One-dish wonder s'ghetti!

Lazy dinners before kids were anything that delivered, most likely pizza. We ate out a ridiculous number of times each week. It really wasn't until our first born was at the eating solids stage that I really started watching what I was cooking.

It's take a while to get a groove into making dinners, and not falling into the "don't wanna cook" mode. There's a list of things I grab at the grocery store that make up quick recipes to avoid me being lazy and grabbing the Del. Even better when it doesn't make a mess!!

This is my one pot wonder s'ghetti! I grab my dutch oven (get your minds out of the gutter!) but I'm sure this will work with any large sauce pan.

1lb ground beef or sausage
1/4 cup water
1 25oz can of spaghetti sauce (I love Fresh and Easy's sauce, no artificial junk)
Spaghetti noodles (I've used angel hair, and regular with great success)
Fresh spinach leaves

Preheat the pan a bit and start browning the ground meat with 1/4 water. This trick helps crumble the beef and distributes better in the sauce. If you prefer chunkier meat sauce, omit the water. When all the meat has browned dump in the whole jar of spaghetti sauce. Fill the empty jar half way with water (I close the lid and give it a good shake to clean all the sauce off the sides of the jar) dump in the water and stir. It's going to seem really watery, but this is perfect.

Take your noodles, however many you need to feed the family, and break them in half (so they fit in the pot). Make sure they are completely covered by the sauce. Cover the pot and simmer about 15 minutes. Check to make sure the noodles are done and give it all a good stir.

We used spinach spaghetti noodles, so excuse the green mess in there :)

To make the dish even easier, the spinach just gets thrown in the bottom of the bowl, topped with the hot spaghetti, it wilts to perfection! Add a slice of bread fresh from the oven and it's a done meal ;)