Two ways to spice up your everyday pasta


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Sari Castro | Daily Trojan

Sari Castro | Daily Trojan

When it comes to college life, pasta is definitely staple food. Here are some tricks to make that easy-to-cook pasta taste even better.

Make a homemade veggie sauce.

Ingredients:

  • Pasta (whichever kind you like)
  • Vegetable oil
  • Veggies (whichever ones you have)
  • Tomato paste/tomato sauce
  • Pepper
  • Salt
  • Parmesan cheese

Process:

  1. Take out whatever veggies you have in your fridge.
  2. Add a little oil to your pan, toss in the veggies until they take on a nice color.
  3. Toss in some tomato paste or tomato sauce, pepper and salt.

*For pasta al dente, toss the pasta into the sauce and let it marinate for about 5 to 10 minutes. Add loads of Parmesan and enjoy!

One-pot spaghetti mix

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups of water

  • 1 cup of tomato puree

  • 1 yellow onion, sliced in half

  • 1/4 cup of basil
  • 12 oz of cooked sausage

  • 3 cloves of garlic, minced

  • Spaghetti

  • 1 cup of freshly grated parmiggiano

  • Salt

Process:

  1. In a large pot, add the first six ingredients give everything a good stir, add the spaghetti.
  2. Cook on medium high heat.
  3. Bring the mixture to a rapid boil, once it’s at that point, work the spaghetti into the bubbling sauce and allow it to cook for 8 to 10 minutes until the spaghetti is cooked al dente.
  4. Season to taste with some salt, and make sure you stir every couple minutes to insure the spaghetti doesn’t all clump together.
  5. Add loads of parmesan and enjoy!