Lindas Spaghetti Sauce Food

LINDA'S LASAGNA

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, cook beef until brown. Drain off all fat. Add onion and cook until translucent. Add tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, water, oregano, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and sugar. Stir until combined and cook over medium heat until boiling. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 1 hour.
• While sauce is simmering, blend cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, and egg until smooth. Set aside.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Spread 1 cup of sauce in the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish. Cover sauce with 3 noodles. Cover noodles with 1/3 of the remaining sauce. Top with 1/2 of the mozzarella. Place another layer of noodles and one of sauce over the mozzarella; top that with the cottage cheese mixture. Top with remaining 3 noodles and remaining sauce.
• Bake in preheated oven 30 minutes. Sprinkle remaining mozzarella on top and bake 15 minutes more, until golden and bubbly.

LINDA'S MEATY SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• In a lg. pot saute onions with basil and Italian seasoning, then add hamburger. Cook until meat is no longer pink in the middle. When done, drain all the grease. Set aside.
• Cook sausage links separately, and after cooked, cut up into bite size pieces. Set aside. When cool, refrigerate until about 1/2 hour before sauce is done, then add to sauce. (This helps the sauce from becoming greasy).
• Add tomato puree, tomato paste, mushrooms, hot sauce and peppers to meat mixture. Mix well.
• Add the Red wine, if using.
• Add salt to taste, starting with 1 T.
• Cook on med. heat until sauce comes to a boil, then cook 4-6 hours covered, on low heat so it will slightly bubble while cooking, or until desired thickness.
• Stir every once in awhile, so the sauce and meat doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan.
• A 1/2 hour before serving add sausage from the fridge, and heat until sausage are nice and hot, and sauce is bubbling.
• Serve with your favorite pasta.
• Sprinkle with freshly grated Parmesan, if desired, and enjoy!

LINDA'S SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• In a 5 quart pot stir together the tomato sauce, tomato puree, tomato paste, basil, oregano, garlic, salt, pepper, fennel seeds if using, and dry red wine; simmer over medium low heat for 1 hour.
• Stir frequently; do not allow sauce to stick; lower heat if needed.
• While sauce is cooking, brown beef and onion; drain well.
• Add hamburger to the sauce at the end of the hour.
• Simmer sauce for 1/2 hour; taste; adjust seasoning as needed.
• Simmer for additional 1/2 hour.
• Serve over your favorite pasta with Parmesan cheese.

LINDA'S SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil, saute onions with garlic for a few minutes. Brown turkey and sausage, then add remainder of ingredients. Bring to a boil, then simmer as long as you want to!
• Boil noodles al dente.

LINDA'S SPAGHETTI PIE

Steps:

• 2 (9-inch) deep dish pie pans.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Boil spaghetti according to pkg directions. Drain, and set aside.
• Brown the meat, and IF you are using canned or jarred spaghetti sauce, add onion, Italian seasoning, and basil to the beef mixture.
• If you are using your own homemade sauce, it will already have enough spices in it to your taste.
• Add salt and pepper, to taste. Set aside.
• Beat 2 eggs, and mix in with spaghetti.
• Add Parmesan cheese, and mix well. Set aside.
• Spray pie pans with non-stick cooking spray.
• Layer each pie pan, making a well in the middle, with a thin layer of spaghetti on the bottom, and bringing spaghetti up the sides to make a pie crust.
• You may, or may not have spaghetti left over, depending on how big your pie plates are. Set aside.
• Beat 2 eggs, add Ricotta and parsley. Mix well.
• Layer a layer of spaghetti, a layer of ricotta, a layer of meat, and a layer of sauce.
• Cover with Mozzarella cheese.
• Bake for 25-30 mins., or until cheese is bubbly, and all is nice and hot.
• Serve with garlic bread or sticks, and a salad, and you have a delicious meal!