What's your favorite meatless meal?
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
8 years ago
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Favorite Homemade Meatless Spaghetti Sauce
Comments (7)This is my grandmother Vittoria's sauce -- withOUT the meat: Vittoria's Spaghetti Sauce Serves 8-12 Ingredients 2 pounds spaghetti 4 Tbs olive oil 2 medium yellow onion, chopped 30 ounces tomato, peeled and diced 30 ounces tomato sauce 24 ounces tomato paste 4 cloves garlic 1 stalk celery, cut in half 1 whole bay leaf 3 sprigs parsley, Italian flat leaf 3 sprigs oregano 1 cup Chianti 2 tsp sugar 1/4 cup basil, fresh, chopped 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes fresh ground black pepper salt -- to taste Directions Heat olive oil in bottom of large stock pot on medium-high. Put in onion and sauté until soft. Add tomato (with juices), tomato sauce, tomato paste and a bouquet garni of garlic, parsley, oregano, and the bay leaf (enclosed within the halves of the celery stalk). Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 2 hours on low. Keep a lid on the pot but keep it slightly askew. Add Chianti, pepper flakes, sugar, basil, pepper and salt. Simmer for another 1 hour. Lid back on, askew. If you make meatballs, add them to the last hour of cooking. As Lou, I'm a little curious -- you want a meatless sauce but you want to put meatballs in it? I'm sure this side topic will come up... Where I grew up, sauce was called "sugo" (sugu), regardless of what was in it (meat or not). But I did hear some Italians use the word "ragu" for sauces with meat (usually referred to as "Bolognese"). I checked my Harper Collins 700-page English-Italian Dictionary and I found that for the English word "gravy", the Italian would be "sugo dell'arrosto", literally meaning "sauce of a roast". Also under "gravy" is "intingolo della carne", literally meaning "saucy dish of meat". Joe...See MoreWhat was/will be your first real meal in your new kitchen?
Comments (33)Before I started planning disposables for family dinner, and cooking and freezing at my mother's house, I did have a plan... (Donka, thanks for the sympathy!) My new kitchen is going to be initiated with an open house style party. Lots of hors d'oeuvre (borekes, especially, from the new convection oven), salads (steamed vegetable salad from the new steam oven), roasts, and breads and cakes. What I'm really looking forward to, besides reliable ovens, is capacity. The ability to put on a real spread. The dinner for 22 is usually just family dinner, and if I hadn't packed the stock pot, carving knife, roaster and company dishes I wouldn't be stressing. But fifty? I'm really looking forward to being able to cook for the whole family, let alone friends too......See MoreShare your favorite 'kitchen-less' recipes/meals
Comments (13)Microwave pasta, courtesy of Pbrisjar... Take a large microwave-safe lidded dish and put in some water (maybe about 1/3-less than 1/2 full) and salt and / or spices if you want. Place in microwave and cook until hot (about 5 minutes for the size I cook). Take out of microwave and add pasta until the water just covers it. DO NOT overfill your container. Leave room for the bubbling/boiling action. Cook for about 18 minutes. The water should become completely absorbed by the pasta. If it's not quite cooked enough, you can add a little more water and cook for about 4-5 minutes more. Here are some useful threads: Wish you had not packed away Tips for living without a sink for a week? What/how do you eat when you have no kitchen? temporary kitchen must-haves Demo Now Days Away--Getting Cold Feet Thread: Great ideas for coping during construction (it's no longer available on GW, so I copied & pasted it from my files) Posted by imrainey (My Page) on Thu, Aug 2, 07 at 14:21 We're getting close. I've got appliances in but not their front panels and handles. Yesterday the counter went on and we could no longer wedge our fingers between the door of the dishwasher and the gasket to open it and use it. My daughter suggested large Command hooks (the kind that you pull a tab to release the adhesive completely and mess-free). We installed two hooks with a 5 lb. pull strength upside down on the unfinished front. Magic! Only about $5, we can now open it with ease and we'll be able to reuse the hooks for something else when the panels and handles go on. I'm off to get two more for the front of the fridge and freezer. Wish she had suggested it a week ago! I might even take up mountain climbing now that I've become so adept at wedging my fingertips in tiny spaces to pull. ;> Who's come up with other make-dos and work arounds? Let's get them all in one spot to make it easier for the guys just starting out. Follow-Up Postings: Posted by aliceinwonderland_id (My Page) on Thu, Aug 2, 07 at 15:00 #1: Maintain a sense of humor. #2: I had a portable dishwasher and hooked it up in the bathroom while the kitchen was a mess. The only modification I needed to make was to replace the aerator on the bathroom faucet with one that fit the dishwasher attachment. #3: Keep the margarita glasses handy. Posted by chmpgntst (My Page) on Thu, Aug 2, 07 at 15:18 Oh my gosh, the portable dishwasher idea is genius. For me, the hardest part of the reno was doing dishes in subprime environments (i.e., powder room pedestal sink). I have two small children, and for others in that situation, I recommend signing up for classes (we did soccer and tumbling), and hunting down every library and nature center in the area. I'd pack PBJ, fruit and drinks (Horizon makes shelf-stable milk boxes -- so convenient!) and we'd have picnics -- sometimes just on the front lawn. Oh, and, keep the margarita glasses handy. ;-) Posted by decodilly (My Page) on Thu, Aug 2, 07 at 16:08 Pre-made food from Trader Joes paper plates, cups and plastic utensils 2 buck chuck to offset the price spent on dinner out a coffee station in the diningroom bring in laundry to the cleaners- love their fluff and fold service...beats the Laundromat (our laundry is also non-functional) plastic margarita glasses? :) Posted by cat_mom (My Page) on Thu, Aug 2, 07 at 16:15 Wine glasses, too, and a fully stocked wine rack! Posted by beatrix_in_canada (My Page) on Thu, Aug 2, 07 at 16:40 We were able to turn the rumpus room in the basement into a very functional kitchen. It has a small bar area with a tiny sink. The sink is basically useless but it gives us water and the dishwasher could be installed!! We paid $150 to get an electrician to wire 240V for the old stove to be moved down. Very good investment! The old fridge was moved down as well. It is dark and cold (60-65 F most of the year) down there but very functional. Posted by kkcooks (My Page) on Thu, Aug 2, 07 at 17:01 Our tear-out starts next week, while we are on vacation. I (sadly) packed up the wineglasses last night. DH, however, remembered that we had some plastic ones from years ago. They will be much used in our temporary kitchen (newly-renovated screened porch). The GC is moving our fridge there--and we have lots of paper and plastic ware. I saved a few real plates in case I reach my limit with paper. I tried one dishwashing escapade in the bathroom sink--that was enough to convince me that paper is the way to go. Those of you that can use a portable DW--how lucky! As always, it is so helpful to read about others' coping strategies for this exiciting but stressful adventure....See MoreWhat was on your menu today for your main meal?
Comments (26)Grandson's birthday party was held in the afternoon. Went back to their house for gift unwrapping and finally left at 7:30. Stopped at a diner and had chicken noodle soup, chicken fried steak, baked potato, mixed steamed veggies and french bread and butter with iced tea. Burp....See Morerhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
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