I was so scared to become a wife and mom because cooking wasn’t my thing. It just seemed so intimidating to me. And up until the past couple of years, I stuck to easy recipes, things that I knew by heart I never wanted to step out of my box. I worked at night so I only had to cook 2 nights a week so I didn’t have the time to really practice.
I started stepping out a little here and there until the pandemic, that was when I cooked a lot because there wasn’t much else to do and it became a hobby. If it tasted great, awesome. If it didn’t then I changed things up or just never made it again.
Cooking became fun!
For some things, I still have to use recipes to a ‘T’ but for others, I just throw things together and they become staples in our house. I have to be honest though… Tik Tok has definitely been a huge reason I play around in the kitchen. Who doesn’t love a 1-minute video on how to prepare an entire thanksgiving dinner? It’s mostly all that is in my algorithm, recipes, and a couple of workout videos for good measure.
Last night I was going to make tacos for ‘Taco Tuesday” but before I started cooking I scrolled upon a woman making a spaghetti dinner that just looked too good to pass up. So we did something crazy and had spaghetti on Taco Tuesday.
ingredients:
- 1lb ground turkey (it’s just what I use you can use whichever meat you like)
- 1 1/2 Jars of spaghetti sauce (I use prego)
- 1 box of spaghetti noodles
- 1 stick of butter
- 1 tbsp flour
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup Parmesan cheese (I definitely used a lot more bc… CHEESE)
- 1/2 cup Mozzarella cheese
- Italian seasoning
- salt & pepper
Set oven to 350.
Brown your meat of choice. Season it how you choose. I used garlic powder, onion powder, & Italian seasoning
At the same time boil water and cook pasta
Melt one stick of butter and add 1 tbsp of flour
Once the butter is melted add 2 cups of heavy whipping cream
Add in 1 cup parm cheese, salt and pepper to taste
Add 1/2 cup of the pasta water to the cheese sauceSpray (why? I have no idea) bring to a boil
Spray your pan with nonstick spray
Add cheese mix to the pasta and put it on that bottom of your dish
Add your spaghetti sauce to your meat and let simmer a couple minutes
Add the meat sauce evenly on top of pasta
Cover the meat sauce with cheese (as little or as much as you like)
Bake at 350 for 20 minutes and let cool for about 15 and ENJOY!
