Anyone know any great spaghetti recipes?

Question

I want to try to cook for my girl this weekend lol.

Answer 1

Hmm. . .you could jazz it up by sauteing peppers, onions, mushrooms, garlic in some olive oil. . .add a little wine. . .and use chicken instead of red meat.
Sprinkle with freshly shredded parmesan.
It'll knock her socks off ;)
Seriously. . .lol. . .no matter what it tastes like. . .she'll appreciate your gesture.

Answer 2

From a jar... That's craziness. Here's my HOMEMADE recipe:

Spaghetti Sauce

-- ingredients
1 can (28 oz) whole tomatoes
1 can (28 oz) crushed tomatoes
1 can (15 oz) tomato sauce
1 can (6 oz) tomato paste
1 onion (medium dice)
2 cloves garlic (minced)
2 Tbs olive oil
2 tsp dried oregano
1 Tbs dried basil
1 tsp fennel seed
2 bay leaves (one if large)
2 lbs ground beef
salt (to taste)
pepper (to taste)

-- instructions
1. In a large Dutch oven over medium high heat, sauté the onion in olive oil until translucent. Add the ground beef and brown. If there is a ton of fat in the bottom of the pot, drain some off - otherwise leave it: that's the flavor!
2. Add garlic and cook for about a minute - don't burn the garlic. You are cooking to help flavor the beef and onion, and to take the rawness out of the garlic.
3. Dump in the tomatoes: sauce, crushed, diced, and paste. Stir completely - don't leave pockets of paste in the sauce. It should be homogeneous. Bring to a boil.
4. Drop the heat to low, and add basil, oregano, fennel seed, and bay leaves. Stir again.
5. Simmer with a lid on (slightly askew) for one hour. Check seasoning - add salt and pepper as needed. Let rest for an hour with the lid on - this will deepen the flavor.
6. If you plan on eating this tonight, bring back-up to heat. Otherwise, prepare for the fridge or freezer.

Serve over pasta - preferably spaghetti noodles

**Note: this sauce is oh so much better if it's not served the same day. Ideally, this is the kind of thing you make on Sunday and eat later in the week. How great would that be? A homemade dinner on Tuesday, that only required you re-heat something.

Answer 3

Make sure you cook the noodles el dente. Be sure the water is boiling first, then check the noodles frequently after they start to get soft, and take them out of the water as soon as they are ALMOST done. Rinse in cold water so they quit cooking. Mushy noodles will be the ruin of your dinner!

If you want to make it easy, just buy some Paul Newman's spaghetti sauce in the jar. It's very good. Or if you want to attempt your own sauce, here's an easy recipe:

2 cans Italian tomatoes
1 can (8 oz.) tomato sauce
1 can tomato paste Italian
1 med. white onion chopped

Directions:

Blend Italian tomatoes and onion in blender then add sauce and paste. Heat in a saucepan. Add a little more Italian Seasoning, or basil and oregano to your own taste. If you want, add some cooked ground beef or pre-made meatballs. (get them at your grocers, sometimes you'll find them in the meat department, sometimes frozen)

Then be sure to buy some fresh parmesan cheese and good fresh french bread. Good Luck!

Answer 4

cook spaghetti,add tomato sauce,parmesan cheese,and make some pizza meatballs
for the meatballs:ground beef(depends on how much you wanna make)
parmesan cheese
breadcrumbs
salt/pepper
egg
garlic powder
mozzerella cheese cut into cubes
mix everything except for the mozzerella.shape into balls and flatten,then add 1 cube of cheese in the middle and wrap meat around it.shape into ball carefully,cook and brown all around,you can finish cooking them in the sauce for about 15 min

Answer 5

Yes, brown about 1lb. of ground turkey, either ( Jenny-o ) brand or ( Honeysuckle white ), then, use 2-16oz. cans of Contadina tomato sauce, add 1 green pepper cut up small, half an onion, cut up small, 1/4 cup of mild yellow peppers, a sprinkle of parsley flakes. simmer all this together, with burger included, for about 20 min. cook your speggetti till tender, then drain, add your speggetti sauce, and do try the New York texas, garlic toast with that, you can brown it in the oven or in a skillet, acording to directions. a salad will you give you a finnishing touch to your meal. Hope you find this a pleasant meal. We love it.

Answer 6

My friend makes the best spaghetti and all she does is add diced pepperoni, crumbled sausage, and whole button mushrooms to a can of her favorite sauce. Top it with some freshly grated parmasean. Make your own garlic bread too with some minced garlic and butter. Yumm

Answer 7

I cheat and use the store stuff, but everyone loves mine. I just take lean ground chuck (not round) and brown it in a pot. Then I drain the grease and pour in a bottle of Prego (I prefer the extra mushroom type). About 1lb of meet for one jar of sause. I add a little more sause if I need to feed more. This itself is good but I usually add some general italian seasonings (it comes in a bottle labled italian seasoning) and about a table spoon or so of sugar or splenda. This just gives it a little something extra and makes me feel like I cooked instead of throwing stuff in a pot. Then just let it simmer for a bit, boil some noodles (I preffer angle hair) and serve! And don't for get the Parmasan cheese!

Answer 8

There are no great spaghetti recipes.

Answer 9

http://www.thatsmyhome.com/venettos/pasta/spaghetti-recipes.htm
http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/cat/23/0.shtml
http://www.recipegoldmine.com/pasta/pasta.html
http://pasta-recipes.epicurean.com/asc_results.jsp?title=Spaghetti
http://southernfood.about.com/od/chickencasseroles/a/chicken_spag.htm
http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes/spaghetti
http://myweb.cableone.net/howle/page/spaghetti_recipes.htm
check this sites u will get the recipe