Spaghetti

My kids love spaghetti.  My husband not so much.  One time he was in the hospital for back surgery.  He hadn't eaten all day.  He was recovering in his room and was terribly hungry.  The supper hour had passed but I was able to flag down an orderly to ask him if he could manage to find him something to eat.  The orderly came back after 15 minutes with a huge smile on his face.  He had "just the ticket."  He had found Lewis some spaghetti.  Lewis was less than thrilled but spaghetti can put a smile on my kids' faces anytime.

I do take the easy way out using a jarred spaghetti sauce. 

Ingredients
1 1/3 lbs or 1 package of Caston hamburger meat.
Salt/pepper
Spaghetti noodles cooked as directed on the package but leave about 1/4  -1/3 cup of the water.  When you drain it completely, you lose some of the starch that adds good texture to your spaghetti.
1 jar of Prego spaghetti sauce- I like the three cheese variety.
1/4 cup of sugar.

Brown the hamburger meat adding salt and pepper to taste.  There will be very little to drain but drain the meat.  Add the jar of Prego to the meat.  Mix well.  Dump this into the cooked spaghetti and add the sugar.  I often have to add a little more sauce to the mix so I do keep an extra jar in the refrigerator.  Top with Parmesan cheese. 

Perfect with bread sticks, a copy cat  Olive Garden salad (get the dressing in the salad dressing aisle at your local grocer, add cherry tomatoes, Romaine lettuce, purple onion, Parmesan cheese, and croutons.