Italian's Spaghetti =)

What you'll need:

Average size box of spahetti x1
1lb tube of sausage x1 (or x2 if you like really meaty sauce)
2 jars of tomato sauce
Olive Oil
Red Pepper Flakes
Thyme
Bay Leaf
Fresh Garlic Clove
Rosemary
Fennel
Sweet Basil
Oregano
Onion Powder (Or onions)
Black Pepper
Salt

1. Bring pot of water to boil, add a table spoon of olive oil to keep pasta from sticking. Add a teaspoon of salt for flavor. Once water is boiling, add pasta and cook for 10-12 minutes (Or just consult the box).
2. While boiling water, heat a skillet to Medium-Medium High with enough oil to lube the pan.
3. Cook sausage till the pink is gone and drain some of the grease.
4. Mince two cloves of garlic and add to pan.
5. Sprinkle in the following spices in no particular order:

1Tsp Red Pepper Flakes (Leave out if you don't like spicy food)
2Tsp Thyme
2 Bay leafs (remove from sauce before serving)
1Tsp Rosemary
1Tsp Oregano
2Tsp Fennel
2Tsp Onion powder (Or half a cup of minced onion)
1Tsp Black Pepper

6. Saute the sausage till fully cooked.
7. Start cooking the tomato sauce in another pot with 2Tsp of Garlic on Medium.
8. Add the following, along with the sausage mixture:

1 Tbsp Red Pepper Flakes (Add or limit depending on how hot you want it to be)
1 Tbsp Thyme
1 Bay Leaf
2 Tbsp Sweet Basil
1 Tbsp Rosemary
1 Tbsp Oregano
1 Tbsp Onion Powder (If you added onions with sausage, don't add any more)
2 Tsp Black Pepper

9. Heat until hot.
10. Drain pasta, and serve the sauce over it. Now it's time to mangiare!

you should teach my hubby how to cook stuff like this!!! lol looks like ill be doing this soon =]

peacelovesunny wrote:

you should teach my hubby how to cook stuff like this!!! lol looks like ill be doing this soon =]

When you grow up with an Italian family that eats Italian food 2-3 times a week on average, then work as a cook at an Italian restaurant for a year and a half, you kind have it programmed into your brain =P. I'll have to post my recipe for blackened chicken alfredo later haha.

YESSS!! Yeah thats how I am with mexican food =] My mama was smart and married into a family with amazing mexican cooking skills lol my grandma always tried to teach me how to make home made tortillas...that was like the WORST epic fail ive ever done lol she said it was because I was white =[ lol

Lmao nice =P. You're a Corporal by the way! Lol.

SHWEET!!!! I totlly skipped the cake one haha what is it? I cant remember hahaa

Wow your right italian, the fact that your a chef does get the ladies.... Humm, wink^_^

Lol it was cake grabber, you become a squire after 10 posts though. And when I put the post system into effect you already had 9 posts I think.

Lol it's definitely helped EKha, but I end up dating a lot of girls that don't know how to cook. They like to get this fantasy in their head that if they get a husband that can cook they won't have to...lmao yeah, not even haha.

I had that fantasy but then reality slapped me in the face...hard lol

lmao

yeah my hubby burns eggs and can barely make mac and cheese. its scary lol

Whaaaaat? How can you possibly burn an egg??? lol. And common I learned mac and cheese when I was 8 lol.

lol sunny thats alittle sad.

I love the side convos in this thread.

Anyway I realized I never commented, (must have commented in chat) but this looks amazing, I can't wait to try it. I've been wanting a yummy spaghetti sauce that is homemade

Haha yeah you commented in the chat. And don't cut any corners on the recipe. If you forget any one of those spices (except for maybe red pepper) it's just not as good.

Red pepper is a necessity! Red pepper makes ANY dish amazing haha

bblowup wrote:

Red pepper is a necessity! Red pepper makes ANY dish amazing haha

I would have to agree, but some people don't like their food really spicy =P. Red pepper is great on pizza and in alfredo =).

Lol peace.... This guy I use to date was horriable at cooking he couldn't even boil water!! Lmao. I'm a real good cook as well my mama pass down some of her genes to me lol (part Thai) anyways I give props to men who can cook though. So cake for you:) I'll post some Asian cuisine soon lol

Being of Italian heritage myself, I know all about awesome spaghetti. My Polish/Italian grandmother made the best spaghetti. She lived with us, so Italian food was often eaten in our house. I may have to try your recipe! I haven't had a great plate of spaghetti in ages. I'm glad your recipe has sausage in it. Much, much better than just plain ol' hamburger meat.

Oh god, I hate hamburger meat in pasta...a waste of pasta and a waste of hamburger meat lol. I prefer sausage to meatballs too.....just realized that sounds slightly gay lol.

Yeah, that could be taken out of context.

Italian_Boy1Up wrote:

Oh god, I hate hamburger meat in pasta...a waste of pasta and a waste of hamburger meat lol. I prefer sausage to meatballs too.....just realized that sounds slightly gay lol.

that makes me think about the scene in 50 first dates "I prefer sausage to taco"

Italian_Boy1Up wrote:

bblowup wrote:

Red pepper is a necessity! Red pepper makes ANY dish amazing haha

I would have to agree, but some people don't like their food really spicy =P. Red pepper is great on pizza and in alfredo =).

I was talking about the OTHER red pepper...the non spicy one haha. I hate spice ;p

AND LOL sausage and meatballs xD I totally gave kudos for that.

YOU HATE SPICE?!?!?!?! omg lol hahaha I like things so spicy that I cry hahahaha

Lol I dunno what red pepper you're talking about bb. There's only two kinds of red pepper, crushed red pepper and red chili peppers lol. I suppose you can get red bell peppers and a few other kinds too....but they're all hot lmao. Pepper in general is supposed to be spicy silly =P, it is a spice after all lol.

THIS IS NOT SPICY. THAT'S what I call a red pepper haha