Guest guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 I did a little refrigerator cleaning yesterday and had a few lonely veggies (fresh from picking) that needed cooking. Since Carl and I needed dinner, it seemed like a good idea. I usually keep a huge jar of Ragu spaghetti sauce (love Sam's Club, lol) in the fridge and use it in place of tomato sauce. I've even used it in a meatless Abondiga (someone spell check me!), using TVP for the meatless balls. (it's a soup) There was one zucchini, one small Japanese eggplant (skinny and long), a couple of baby sweet peppers, an onion and a couple of baby carrots. I sliced the zucchini and eggplant and diced the peppers, onion and baby carrots and sauteed them in a little olive oil. After that, I added it to about 3 cups of Ragu marinara sauce with a couple tablespoons of an Italian herb blend (no salt) and a teaspoon of sugar (I used honey) to reduce the acidity of the tomato sauce and let it simmer for about 20 minutes. I mixed it with some whole wheat pasta and served it with some steamed broccoli. It was easy, fast and cheap. Cheap is good. All of the vegetables were grown here in good old Georgia dirt with no chemicals added. It would have been good with some mushrooms added but they were gone since I used them in our potato fritatta for breakfast. (eggs, sweet peppers, onions, potatoes and mushroom omelet) Carl isn't wild about whole wheat pasta, but the sauce was assertive enough so it wasn't overwhelmed by the wheat. For dessert we had strawberry shortcake with fresh strawberries and pound cake rather than shortcake. Yummmmmmmmmm. Jeanne in GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 You should give the new whole wheat pastas a try. Healthy Harvest is delicious. It doesn't feel like you're eating the old heavy whole wheat pasta. - DJ ----------------------- Always remember: Today's mighty oak is simply yesterday's nut that held its ground... _____ On Behalf Of judith bell Monday, April 20, 2009 11:58 PM Re: A little this and that marinara last night I've been a vegetarian for 30 years, but I don't like whole wheat pasta. Never use it. I love spinach pasta of all kinds [tortellini -- molto buono!] & Japanese green tea sobu noodles, buckwheat soba noodles... I love tricolore radiattore & shells. [Tomato, spinach & semolina pastas] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 I don't care fpor Healthy Harvest. Too heavy Donna Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry " Dena Jo " <DenaJo2 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:42:17 RE: A little this and that marinara last night You should give the new whole wheat pastas a try. Healthy Harvest is delicious. It doesn't feel like you're eating the old heavy whole wheat pasta. - DJ ----------------------- Always remember: Today's mighty oak is simply yesterday's nut that held its ground... _____ On Behalf Of judith bell Monday, April 20, 2009 11:58 PM Re: A little this and that marinara last night I've been a vegetarian for 30 years, but I don't like whole wheat pasta. Never use it. I love spinach pasta of all kinds [tortellini -- molto buono!] & Japanese green tea sobu noodles, buckwheat soba noodles... I love tricolore radiattore & shells. [Tomato, spinach & semolina pastas] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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