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Actually, Spaghetti can be pretty quick if you have enough people to eat it all. Put some noodles in water over the stove. Grab a can of sauce and put it in an

Actually, Spaghetti can be pretty quick if you have enough people to eat it all. Put some noodles in water over the stove. Grab a can of sauce and put it in another pot on medium. It really depends on the size, but it could be ready in about 10-15 minutes for a small amount. If you're entertaining on short notice or limited prep. time it works too. Give yourself about 20 minutes and then you're set for serving yourself and guests! (Note: Spaghetti done right will take significantly longer. This does not include preparing meat or adding any spices)

mtts 19y ago
Pasta in general can be done quite nicely in the time it takes to cook the pasta (which should never be more than ten minutes). As the pasta cooks, chop up some vegetables and fry it. Maybe with some cream or some minced meat or something else. Healthy and quick.
ovi256 19y ago
>10-15 minutes You are overcooking it. Six to eight minutes is enough. If you ever go to Italy, you will see what I mean. Their normal cooked pasta is 'al dente' for non-Italians, and their 'al dente' is ... soaked in warm water. But good anyway. And do salt the water generously.
- tel 19y ago
  Italian 'al dente' is a trip. I hardly believed it at first, but it is tasty.
wallflower 19y ago
Boil water, cook pasta (not spaghetti but something like rotini). Cook Campbell's soup (Chicken with dumplings) on separate burner. Drain pasta, toss soup over. It's not a healthy meal but it will do in a pinch.
tapi 19y ago
Spaghetti is always an option as my cuppoards rarely have anything else, including sauce. Quick and dirty alfredo is always a good substitute. melt a tablespoon of butter in a sauce pan, add flower and stir till it becomes a thickish wad of dough, add milk (At this point it looks real thin but it will thicken) add garlic (salt or powder if you have no cloves), parmigan cheese, and cracked black pepper.

mtts 19y ago

Pasta in general can be done quite nicely in the time it takes to cook the pasta (which should never be more than ten minutes). As the pasta cooks, chop up some vegetables and fry it. Maybe with some cream or some minced meat or something else. Healthy and quick.

ovi256 19y ago

>10-15 minutes You are overcooking it. Six to eight minutes is enough. If you ever go to Italy, you will see what I mean. Their normal cooked pasta is 'al dente' for non-Italians, and their 'al dente' is ... soaked in warm water. But good anyway. And do salt the water generously.

tel 19y ago
Italian 'al dente' is a trip. I hardly believed it at first, but it is tasty.

wallflower 19y ago

Boil water, cook pasta (not spaghetti but something like rotini). Cook Campbell's soup (Chicken with dumplings) on separate burner. Drain pasta, toss soup over. It's not a healthy meal but it will do in a pinch.

tapi 19y ago

Spaghetti is always an option as my cuppoards rarely have anything else, including sauce. Quick and dirty alfredo is always a good substitute. melt a tablespoon of butter in a sauce pan, add flower and stir till it becomes a thickish wad of dough, add milk (At this point it looks real thin but it will thicken) add garlic (salt or powder if you have no cloves), parmigan cheese, and cracked black pepper.