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    July 30th, 2010LakeMomRecipes

    Making spaghetti sounds simple enough but I have found a “recipe” to make it tastey and easy!

    Recipe: Spaghetti

    Ingredients

    • 1/2 jar Spaghetti Sauce
    • 1/2 lb. Ground Beef
    • Onion chopped (optional)
    • 1/2 lb. Spaghetti
    • 1/2 gal. water
    • Utensils Needed:

    • Skillet
    • Saucepan
    • Stock pot (or big saucepan)
    • Spoons

    Instructions

    1. Crumble and brown meat and onion in a skillet, drain well.
    2. Cook spaghetti as instructed below.
    3. Pour sauce into a GLASS bowl, add the drained meat mixture, stir, cover with lid (important), place in microwave and heat on high for about 5 minutes.
    4. When spaghetti is done and sauce is heated, serve as you like.
    5. Perfect Pasta:

    6. Place spaghetti into a deep pot of boiling water. The excess water helps to prevent sticking, and allows the starch to cook off.
    7. After adding spaghetti, return the water to a rolling boil (do NOT cover with lid). Boil spaghetti for 2 MINUTES EXACTLY, then cover with lid, and remove pot from fire, let set for 5 MINUTES for el dente (firm) spaghetti.
    8. Drain toss with oil or butter – olive oil is best. Or better yet, instead of coating with oil or butter mix in a LITTLE big of the sauce, because adding oil may keep the sauce from sticking to the pasta.

    Quick Notes

    When draining pasta in a colander, heat the colander with hot water first, because a cold colander will make the pasta stick together.

    1 lb. uncooked spaghetti equals 4 servings.

    Cooking time (duration): 20 minutes

    Number of servings (yield): 2

    Meal type: supper

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