Sunday Dinner 09/12/10

Another Sunday rolls around. Is it just me, or are Sundays kind of bittersweet? It's great because it's another day without work (plus football!) but there's always the fact that work is tomorrow looming in the back of your mind. We made the most of our Sunday today, went to lunch, shopping, and watched NFL at World of Beer (great place to watch football and not too crowded either). We decided to make a good hearty dinner (we are still recovering from exhaustion and dehydration from yesterday's 104 degree Gator game...btw that's the actual temp not the heat index; and we played an intense match of tennis this morning). We made ragu with ricotta spaghetti.

Recipe: In a large pot, cook 1 large chopped onion until translucent, season with garlic salt and pepper. Add 2 tablespoons of dried herbs (oregano, basil, pasley,and thyme). Add in 1 pound of ground chuck. Cook until beef is browned and then add 1/4 cup of tomato paste. Stir until combined and then add 1 cup of dry red wine. Bring to a simmer and add a 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes. Stir and bring to a simmer and then turn the heat on low and put the lid on. Meanwhile boil whatever pasta you like the best. Once pasta is added to salted, boiling water...add 1 cup of part-skim ricotta cheese to ragu and stir to combine. Serve sauce on top of spaghetti with chopped fresh basil and parmesan.

Happy week 4 of the school year!