Amazing easy spaghetti recipes

What's Italian food without a few easy spaghetti recipes? Growing up, we had spaghetti quite often. My older sister, Kyla, made sure of that! Over the years I've tried many easy spaghetti recipes, but none of them quite match up to Mom's. It's so good that Dad would often eat the sauce out of a bowl like soup.

When you make spaghetti sauce, it is a good idea to make a big batch. Eat what you can in a day or two, then freeze the rest. Make sure you freeze it in the right sized cartons. Since my kids are young and don't eat much yet, we freeze it in sour cream or cottage cheese cartons. My Mom, who still feeds a lot more mouths than I do, uses larger cartons (such as a cool whip carton).

I'm not going to talk much about making the noodles, there should be instructions on the box of noodles that you buy. Though, I do suggest buying angel hair pasta (a thinner version of spaghetti). I like it better, but that is just personal preference. So, here are a few tips concerning the noodles...

OK, now that we have the noodles out of the way, let's focus on the sauce.

	Store Bought Sauce
	If you want an especially fast and easy spaghetti recipe, you can start with a store bought sauce. It's not as good, but it's quicker. You can make it taste more like homemade by following a few tips. Buy the sauce in a bottle not a can. Also, spruce it up a little bit. Add a little bit of brown sugar, maybe some hamburger meat, and some veggies (such as a can of mushrooms, diced tomatoes, cooked green peppers, or cooked onions). Recipe By: Damon Jentzsch

	Homemade Sauce
	I really do recommend the homemade sauce. It is so much better than store bought. Of all the easy spaghetti recipes, this is the best one that I have found. Here it is... Ingredients: 1 pound hamburger meat 1/2 green bell pepper, chopped 1/2 pound fresh mushrooms, chopped 2 quarts (8 cups) tomatoes (can use fresh tomatoes, or canned stewed tomatoes) 2 (6 oz.) cans tomato paste 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning 2 teaspoons basil 2 teaspoons oregano 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic 1 teaspoon salt dash of pepper 2-3 Tablespoon brown sugar (optional) Directions: Tip: For a thicker sauce, drain some of the liquid from the tomatoes. The other option is to add 1 Tablespoon cornstarch (mixed into 1/2 cup cold water) before you start to simmer the sauce. Put the hamburger meat into a large pot (preferably one with a heavy bottom). Cook over medium heat, stirring often. Add the veggies to the pan and cook them until they are tender. Don't forget to stir often. Tip: I like to buy hamburger meat ahead of time and freeze it. To brown it I don't defrost it. I just throw the frozen meat into the pan. I let it brown on one side, then turn the meat over and scrape the cooked part off. I just repeat this until it is all cooked. Add remaining ingredients and simmer 20-30 minutes. Tip: Simmer means to boil slowly at a low temperature. So, to do this I usually turn the stove to med-high or high (never leave the kitchen with the stove on high!). When it starts to boil, I turn the heat down as low as I can while keeping a slow boil (usually low to medium depending on the stove and the size of the pot on it). Serve over cooked spaghetti noodles. Recipe By: Shirley Jentzsch

Variations

• For a healthier recipe use 1/2 to 3/4 pound of hamburger meat and add 1/2 to 1 cup shredded carrots.

• My wife, Catherine, makes this recipe even better than my mom, here is what she does. First, she replaces the hamburger meat with ground sausage. Since sausage has a lot of spice in it, she reduces the amount of all the spices that she adds. This is an especially tasty variation if you use this sauce to make lasagna.

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delicious-low-fat-recipes.com, Spaghetti
This delicious spaghetti with mushroom sauce is the ideal low fat dinner recipe if you want easy and tasty pasta for dinner.

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