. (Future me was very grateful for that decision — no giant mess to tackle at the end!)
Once all the tomatoes and peppers were roasted and chopped, I tossed them into the pot 🍲 with the rest of the ingredients, plus my own secret touch 🤫. That’s when Bella decided it was time for our late-morning walk 🚶♀️🐕. So, we took a quick break, enjoyed some fresh air 🍃, and then came back ready to finish the job.
With the sauce pot simmering away ♨️, the kitchen filled with the most mouthwatering aroma 😋. After about an hour ⏳, it was ready for jarring! I processed them all and ended up with four quart-size jars and four pint-size jars 🫙🫙🫙🫙. I’m tempted to grab more tomatoes for a second batch, but since I still have some from last year 📦, I might just freeze fresh tomatoes now ❄️🍅 and save sauce-making for a cozy winter day ❄️🏠.
In the end, Sauce Day 2025 was an absolute success ✅! Sure, it’s a lot of work 💪, but there’s something deeply satisfying about seeing those jars lined up on the counter 😍 — and hearing that magical ping 🔔 as the lids seal. That sound means summer’s harvest 🌻 has been captured in a jar, ready to brighten future meals ❤️.
The Adventures of Julie and Bella 2025 
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