Hey! My name is Melanie and I am a SAHM of a 4 year old boy named Kyle and a 7 month old boy named Travis. My husband, Kenny, is a Houston Fire Fighter, so needless to say, I am in a house invaded by boys!!!! I am always looking for new meals and I am excited to get started on this blog. My first try was on pg 174. It is Pasta with Marinara Sauce. I wanted something with meat, so I did a little bow tie lasagna using this recipe for the marinara sauce. Here is a pic of the ingredients:








Ingredients are:

• 2 lbs of hamburger meat


• garlic


• salt and pepper


• 2 bay leaves


• Italian Seasoning


• Onion Powder (I am not a big fan of cooked onions, so I just use onion powder.)


• Bow Tie Pasta


• Diced Italian Style tomatoes (undrained)


• EVOO

First, chop up about 3 cloves of garlic and saute them in some EVOO.

After the garlic has browned, add the onion powder, italian seasoning, bay leaves, and tomatoes. Simmer for about 20 minutes and let all of the flavors combined together







Then brown your 2 lbs of hamburger meat with a little salt and pepper and onion powder.



As the hb meat browns, bring some water to boil, then salt, then add your pasta and cook until al dente.

Then take two more ingredients:

• Sour Cream
• Mozzarella Cheese
  

Then take everything you have done, mix together in one big bowl, and serve!

Here are my boys reactions! (By the way...my oldest doesn't usually have a mohawk! We went on vacation, and let him do it for the weekend.)

Even though he didn't eat....I had to throw a picture of Travis in here too!

I enjoyed making this meal, but I think that the main reason was because the boys enjoyed it so much. It was a lot of "monitoring the stove", stirring, simmering, lots of stuff going on, but since they enjoyed it so much, I will put it in the dinner rotation.

Here are my ratings:

Simplicity 4

Taste 5

Nutrition 3

TOTAL RATING : 4

I recommend this recipe to everyone. It is a keeper!

My next recipe....Garlic Lime Shrimp!