Cook and Create a Family Dinner: Easy Spaghetti That Tastes Homemade

Spaghetti That Tastes Homemade

You will need.....
1 box of thin spaghetti noodles. (16 ounces)
1 jar of your favorite sauce (24 ounce medium size jar...NO sauce with meat in it)
1 pound of lean hamburger (85% or higher lean) or use three frozen hamburger patties from Costco defrosted
1 can of diced Italian style tomatoes or 1 can of stewed Italian style tomatoes broke up with your fingers
Italian Seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder, sugar

This meal will feed 6 to 8 or 4 with leftovers

Take out your pound of thawed hamburger meat OR take out three frozen patties of the Costco hamburger meat. You can get them apart... frozen ...with a can opener. Put the frozen patties on a plate and cover with a paper towel. Put in the microwave and hit defrost, hit 1, hit 0, hit start. That should defrost a pound of hamburger without cooking it in about 4 minutes.
Put a big pot half-filled with water on the stove. Heat it on high.
Put meat in a pan on medium high heat with a teaspoon of olive oil. Brown it. Then open the can of tomatoes. If you have stewed Italian tomatoes you need to break them up with your fingers before putting them in the pan.
Sprinkle ( two seconds a sprinkle) the pan with Italian Seasoning, Garlic Powder, Onion powder, and add one half teaspoon of sugar (reduces acid). Now stir and add your jar of sauce.
I hate cleaning lids. I always just put a piece of foil to cover instead. Turn it down to low once it bubbles. Cover with lid or foil. Stir every few minutes.
Add two teaspoons of salt to the boiling water. (It will make the pasta tender and tasty)
Add noodles to the boiling water and set timer for 10 minutes once it comes back to a boil. Stir.
Drain noodles in colander. Put the noodles in a bowl. Pour sauce over the top. Put shaved Parmesan cheese on top or the Parmesan in the green can if that is all you have.
Serve with a salad out of a bag with your favorite dressing.