My Spaghetti

What do you do with a dozen Roma tomatoes that disparately need to used? Make spaghetti. All part of  the proper care and feeding of my curmudgeon.

I chopped about a dozen tomatoes and put them in a sauce pan with a little salted water. They boiled about an hour. Poured back in the pan added 4 beef bouillon cubes, a little more salt, minced onion,  and tomato paste and balsamic vinegar. Blended it till smooth in myVita mix, and then poured back into the pan

I cooked it for anther 45 minutes, added Italian seasoning. 

In a large skillet browned a pound of ground beef, celery, onion and green pepper. salt pepper and Italian seasoning. 

Next put pasta on to boil. cook to package instructions, drain, add pack to pot with butter parley and basil. mix well. 

Add sauce to ground beef, pour over pasta and serve  yum. The curmudgeon said it was so disgusting that I could torture him again with in any time. ha ha

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For the sauce:

12 Roma tomatoes

3 tablespoons dried minced onion

1 tablespoon garlic powder

1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

1 tablespoon salt

1 teaspoon ground pepper

1 tablespoon olive oil

    

Ground beef mixture

1 lbs ground beef

1/2 green bell pepper

1/2 small onion

1/2 cup chopped celery

3 cloves garlic

1 tablespoon Italian seasoning

2 teaspoons balsamic

2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

salt and pepper to taste

For the pasta

1 lbs spaghetti

3 tablespoons butter

1 tablespoon dried basil

1 tablespoons parsley

Beware of a Curmudgeon with a Sharp Knife

Sometimes it is nice to come home from the J.O.B to have dinner made. This morning I asked my curmudgeon to make us some salads for dinner. (We try to have salad for supper at least once a week.)


He looked up from the computer and said “What?!” teasing of course. Hm I said "A curmudgeon with a sharp knife…ooo"  He grumbled, and then asked. “How long do I bake the lettuce?”

Actually he makes a really good chopped salad. 

lettuce
tomato
cucumber
bell pepper
carrot
celery
other veggies on hand, from leftovers. ...  nothing is ever measured. but it's always great.

A Year of Hamberger

A year in the life of  hamburger

Let’s face it money’s tight. So we buy a lot of hamburger. –err ground beef.


Sounds so unappealing-- hamburger. I think that why more people use the turn ground beef. The name of dish and description of  its ingredients can be so important in recipe creation. We eat with all our senses. What does it look like what does it sound like. What does it taste like?

Granted in my life I have eaten something that looks terrible, but tasted wonderful. I mean really look at your average stove top type casserole. By the time the meat veggies and pasta/rice/potatoes gets added it can look really bad, the combination of flavors and textures… wow... or not.


So really it is just the two of us at home- the curmudgeon and me... (he picked out that nickname all by himself);  -- long story. --  yes my partner is a curmudgeon. so he thinks.

He’s actually quite helpful around the house. He cleans, does yard work, does basic vehicle maintenance, and will occasionally make things in the kitchen. OK salad and soup, rice.. . He make a pan of brownies from the package once. I was so proud. and this from the man who said he would never cook. Never say never Darling. 

So, back to the hamburger, Since we eat so much of, and so does the rest of the American public, I am putting together a collection of hamburger recipes. A year of ground beef.

365 days of has been taken. So I’ll come up with my own name. I can tell you know the curmudgeon will help chop veggies. and joke about it. and he'll  help eat it too.