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What life hack is so simple yet so effective, you're shocked more people don't know about it? (self.asklemmy)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Amen to that. But I can’t do jar/bottled sauce so if I want easy noodles, it’s cook noodles, leave some pasta water after draining, throw in some butter at the end to make it thicc, then serve topped with olive oil/red pepper flakes/salt/pepper/parmigiano Reggiano (all things I make sure I always have in stock always)

I also keep a stack of cans of San Marzano tomatoes to make a red sauce any time I want, but that takes a couple hours instead of 20 minutes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There are good sauces you can make from canned tomatoes in 20 minutes (depending on your prep speed).

My go tos are Putanesca & Vodka sauce, but there's a lot more you can do. Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything has a simple recipe and then a big list of variants, most of which can be done in 20 minutes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Noted, thank you! I have a specific sauce I like to make, and I like it best simmered for a couple hours in a Dutch oven hahaha

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Most of the sauce we use is home made. My FIL makes it every year and always gives us boxes of it. Way better than shop bought sauce.