Simple, Cheap Pasta

Easy versatile pasta dish with meat and tomato sauce that can be eaten for a few meals

Ingredients

• 1 jar of your favorite tomato pasta sauce
• 1 box of dry pasta (preferably bite-sized such as rigatoni or penne)
• 1 pound ground beef or italian sausage
• half a white or yellow onion
• 1 chopped green or red bell pepper (optional)
• 1 clove chopped garlic (optional)

Instructions

STEP 1:

Add meat to a hot skillet and chop into bite-sized chunks

STEP 2:

STEP 3:

once the meat releases a bit of grease add your onion and if desired the chopped pepper and garlic

STEP 4:

STEP 5:

after starting the meat cook the pasta till tender

STEP 6:

STEP 7:

cook the meat mix till the meat is browned

STEP 8:

STEP 9:

once the meat is browned put on a plate with a paper towel to get rid of the extra grease

STEP 10:

STEP 11:

add the meat mixture to the pasta along with the jar of pasta sauce until it’s heated through

STEP 12:

STEP 13:

if you feel like it add some cheese on top while it’s still hot so it melts