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>>>> English muffin pizza, best there is I had all these WW tricks
>>>> lol. Half a muffin lightly toasted, spread with a little ketchup,
>>>> doesn't need to be much or bottled pasta sauce (although usually
>>>> not something one wants to take a spoon full out of just for a
>>>> muffin, lol. Sprinkle with dried Italian herb mix and add some
>>>> toppings (which I preheat in the micro). Little bits of finely
>>>> chopped mushroom, garlic, peppers, ham, olives (or just olive juice
>>>> if you like) etc. I like to add a little chopped canned,
>>>> unsweetened pineapple as well. Then top with a bit of grated cheese
>>>> and finally very thinly cut onion over that plus a few dried chili
>>>> flakes. Then put your little creation under the griller to melt the
>>>> cheese and semi cook the onion. A nice green salad and that was
>>>> lunch!
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>>> I used to make these but daughter and husband didn't like them. For
>>> the sauce I bought those tubes of tomato paste. I would mix a small
>>> amount of that with a couple of drops of olive oil, a little water
>>> and Italian herbs.
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>> One of the many things that weren't available here back then. Pasta
>> sauce wasn't, tomato paste came in large jars and often went moldy in
>> the fridge before it was all used up.
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> That's too bad. We can get small cans of tomato paste which are still
> too large. I have since read that the thing to do is freeze little
> dabs of them. The stuff in the tube is not widely available. I have
> to look for places that sell Italian imports.

We have tubes and small one use cans. I buy the no name brands and its
dirt cheap and just as tasty. I like tomato paste in pasta sauce as it
gives it a slight bitter taste whereas without it the sauces just taste
like sweet tomatoes.
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