This month was spaghetti. Regular ol' spaghetti with red sauce. In other words, this month's challenge was ridiculously hard because a) there are only so many ways you can make red sauce and b) none of them are original. Well I mean they are but I like to look at this little competition as a way to grow my cooking laurels (if they can be grown at all). I found lots of butter sauce recipes that I'm now dying to try and a couple that called for pasta other than spaghetti. Finally, I came across Natalie at Oven Love and her recipe for Homemade Spaghetti-O's. Perfect. Husband and I recently ventured to the grocery store (together! I know, shocking) and picked up some of his favorite childhood food.
Now I would like it be known that I HATE Spaghetti-O's. Hate them. They are disgustingly overcooked pasta o's in sickingly gross tomato sauce. The thought of them makes me gag. And everywhere I went as a kid, there they were. I had friends who liked them with hot dogs added in. There were the (rare) babysitting clients who insisted upon them and nothing else (I mean I offered up grilled cheese and mac and cheese and still that canned pasta won). When Husband's feeling especially hungry, I will look up from my book to find him eating them. Straight. Out. Of. The. Can. Talk about birth control.
You can imagine my delight when I came across Natalie's recipe, which would hopefully put an end to my days of tin can torment. This recipe came out pretty well. Unfortunately, I didn't have any tomato sauce on hand so I used spaghetti sauce, which next time I will run through the food processor because the first words out of Husband's mouth were, "I don't like tomato chunks." No $%#^%. I didn't realize it had chunks until after I dumped it in the pot. Now get out my kitchen before you end up wearing it. I also used spaghetti noodles broken in half, so it wasn't quite as soupy as one would expect. The flavor was really good, though, and I will try this again with all the right ingredients. Hopefully.
Boil bubble toil and trouble. Literally trouble. Red sauce all over my clean stove top. |
The cheese and milk lighten up the color. |
This is my bowl...after I had eaten half. My bad! |
Bwahahahahaha! My boyfriend eats Spaghetti-o's out of the can, cold, just slurping 'em up. Gross. I'm glad I'm not alone in my disgust!!!
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It's really bad when I buy the family sized cans. I have to leave the room.
DeleteI am so in agreement with you over spaghetti-o's. My hubby ate them growing up, and my MIL gave them to my kids when they were little. I can't imagine how anyone could actually like those mushy things... like finding a water-logged noodle and dipping it in canned tomato soup. Gross!!
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll stop by and visit my CCC - #75 Spaghetti Pie
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ButterYum
Perfect description!
DeleteI too hate spaghetti-o's but hey love your recipe! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Love your blog period.
DeleteThis really interests me overcoming the yucky spaghetti O can!
ReplyDeleteI highly recommend it. I also recommend not using regular spaghetti. I'd be curious to try this using fun shaped pasta, like the ones that come in disney characters or what not.
DeleteI loooooove spaghettios! I can't wait to try this one out!
ReplyDeleteHope you had as much fun this month as I did!
#47
It was a little difficult but in the end I found a winner.
Deleteomg, I hate spaghetti-o but I love you and your style, so glad you made it this month for the CCC!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I appreciate you saying so.
DeleteEven the smell of spaghetti-os makes me ill, so much better pasta made at home.
ReplyDeleteIf you haven't already, I'd love for you to check out my CCC entry: Tomato Sauce with Onion & Butter.
Lisa~~
Cook Lisa Cook
I feel like they taste the way the smell-slightly metallic.
DeleteAll of my kids loved the stuff growing up, and I still have a 14 yo daughter at home who asks for it regularly. Thanks for bringing this recipe to my attention, maybe I can finally stop them from bringing those cans of O's into the house. :)
ReplyDeleteRevolution one can at a time. :)
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