Basic Pasta
Boil enough water in a pan so that the pasta will have plenty of room to move around. Add a bit of salt if you want. Add pasta, stir occasionally. Boil until tender (test it by biting a piece). Drain. Put on plate or return to pan. Eat – or add a sauce or other ingredients – and heat through if you want.
Optionally add:
- Pasta sauce from a jar or can
- A can of crushed tomatoes and some Italian seasoning
- Butter or olive oil as a sauce – optionally add salt, parmesan, chili flakes….
- Pesto as a sauce
- Salsa as a sauce
- Hummus as a sauce
- Ketchup and cheese
- A sauce made by mixing a can of tomato soup with some milk and cheese
- A sauce made by mixing a can of cream of mushroom soup with a little milk and maybe some crushed potato chips
- Grated cheese – feta, cheddar, mizithra, parmesan….
- Nuts and/or seeds: Pumpkin seeds, pine nuts, sunflower seeds
- Garlic
- Olives
- Canned beans (rinsed)