So at the beginning of the year, I had this weird notion that I’d cook a lot because I have a full kitchen. I was wrong. Until about a week ago, I had cooked plain pasta, toast, scrambled eggs, pancakes, and way too many desserts to name here… But I will anyways: brownies at least 10 times, chocolate chip cookies probably 10 times, cupcakes, slutty brownies once, a birthday cake, etc.
So I made it my mission to make something new: Spaghetti Bolognese. Please remember that I’m the girl who couldn’t make a hardboiled egg correctly so this was quite the task. With some help from my handy dandy boyfriend (the better cook in the relationship), I think my cooking was a success.
Here’s how I did it.
Stuff you need:
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Spaghetti (and water)
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Tomato sauce
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1 bag of baby carrots
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Half an onion
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Garlic
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Salt
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Pepper
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Ground beef
Equipment: Big pot, sauce pot, frying pan, cutting board
Steps:
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Use a big pot to start boiling water for the pasta.
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Put the ground beef in a BIG frying pan on a high setting. Make sure to check it every few minutes and move it around with a spatula so it heats evenly.
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Use medium to low setting, heat the tomato sauce in a small pot.
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Now chop up the half onion and half the bag of baby carrots into as small pieces as possible.
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Add the chopped onions, carrots, garlic, salt and pepper into the ground beef and mix them together.
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Place the pasta in the boiling water whenever you see it start boiling.
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Now pour the tomato sauce onto the frying pan. Everything should now be in the frying pan except the pasta. Turn it to a low setting. Leave it for a while so some of the liquid will evaporate.
(Be careful because this tends to splatter if it’s heated to quickly)
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When the pasta is done cooking (10-ish minutes) then strain the water from it and you’re basically done.
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Put the pasta on a plate, put the sauce on top and VOILA!