If you have cherry tomatoes, you can make an unbelievably simple pasta sauce by just chucking the tomatoes in, cooking until they go jammy, and perhaps with whatever herbs you like. Once the tomatoes go in, put some pasta on, and in 10ish mins it’ll be ready.
Another simple sauce for pork is if you finely chop some apples, cook it all down until soft, and then throw some cider in, reduce, add stock, and finish with a bit of dijon mustard. Takes very little time, and is greater than the sum of its parts.
Omg I’m totally going to have that first one tonight and add in some pesto.
My husband is out of town and this meatless dish is something he wouldn’t enjoy (not filling enough for him) so we wouldn’t normally make it but I get to enjoy it now thanks to your comment.
Meat isn’t any more filling than other proteins. I hate this idea that’s so common in America. It needs to die. We shouldn’t eat meat with every meal even if that were healthy, which it isn’t. It’s unsustainable. I don’t know how old or open to change your husband is, but I hope this dish works for you and you can convince him to try it.
He enjoys tofu and meat substitutes too, and we’ve enjoyed many vegetarian meals together. But this particular dish I enjoyed tonight wouldn’t be enough for him because it’s just tomatoes and pasta.
Btw, it was delicious. I used fettuccine because I had 3 boxes of it for some reason, plus leftover broccoli from the week.
Not sure if it counts as “making” something, but sauteed onions and garlic with a splash of red wine and a few herbs and spices is my go-to for improving jarred pasta sauce
A real neat trick to this is so long as you add something substantive (peas, carrots, potatoes, chicken breast, rice and beans, mushrooms, whatever) and something acidic (tomatoes, vinegar, wine, lime juice at the end) you’ll end up with something palatable.
Garlic and onions are the basis for a LOT of classic recipes. So many of them are literally just roasting a protein with garlic and onions.
It’s that simple. Brown the onions, cook the garlic until it releases a nice smell (30 seconds ish), add what you want to eat and continue cooking until it’s not raw, throw in a splash of acid for good measure (I really like lime or lemon juice for this).m
Chicken stock, shredded rotisserie chicken, chopped celery and carrots, poultry seasoning, salt and pepper to taste. Cook for a bit to let the flavors meld, throw in some egg noodles to cook during the back half. The only other prep outside of the onion and garlic, is shredding the chicken and chopping the carrots and celery. The chicken could be bought preshredded too to save time.
More time consuming but still pretty simple, if you wanted to make it better, you could make stock from the chicken carcass to use in the soup, make your own egg noodles, and up the spice game for more flavors.
Top perogies with it. Bonus points if you cook some bacon or kielbasa too. Top with Hungarian paprika. If you’re doing storebought, Mrs T’s pierogi’s are the way to go. Probably not healthy but delicious.
This could also be a good start for hashbrowns I think
What could you make - simple recipes only!
Sauteed onions with garlic.
Mmmmmmm
A quick Egg fried rice
Toss in broccoli and peppers, throw the whole thing over pasta.
Or over rice with a bit of egg and soy sauce and boom stir fry.
That sounds lovely. Yes.
If you have cherry tomatoes, you can make an unbelievably simple pasta sauce by just chucking the tomatoes in, cooking until they go jammy, and perhaps with whatever herbs you like. Once the tomatoes go in, put some pasta on, and in 10ish mins it’ll be ready.
Another simple sauce for pork is if you finely chop some apples, cook it all down until soft, and then throw some cider in, reduce, add stock, and finish with a bit of dijon mustard. Takes very little time, and is greater than the sum of its parts.
Omg I’m totally going to have that first one tonight and add in some pesto.
My husband is out of town and this meatless dish is something he wouldn’t enjoy (not filling enough for him) so we wouldn’t normally make it but I get to enjoy it now thanks to your comment.
Meat isn’t any more filling than other proteins. I hate this idea that’s so common in America. It needs to die. We shouldn’t eat meat with every meal even if that were healthy, which it isn’t. It’s unsustainable. I don’t know how old or open to change your husband is, but I hope this dish works for you and you can convince him to try it.
He enjoys tofu and meat substitutes too, and we’ve enjoyed many vegetarian meals together. But this particular dish I enjoyed tonight wouldn’t be enough for him because it’s just tomatoes and pasta.
Btw, it was delicious. I used fettuccine because I had 3 boxes of it for some reason, plus leftover broccoli from the week.
Looks great, and glad you liked it!
Not sure if it counts as “making” something, but sauteed onions and garlic with a splash of red wine and a few herbs and spices is my go-to for improving jarred pasta sauce
Some pretty good sloppy joes.
So much!
A real neat trick to this is so long as you add something substantive (peas, carrots, potatoes, chicken breast, rice and beans, mushrooms, whatever) and something acidic (tomatoes, vinegar, wine, lime juice at the end) you’ll end up with something palatable.
Garlic and onions are the basis for a LOT of classic recipes. So many of them are literally just roasting a protein with garlic and onions.
It’s that simple. Brown the onions, cook the garlic until it releases a nice smell (30 seconds ish), add what you want to eat and continue cooking until it’s not raw, throw in a splash of acid for good measure (I really like lime or lemon juice for this).m
Thank you kindly!
Chicken stock, shredded rotisserie chicken, chopped celery and carrots, poultry seasoning, salt and pepper to taste. Cook for a bit to let the flavors meld, throw in some egg noodles to cook during the back half. The only other prep outside of the onion and garlic, is shredding the chicken and chopping the carrots and celery. The chicken could be bought preshredded too to save time.
More time consuming but still pretty simple, if you wanted to make it better, you could make stock from the chicken carcass to use in the soup, make your own egg noodles, and up the spice game for more flavors.
Not much beats a good hearty chicken noodle soup.
Top perogies with it. Bonus points if you cook some bacon or kielbasa too. Top with Hungarian paprika. If you’re doing storebought, Mrs T’s pierogi’s are the way to go. Probably not healthy but delicious.
This could also be a good start for hashbrowns I think
Beware: hungarian paprika - real hungarian paprika - can get really spicy if used in excess.
True, I actually like to mix the hot and sweet varieties 50-50
Bacon is the food of God. I get pulled up for ‘anti-semetism’ but fuck that. Its irreverent. Onion, garlic, bacon. WTF couldbr better???!?!?
add water -> soup
add rice -> fried rice
add noodle -> fried noodle
add eggs -> omelette
add all of them -> ramen (rice is optional I guess)
Chocolate brownie.