Sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing. I'm definitely going to try a batch of this :)

Hi Mandie! I once had a work colleague with a kidney stone problem, he was extremely sick so I know what an ordeal you have been through. I thought your husband might be on a low oxalate diet because I have heard about it poisoning some animals when eaten at high levels. Actually I ended up doing some research on oxalic acids this summer because I got ambitious and made sorrel soup out of the wild sorrel weeds growing in my garden. I had read somewhere that it could be toxic but I found out only in large amounts, and also not good for people on a low oxalate diet, which was the first time I had heard of such a thing. Also obviously you would want to avoid a lot of protein and salt, both of which are very reactive substances for the kidneys to deal with. It all makes sense except the tomatoes thing. I found listing the oxalate levels of certain vegetables. Maybe it is just concentrated tomato sauce? Anyway, I don't know how your husband feels about hippie food, but I have been eating a diet lower in protein than the average American for almost all my life. We eat excessive amounts of protein, much more than is necessary in the US and it is acutally related to a lot of our health problems. I adore whole grain foods so could happily live on brown rice and whole grain pasta with some oatmeal, cornmeal, barley, wild rice and bulghur wheat thrown in for fun. I put a good stir fry made with brown rice on my list of the 10 best things I have ever put in my mouth. You could add bits of chicken or any other type of meat to it to add flavor. Luckily I see that corriander is low oxalate, so you can make delicious thai fried rice with ginger, cilantro, garlic and lime juice with a dash of hot pepper. Or go mild and make butternut squash lasagne with a white sauce. I think hubs could eat a mild white sauce if it was made with a lower salt cheese which you will have to search out. I have a lot of pasta dish recipes because I eat pasta almost every day. Also a lot of recipes for rice, like risi e bisi (italian for rice and peas). And a simple broth with tofu or a few meat pieces and lots of noodles is what the Chinese eat for lunch almost every day, it is good!! Rice stuffed squash is also a favorite of mine, and I eat a lot of roasted vegetables, many of which are on the low oxalate list. Of course if hubby is a meat and potatoes guy, this will be tough. He is just going to have to learn to be a rice or pasta plus a little meat kind of guy! Let me know if any of these kinds of foods sound good to you and I will post the recipes. Like I said, I eat some kind of whole grain based main course for every meal, but many folks aren't open to that style of eating because it is so unfamiliar. You can also eat the not whole grain versions too, which I guess are even lower in oxalates, like white rice and semolina pasta. Also, your husband can still eat bread, which for me is the staff of life. I eat bread with tea and jam for breakfast every morning. I love apple or peach jam, which is low oxalate. I also make mushroom barley soup which is good, and low oxalate. And due to being a person of very modest means, I eat cabbage almost exclusively as my salad green in the winter, and I see that it is low oxalate. I am the coleslaw queen, lol! Here is a link that might be useful: Low oxalate diet PDF from U. Pittsburgh Medical Center

LOL Angelaid! Here it is for your viewing (and eating) pleasure. I never measure, just dump the sauce ingredients in a bowl and combine. Sausages in Red Sauce (requested often by hubby) 1 lb large sausage (Grillwurst, Farmers, Italian etc) 2 tbsp drippings or oil 1/2 cup sliced celery and green pepper 1/2 cup chopped onion 3/4 cup ketchup 2 tbsp vinegar 1 tbsp brown sugar 2 tsp prepared mustard 2 tsp worcestershire sauce 1/2 cup water Brown sausages in drippings slowly for 10 minutes. Remove from pan, pour off all but 2 tbsp drippings. Add celery, peppers, and onion to pan; saute 5 minutes. Combine sauce ingredients in a bowl and add to the skillet. Return sausages to pan. Simmer 30 minutes or until sausages are thoroughly cooked.

I used to make my own until I found this. It is great. Tastes good. No weird ingredients. https://www.raos.com/product/pizza-sauce/ I get it at Publix or Walmart.