Anyway....back to why I started this in the first place.
ME.
Thank God for Sunday''s. Today has been my prep day. Prep for what, I'm not exactly sure, but a lot has happened over the last two days, so I needed today to let it all sink in. Does that mean I've got it all together for tomorrow? Not hardly...but I had a day - to just be a day - 24 hours to not deal with reality until tomorrow.
I hadn't planned on posting twice in one day, but I'm finding this to be very relaxing. So I'll share tonight's dinner in hopes of making YOUR Monday a little less stressful.
SPAGHETTI NIGHT: literally the easiest 'throw it together' meal of all times.
Ground Beef
Prego - I use Traditional
Pasta - whatever you have on hand
White Mushrooms (optional)
White Onions (optional)
Garlic (NOT optional)
Olive Oil
SECRET INGREDIENT: Spicy Tomato Paste
This is not a cooking blog - let me just be clear about that up front. But I can make some mean spaghetti - and so can you because there is only one secret ingredient I use.
1. Heat olive oil, lots of minced garlic, and optional diced mushrooms and onions.
2. Brown and strain ground beef while the above combines.
3. Pour Prego Spaghetti Sauce into #1. Simmer and occasionally stir. ADD SECRET INGREDIENT.
(If I have a little white wine left in a bottle, I pour it into the Sauce container, shake it up, and pour the remnants into the pot as well)
4. Bring water to a boil for noodles.
(*At my house we use lots of noodles; our favorite are any noodles that come in "mini" size. Mini bowties, mini shells, mini penne...)
5. Add ground beef to Sauce.
(*Here I take out a couple of spoonfuls of meatless sauce and set aside for my very picky daughter who doesn't eat ground beef...she says it's "grounded up beef and that's nasty...." )
6. Drain noodles after cooking to al dente, and either combine with sauce, or leave for individuals to mix their own.
For fun I also did stuffed mushrooms:
1. Preheat oven to 400.
2. Spray baking dish with Pam.
3. Pop stems off of mushrooms caps.
4. Fill with cream cheese mixture (I used half a stick of cream cheese, and packaged jalapeno bacon bits)
5. Drizzle with olive oil and BAKE!
*I grated a roasted garlic cheese over the top after pulling them out of the oven - any cheese here works!
I skipped the bread tonight but usually I do plain white bread, buttered, sprinkled with garlic salt and parsley flakes. A quick broil in the oven and you're good to go!
Salad would make this complete - but I also skipped that tonight.
And there won't be any posts about food tomorrow, because we are having spaghetti leftovers.
Good night y'all - Prayers for a good week!