Food!

[feihu]

I remember a while ago I said I would start posting recipes and never did. I blame the fact that lj no longer likes internet explorer and has made the enter key totally non-functional. You can scale back the amounts of pasta used in the dishes I make if you like, I use a lot because then it lasts for more meals, since I do my cooking for work.

Comments

[perkyandproud]

Mmmmm, looks like food! :D

[feihu]

It does, doesn't it. :D

[oriaon]

Once the school year gets going and I can't go home every couple weeks to bring back food, it's going to be pasta life and I'm going to love you so much for this, haha.

I don't normally add anything extra to what I make (e.g. just boring old sauce and noodles and a little ground beef) so for serving size, do I go by what the pasta sauce jar says, or the noodle packet, or just eyeball it, or what? O: It'll probably be to eat one meal and save the rest to reheat later. I didn't know about adding extra sauce to counteract dry, reheated pasta, I wish I knew that D:

[feihu]

I usually just eyeball it, personally. The thing is, you want to make sure that you will have enough water to get it all cooked. I have had times where by the end there is very little water left. Having a little extra sauce also keeps things from getting chewy or tough.

[oriaon]

The few times I've tried cooking by myself, I think that was the case too. I'd let the pasta drain and the only moisture really is from the sauce. Maybe I should try following directions/guidelines instead of "Oh whoops, the pasta's overdone, let's take that out-- ahh, the meat's going to burn if I don't stir-- is this enough sauce, too much sauce, I don't even know DD:" :x

[feihu]

It does take trial an error with the amount of sauce, I will concede that. As far as cooking time goes, use the box for directions, but check it when it's got about a minute left. It'll be hot, but get a piece on a spoon and eat it so you can decide if you're happy with how done it is or if you want to cook it longer.