A Quick and Easy Concoction
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (94656)
United States
February 2, 2024 7:13am CST
Sometimes you just want a no-frills, quick and easy meal that tastes good. Granted, that may describe most of the things I cook, but I digress. lol
Last night was just such a meal, and it never fails to satisfy my wife's craving for something incorporating a red sauce.
I just cooked up some penne noodles and set those aside. Then cooked up some chopped onion and green pepper and threw in 30 frozen Italian style meatballs. In with the cooked noodles and then a can of Hunt's pasta sauce and just a wee bit of water. Finalized it with some oregano and Italian seasoning, covered and let it cook a bit.
Voila! Served it with some Parmesan cheese on top and parsley.
Normally when it comes to any kind of "spaghetti" dish, I will make my own sauce. But I always keep pasta sauce in the house for other things like this. Besides, they are relatively cheap at just $1 per can and easy and quick.
What went on your dinner table last night?
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@moffittjc (122251)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 Feb
@Marilynda1225 One of my co-workers made up a huge batch of fried shrimp. Tons of it. I felt fat afterward because I ate so much shrimp. I had to check myself this morning to see if my skin would start turning pink from eating so much shrimp (like flamingoes do).
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@Beestring (14800)
• Hong Kong
3 Feb
Tonight, I'm going to have Japanese grilled eel with sweetened soy sauce.
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@porwest (94656)
• United States
8 Feb
@Beestring I am sure eel is very good. Does it taste like fish or more like chicken or something?
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@Beestring (14800)
• Hong Kong
3 Feb
@porwest It is delicious. HK people like Japanese food. Sushi, sashimi, and grilled eel are popular ones.
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@marguicha (224362)
• Chile
2 Feb
I had steak tartar yerterday (raw meat cooked with lemon juice) as I´m looking for cold food. I always add some bought pasta sauce to the home made sauce for the color.
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@LindaOHio (183932)
• United States
3 Feb
My kind of meal. Our housekeeper brought me a plate of food -- bean burger, pasta salad and mac and cheese. It was all good. Have a good weekend.
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@LindaOHio (183932)
• United States
3 Feb
@porwest They were making beef burgers and bean burgers. I told her I try to stay away from beef (except for Meals on Wheels) and would prefer a bean burger.
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@porwest (94656)
• United States
4 Feb
@LindaOHio I will have to try one of these days.
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@Marilynda1225 (83423)
• United States
2 Feb
We had meatloaf, mashed potatoes and broccoli.
I love nights we have pasta.
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@Marilynda1225 (83423)
• United States
2 Feb
@porwest we've been having meatloaf lately and I hadn't made it in awhile. Guess it just woke up my meatloaf taste buds and I made it bigger so I would have leftovers.
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@porwest (94656)
• United States
4 Feb
@Marilynda1225 Honestly, for me, there isn't much that has to happen to open up my meatloaf tastebuds. It's too good to say no to and I never could find myself without a taste for it.
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@mildredtabitha (16170)
• Nairobi, Kenya
2 Feb
Nice meal you had. I like pasta.
I had mandazi with milk tea for dinner yesterday.
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