Spaghetti & Garlic Bread

Sorry guys about being away for a bit. I've gotten back on the loop. Things are finally evening out with me, I think the Doc finally got my meds fixed! YEAH! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a New Year. I had a wonderful one out with my family in Texas. So much good food and sweets! I miss it!

Any special plans for Valentines day? I know I don't have any as of yet.


Ever had a comfort food? I know I have, I love my moms spaghetti, I have no clue why but it is so dang good! So I decided today before my husband went to work I would cook some spaghetti so he could take it for supper tonight. Well I figured it would be a great time to back to posting and a simple recipe at that. Well I wanted the spaghetti and for those that know me know I absolutely LOVE garlic bread. I do. I can't help it and I don't know why. Its just so good. So naturally I had to bake some garlic bread as well. So while I didn't get a picture of the spaghetti I did get some of the garlic bread. So please don't be afraid to tell me what you think if you try any of the recipes on this site, its a wonderful learning experience and to find out what you guys did different is always intriguing.

Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

1 lbs ground hamburger
1 lbs ground Italian sausage
1/4 green bell pepper chopped
1/4 red bell pepper chopped
1/4-1/2 yellow onion chopped
Garlic, Rosemary and Parsley, to taste
1-2 16oz tomato sauce

1) Place of pot water on to boil, prep for spaghetti. Once boiling, add noodles, cook until al dente.
2) Brown meat in skillet and drain off excess grease. Place chopped onions and bell peppers in with meat and stir until tender.
3) Make sure grease is drained and then stir in tomato sauce, add rosemary, garlic and parsley, to your tastes. Cook and let simmer for anywhere between 5 minutes to 20 minutes.
4) Serve meat sauce over noodles with garlic bread. Enjoy!

Garlic Bread Loaf:

2 pkg or 5 tsps active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
1 cup warm milk
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp salt
6 cups all purpose flour
Olive oil
Garlic powder
Onion Powder
Italian seasoning

1)  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2) In a mixing bowl dissolve yeast in water. Add the milk, shortening (may need to microwave a bit to melt), sugar, eggs, salt and 2 cups flour. Beat until smooth.
3) Stir in enough of remaining flour to form a soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic about 6-8 minutes, adding more flour as you go if needed. Place in greased bowl turning once to coat. Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled.
4) Punch dough down. Turn onto lightly floured surface. Shape  into loaf form (or whatever form you want). Place on baking sheet, brush with olive oil, sprinkle the garlic powder, onion powder, and Italian seasoning over loaf and let rise again for about 30 minutes.
5) After 30 minutes, slice dough on top of the loaf and place in preheated oven and bake for about 20-25 minutes or until golden brown all around.
6) Serve warm with butter and enjoy!