Friday Night Delight (high carb)

     Last Friday night Ellen decided to indulge us with a pasta dish.  Man, I haven’t had pasta in ages.   We found some organic brown rice penne pasta and a jar of organic spaghetti sauce with mushrooms at Trader Joe’s.  In the past (pre-lo carb) I used to make a wicked pasta sauce, but it would take 4-5 hours and produces enough to feed 3 families.  Ellen got creative and moved beyond the boundaries of mere pasta and produced a real masterpiece.

    1 lb. Organic ground beef
    1 sweet onion – chopped
    Garlic salt to taste
Sauté together until onion is brown and beef is cooked and broken up.  Add:
    1-3 Tbs. Chicken Better than Bullion (to taste)
    1 Jar TJ’s Organic Spaghetti Sauce
    1 can Ranch Style Beans
and simmer together.
Cook 1 package Organic brown rice penne pasta until al dente (slightly chewy but tender).  Drain then add ½ to 2/3 of the pasta to the beef and beans mixture.
To serve: spoon into bowel and cover with Horseradish Nut Cheese (recipe in last newsletter).
     This dish was awesome.  It was like macaroni and cheese meeting chili and spaghetti all at once!  This was definitely not on a low carb diet, but it was gluten free, dairy free, and delicious.