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I cleaned out the cupboards yesterday and discovered 3 bags of spaghetti noodles, one large bag of egg noodles, two boxes of elbow macaroni, one bag of penne noodles. Some of these have been hiding on the top shelf for almost a decade. There was a half pound of frozen ground beef in the back of the freezer, so I decided to whip up a marinara for spaghetti. I sliced a couple cloves of garlic and chopped 1/2 an onion, sweated them in olive oil before adding the beef, then one can of crushed tomatoes and a can of tomato puree and let it simmer. I opted to cook the penne noodles in the sauce, so in went 1/2 cup of noodles and two cans of water. No salt, no butter, no pepper, just garlic, onion, and olive oil made for a terrific sauce. The penne thickened the sauce to the point of adding another can of water, but otherwise it was delicious! My one regret was not having garlic bread, but honestly I didn't miss it. (I did have a small spinach salad, with roasted pine nuts, crumbled goat cheese and a basil vinaigrette dressing.)
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