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Egg Nog hot chocolate. Warm up some Egg Nog with a little milk and melt in some chocolate. Lindt or Valrhona or something of good quality. Makes me wonder why I would ever buy hot chocolate powder again. Maybe add a little rum...

Some cooks add a little pumpkin puree to help offset the acidity of the tomato sauce. Sounds odd but it seems to work.

Basic tomato sauce: pure olive oil, finely diced onions, minced garlic, canned roma tomatoes (that have been seeded and diced medium) and parsley sprigs tied in a bunch. Salt and black pepper. Simmer for an hour. A tomato sauce should taste like tomatoes. Like all sauces, it's only as good as it's worst ingredent.