Andrew’s Spaghetti Sauce
So, we (well, Andrew) whipped up a big batch of his spaghetti sauce (from p. 156 of “the book”) last night. It’s not usually a June staple, but we’ve had a cold, wet weekend and friends just had a baby, so we wanted to give them a batch for a night they just didn’t feel like, have time or energy for, or were too hungry to cook.
We also had a friend and her two little bookend boys for our little girls over as she’s been on her own a lot with the kids since her husband’s been super busy working. She thought the way we added more veggies to dinner was great, so I thought it was worth posting it here.
What we do is about three minutes before the noodles are cooked we throw in broccoli florets with the noodles - saving an extra cooking pot, and extra dishes for eating and cleaning up. Then we dish up the noodles with the broccoli in situ, and ladle sauce atop it all. For the littlest ones we chop up the noodles and the broccoli, and everyone’s happy.