How do you make spaghetti?

lmpdjc · October 2010

I'm not a cook. I brown burger, dump in a jar of prego and a can of mushrooms, boil noodles and call it dinner.

Anyone a little more creative than I am?

vmm0016 · October 2010

LOL, I am not a cook either! Thank God DH loves to cook!

lindylogana · October 2010

Is it more creative if I add frozen meatballs instead of mushrooms?? Stick out tongue

jilicious · October 2010

I make a dish I call Godfather pasta because I got the recipe from the movie The Godfather. But I omit the sugar. Basically it's fast and easy, albeit homemade, tomato sauce. Brown some Italian sausage in your skillet first and then add mushrooms, onion, salt and pepper, then chopped tomatos, a little can of tomato paste and red wine, and towards the end add a lot of minced garlic and some basil and oregano. Top with a disturbing amount of shredded parmesan and delish.

You can also mix a couple of tablespoons of light sour cream with a couple of tablespoons of goat cheese crumbles and make a SUPER fast cream sauce, which is a great way to add some depth to a casserole. Cook up cubed chicken, toss it with cooked penne or rotini and then stir in your sour cream and goat cheese. Bake at like 375 for 20 minutes while you take a bubble bath with a glass of wine, towel off, make DH set the table and arrive to a delicious feast.

Also 1 cup whipping cream or half and half plus 2 tbsp each of dijon mustard and maple syrup, boiled down and reduced somewhat, with a tsp of cornstartch to thicken, is GREAT over noodles with bacon crumbled on top, mmm. This is a great sauce for seafood, especially scallops and shrimp.

Also there's the standard cream sauce which is started off with a roux, then you add equal parts chicken broth and white wine (typically 1/2 cup to a cup, depending on how much you need) and then enough cream to make it white and delicious. Brown onions with your roux beforehand and add sauteed mushrooms in with the cream for a delicious second layer of flavor. Or you can make it any sort of flavor depending on your herb. I make this sauce, add a ton of fresh rosemary and pour it over chicken and bake it at 375 for like 20 minutes. You can add pasta to the same dish, yum!

Melly Mel · October 2010

I use paste and puree and make a large pot of sauce. I then freeze it in different containers and take it out when I need a quick meal. If I am feeling motivated I will make meatballs too. No jarred sauce allowed around these parts lol.

Starfish113 · October 2010

I make it the exact same way, minus the mushrooms! I consider that creative

HailsLyrics · October 2010

I'm a "little" more creative than you --- I fry fresh mushrooms after the burger is almost done.

That's as creative with spaghetti that I get.

jilicious · October 2010

By the way, all tomato sauces should have red wine added to them, it makes such a difference!

mbgreenwalt · October 2010

Most of the time I just use Prego. If I have all day I make my great-great grandmas recipe. I make the sauce and meatballs from scratch and I cook the meatballs in the sauce. It takes about 7 hours, but it is so good.

prego760 · October 2010

I start with a pack of Johnsonville Hot Sausage. Simmer in a pan for 20 minutes. While that simmering cook 1 lb of ground beef. Dont drain just add a pack of McCormicks powder Spaghetti mix and a can of tomato paste. Heat to a boil and simmer. Once the sausage is done cut in half and add to spaghetti sauce. Simmer another 5-10 minutes. Serve over spaghetti noodles.

(you can also slice the sausage.)

misscharlotte04 · October 2010

I chop 1/2 an onion and 1 clove of garlic, sautee in a bit of olive oil, then I add 2 cans of stewed tomatoes (chopped up) and some spices (oregano, italian spices) and simmer. I brown the meat in a separate pan until cooked through and add it to the sauce.

I cook the noodles the normal way in salted water, rinse them in cold water when done and add them to the big pan of sauce.

I like to serve what I call "fancy" french bread with it. Plain cut up french bread brushed with olive oil and minced garlic, sprinkle parmesan on top (shaved parm, not the kind from the can)

yum, now I want spaghetti for dinner tonight!

ETA: If I happen to have red wine (and it hasn't all been drank already) some of that gets added to the sauce too and a bay leaf if I can manage to reach it from the upper cupboard

CapitolBaby · October 2010

I saut? fresh garlic in some olive oil and butter, then add some italian dry herbs, then add a can of petite diced tomatoes, stew that for a couple minutes, then add a couple cans of plain tomato sauce, then half a stick of butter. I use a splatter screen instead of a lid so that it can thicken, and I simmer it for at least 2 or 3 hours. Soooo good.

Mass-girl-at-heart · October 2010

I use spaghetti squash instead of noodles. Just cut it in half, scoop out the gunk, place it cut side down on a cookie sheet (I use my PC bar pan) with a little water at 400 until it's soft. With a fork scoop out the squash flesh which will look like noodles. It's healthy and yummy.

Bashert628 · October 2010

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lmpdjc · October 2010

Wow. Some of you ladies really put me to shame! Embarrassed

I'm going to try some of these, for sure!

Bashert628 · October 2010

lmpdjc:
Wow. Some of you ladies really put me to shame! I'm going to try some of these, for sure!

Not me...I suck at cooking. Hence the name of the blog. But at least I'm having fun

lmpdjc · October 2010

Bashert628:

lmpdjc:
Wow. Some of you ladies really put me to shame! I'm going to try some of these, for sure!

Not me...I suck at cooking. Hence the name of the blog. But at least I'm having fun

I checked out your blog, but have to admit that you lost me at the cottage cheese and noodles recipe! lol

Bashert628 · October 2010

lmpdjc:
Bashert628:

lmpdjc:
Wow. Some of you ladies really put me to shame! I'm going to try some of these, for sure!

Not me...I suck at cooking. Hence the name of the blog. But at least I'm having fun

I checked out your blog, but have to admit that you lost me at the cottage cheese and noodles recipe! lol

It's soooooo good I promise!!!

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