How many of you use spaghetti night as the lazy cooking night? (I'll wait for the crickets to stop chirping) In my single Mom days, it was how I lived. As I got further along in the kitchen it was the lazy cooking night. Now it's - I've still not done it completely from scratch (that will come eventually) but how can I jazz it the jar sauce?
A jar sauce can serve as a great starting base for a great spaghetti night. Tonight, I used the Classico line of tomato and basil. Most times I make spaghetti, it's ground beef, sausage, ground turkey or we've even used ground lamb in our house for our protein. The star tonight was meatballs. (giggle- sorry my inner dork tends to show its self from time to time)
I might have had time or the energy to make the from scratch today but in the words of most of the Dewey siblings "meh!" When I saw the bag available at Costco yesterday of pre-made frozen Italian style meatballs - I went LAZY COOKING NIGHT! (LOL)
So here is how tonight went after last nights extremely involved dinner -
Break out the crock
Chop: Green Bell Peppers, Onion, Garlic
Pour in Classico
add Peppers, Onions
8oz free range chicken stock (it's just really good)
diced tomatoes
tomato paste
about a cup of Chateau St Michelle Merlot
Italian seasonings
1/2 cup Parmesan
enough meatballs to feed 4 people
cover and turn to low since about 11am
This was great! My only complaint is I either picked a bad pepper (the diced pieces were rather bitter in the sauce) or does that mean I added them too early? Hey - I said that my cooking ventures would always go my way! I mean really, I've only been at this seriously for less than a year.
Tomorrow night we are having panini's for dinner thanks to my AMAZING family who gave us the Griddler for Christmas. (let me tell you what - this thing is A W E S O M E! Used it a ton already!)
We all know what Spaghetti looks like - so forgive me for no picture today.
Still to come:
Shrimp Scampi and a new Crock recipe that will come in handy in Feb as our temps drop!
Night y'all!
Love U!
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yum! your idea of "lazy" spaghetti night has become quite involved! I have a great meatball recipe I'll pass on to you later, super quick and easy, and very delish in soups or pasta!
ReplyDeleteSweet! I love a good easy recipe! :) I'm gonna try dad's Squash Bisque here pretty quick too! :)
ReplyDeletehey, its me Teri again, I was wondering if you had cooked the peppers before hand it might have gotten out the 'bitterness' sometimes i find the pepper skin can be bitter, so if you dont precook them with your protein maybe try peeling them?
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