Easy Mac for a Crowd, or Dinner for Two at My House

I cook lots.

For the sake of this post, I’m speaking to volume as opposed to frequency, which I also do; I cook L-O-T-S.

When I was a kid, The German wouldn’t let anyone in her kitchen, although I can’t complain because she mostly made German fare and who would want to mess up that delicious arrangement?

Under her direction, I learned how to iron, make beds, clean a house, mend socks (oh lawsy, I’m having a yarn darn flashback!), make a list for when your father gets home, and cuss in German.  She did not teach me how to cook or bake.  OMT was on her own, my babies.

So, learn I did.

~A bit of back-story: I have always believed, for as long as I can remember, that there was an old Italian Jewish woman in me and she would never let you go hungry.  She would rather die first.~

When I was first on my own, I belonged to a wild pack of dingos, um, male friends, who ate like, well, wild dingos. When we cooked together, we cooked in large quantities.  It became second nature to me.

Coming from a large family, I suppose I was always a little on the hungry side too.  You gotta be fast with four other hungry siblings.  As a result, my pantry is always stocked, my fridge is full and if you come to my house, I’ll ask you if you’d like something to eat.  When you say no, I’ll wait the appropriate time…a few minutes…and then ask you again.  Need a little something?

It’s a family joke.  There is always food and lots of it.

Recently, I thought I might try to cook a smaller meal for Husband and me.  A meal for two.  With no leftovers.  An easy pasta dish (Italian.  Did you see that coming?). You know, just to prove that I could do it.

I picked something simple, so as not to get distracted; just throw it together and BAM! dinner for two.

People.

What was I thinking?

Take a look:

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This is a giant 15 x 10 pan.  I didn’t mean for the meal to get out of hand….it just kinda did.

It started when I boiled water for the pasta.  When the water was ready, I threw in the pre-measured pasta for two.  It was then my old Italian Jewish woman took over.  Before I knew what had happened, I had thrown in more pasta and made the sauce accordingly for an army.  Once I drained the cooked noodles, but before I mixed everything together, I realized I had failed.

Dinner for two became a tailgate meal for a crowd.

Although, I can’t complain.  It was delicious, as will be the leftovers.  Thank God we love leftovers.

What about you?  You hungry?  Need a little something?

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