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Poor Man's Pasta

submitted by Gwynyvyr

Ingredients

Enough Pasta to feed everyone in your house (or Rice if you are out of Pasta)
Sliced Onions (2 should do it, your choice of onions, I like Spanish reds)
Sliced Green, Yellow and/or Red Sweet Pepper (1 or 2 work nicely)
Minced Garlic (do it yourself or use the stuff in jars with oil, again a couple cloves…to your taste)
Extra Virgin Olive Oil (4 T or so)
1/4 stick butter (use margarine if you have to)
Italian seasoning or a mix of finely chopped fresh herbs (however much you want)

Optional…depending on your family’s tastes:
a handful of olives
mushrooms (either fresh or dried…I HATE those canned/jarred slimy things)
Cheese (parmesan, mozzarella, Fontana, feta…whatever you like)
Tomatoes, cut into chunks (I prefer Roma tomatoes) OR Dried Tomatoes (the ones packed in oil do well)
Meat (if you have it!) Italian sausage, ham or pepperoni chunks are good for this
Toasted Slivered Almonds (my oldest son added this…nice touch if you can afford it)

Procedures

1. Cook Pasta, drain and set aside.

2. Toss everything else (except cheese and fresh tomatoes) into good-sized frying pan, skillet or wok and sauté until it looks done.

3. Chase cat off of counter.

4. Toss sauteed stuff into large bowl with pasta, throw in cheese and chunked fresh tomatoes (if ya got ‘em)

5. Toss well, serve hot in bowls with a good sized chunk of garlic bread, if you have that.

6. Make sure the little ones get their fair share… and put a bit in a bowl for the cat so it won’t jump on the table.

Comments

I usually don't measure a darn thing which makes for interesting results. But I did raise seven kids and they all loved this. Remember everything is to your taste, adjust, add or subtract as necessary! This was an end-of-the-month-and-we-are-broke recipe.