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That sounds bangin’. I love a good meatloaf

 

I really enjoy all the ground meats, especially lamb. Shepherd's pie is elite.

 

Air frying them comes out really good tbh but you need thick cut

 

Ehh I don't want to risk brain worms lol

 

sounds great. Link to recipe or is it your creation?

 

from a cook book:

 

You're SO Midwest

 

We actually use my family's cookbook alot during the summer and winter.

 

We have a few that I turn to when I don’t know what else to make.

 

I know we've learned that a *little* pink is okay on pork, but jesus Christ, medium rare? Lol

I am like this

 

Firehouse is good, but I don't like the two separate pieces of bread structure of their subs. Subs need to be a single connected bun! Too messy.

Captain Sorensen's Hot Sauce rules though.

 

never been a fan

 

I'm gonna have to disagree with top and bottom bun being separate. Prefer it that way for the most part, especially as on a lot of sub rolls (if not wrapped) have the seam bursts and it just gets messy (which is funny you think the separate is messier). Jersey / Mikes firehouse are both done well with the top and bottom.

I don't really like Firehouse though except for a few subs. Something about the steamed meat isn't right and then nearly every time they forget to add the extra shit at the local one near me. I always ask for a turkey bacon ranch with Jalapenos and the peppers are left off just about every time.

 

Pasta is the best lazy mom meal. So easy. So good. Makes it look like I actually cooked instead of just twisting some knobs and pouring some sauce. Bless you, Italy.

 

I am a tryhard with my pasta. Started doing it the "Italian grandma on a Sunday" way and haven't poored jarred processed sauce onto pasta since.

• Cook your meat of choice (pork, lamb, italian sausage, ribs ect) in the pot with some olive oil
• Remove from pot leaving a bit of grease
• Cook grated garlic and diced onions (you can also add in some carrots and celery for aromatics) in the grease at medium
• Add in a few tablespoons of tomato paste and mix in
• Put about a cup of red wine in pot with mixture to deglaze
• Let deglaze until at least half empty, while scraping bottom of pot to get grease Into your mixture
• Add meat back in and stir
• Add 16 OZ can of crushed tomatoes into pot
• Fill the tomato can halfway with water and poor it into sauce
• Add a few teaspoons of sugar, some black pepper, red pepper flakes, basil, oregano, pinch of salt
• Stir in on medium high until boiling
• Put on simmer for at least 3 hours, stirring every 30 minutes or so
• Cook pasta to al dente in a separate pot
• Reserve 1 cup of pasta water
• Strain put back into pot
• Gradually poor back in pasta water a few TBs at a time while tossing thoroughly
• Add pasta to sauce, add cheese (parm, moz, ricotta, ect), stir, let simmer for 5-10 minutes

Boom you got the pasta the way Italian-American nanas have been making it for generations. Takes time and mess but holy fuck it's worth it

 

Oh jeez I’m just a jar sauce girl. For what it’s worth I like to get the nice jars of sauce and none of that Ragu or Prego nonsense.

But that does look delicious and maybe one day I’ll get there :p

 

Wow that sounds amazing. Yeah I just go for a jar of Rao's or Prego if I'm feeling cheap haha.

 

Update: It was delicious. The garlic bread and salad kit really elevated it.

 

A good cheap relatively quick pasta I like to do

• 1lb of linguine all dente
• Reserve Cup of pasta water
• Set strained pasta aside
• Melt a whole stick of butter in the pot on medium heat with grated garlic and black pepper
• Once butter is melted and garlic is simmering add in lemon zest and stir
• Add linguini back to pot, stirring back in your cup of pasta water gradually
• Squeeze in juice from the lemon you grated
• Add in pepper, salt, parm

It is incredible. Maybe the best pasta dish in my arsenal. Pretty quick too.

 

walk away for less than a day and suddenly all y’all are throwing out elevated pasta dishes…

 

I had moms spaghetti for dinner

 

this thread has been poppin lately

might even make the newsletter this week but probably not