Saturday, May 28, 2011

One of my Faves!

I would love to know what is one of your favorite go-to meals.  I have asked most of my friends but would love to hear again.  A go-to meal is a meal that you almost always have the ingredients on hand and you know you can make in a jiffy.  It could be pancakes, hamburgers, or whatever else.  One of my all time favorites is elbow macaroni tossed with tomatoes.  There are a lot of wonderfully yummy possibilities depending on what you have available.  If I have hamburger I will brown it, drain, & toss with cut up stewed tomatoes with the juice.  To jazz it up, I like to add fresh basil or italian parsley or both!  Add some garlic salt, a slab of butter, drizzle of EVOO and top it off with grated parm cheese.  Today I didn't have hamburger so I used just regular diced tomatoes (with the juice).  Since I didn't have any fresh herbs I just raided my spice cabinet and dumped in parsley flakes, basil, oregano, and garlic salt.  I was dreaming of added grilled chicken.  I also added salt, pepper, tons of grated parm.  So, there you have it.  My all time most favorite go-to meal.  It is friendly to all the seasons!  Please share with me what your meal is. 

Oh, oh, oh...one last note about my favorite, you can easily make a huge batch of this stuff and warm the leftovers in the oven.  Sometimes when I do that I add some mozz cheese and a little more EVOO or butter if the pasta seems dry.  I have even mixed in some sauce too. 

2 comments:

Amy said...

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Something is wrong with my google reader. I haven't seen your last 2 or 3 posts. They didn't even show up. :( I don't know what the problem is or how to fix it. I was linking up to your page in my blog entry today and when I clicked to see if the link worked I noticed I hadn't read your last few entries.

I don't really have a go-to meal. Usually eggs & toast is my go-to meal. I need help in this area.

Amy said...

This one just showed up in my google reader also. Hmmm. What's the deal and how many other blogs am I missing?

(I have a go-to meal for myself but most of my kids wouldn't like it... I mix flour and an egg together and roll out noodles. Then I cook them in chicken broth. YUMMY!!!)