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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Homemade Alphagetti

Dearests,

My four siblings and I (plus our respective significant others) recently had another one of our bi-monthly-ish themed potluck dinners.  Our chosen theme was 'comfort food' and so rather than make yet another failed attempt at vegan mac-and-cheeze (does anyone know of a recipe that isn't absolutely disgusting?!  Send it my way PLLEEAAASSEE!!) I decided to make a homemade version of a childhood favorite: ALPHAGETTI!  You know, the canned alphabet shaped noodles in tomato sauce!  I think it might be a Canadian thing. . .  Alphagetti itself is actually vegan, but as I get older, I get more and more creeped out by things in cans (I don't know why) and homemade is always better anyways.  I also figured it was a good way to get ATM to stop hounding me about making her something with the alphabet shaped pasta she had brought home.  The girl sure loves her adorably shaped noodles. . .

Do I need to state the obvious and mentions that kids LOVE this stuff?  And ATM too :)

Homemade Alphagetti
Ingredients:
-1 box alphabet shaped noodles (you can use whole-wheat or regular, and whatever baby soup pasta shape you like, little stars would be cuuuuute!)
-1 jar of tomato pasta sauce (Any brand as long as it's smooth and plain, NO CHUNKS, I used Ragu Traditional Old World Style Sauce)
-1 tsp organic sugar
-1 tsp basil (I use freeze dried basil and if you do too, up it to 1 tbsp)
-S&P

Cook the alphabet pasta according to the packing instructions (you know the drill, boil water, cook pasta until tender, drain).  In a large pot, mix together the tomato sauce plus 2 jars worth of water.  Add the basil and sugar and the cooked pasta.  Bring to a boil over medium heat and reduce to a low simmer.  Let it simmer and the noodles suck up the sauce for about 10 minutes, stirring frequently.  Season with S&P.  Sooo gooooooooood. . .


XOXO
V.V.

5 comments:

  1. Sounds wonderful, I may write this one down. I used to live off those canned spaghettios (by choice, lol). They were great straight out of the can for me, but this sounds like it's even better and I think we already have the ingredients :).

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  2. You mention Alphagetti is actually vegan but I've checked a few times over the years (since it used to be one of my favourites) and the Heinz's brand has always had cheddar cheese in it. Do you know another brand that doesn't have dairy? Thanks

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    1. hey vegan1975! My apologies, I was under the impression Alphagetti was vegan! I have edited this blog post accordingly :) I have noooo idea where one might find a vegan canned version - give this recipe a try, it tastes alarmingly close to the old fave xoxo

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  3. Our Ragu Old World Style has milk and romano cheese in it. This is in Canada - is the American one vegan?

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    1. Hey nessvet! I'm a Canadian gal myself and the Ragu Old World Style sauces come in a variety of flavors! The one I used was the Marinara (vegan!) but it really, really doesn't have to be any brand in particular - I just used what I happened to have in my pantry! As long as you use a nice smooth sauce, you'll get the right texture for Alphagetti love :)

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