Spaghetti with onions and zucchini

Good way to sneak in veggies and make a jar of sauce go further. I don't make my own sauces. I am lazy that way. I only use Prego though in the dairy-free varieties, because they don't have high-fructose corn syrup in their sauce. And it tastes good. If your family has a hard time with zucchini, try using two and shredding them instead of dicing them. They hide easier that way. I also prefer my zucchini to be more crisp than soggy, so I don't cook it long.

2 Tbs olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
1 onion, diced
4 small zucchini, diced
1/2 pound ground beef
1 jar Prego sauce

Spaghetti, cooked according to package directions*

Heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and cook until translucent. Add garlic and ground beef. Cook until ground beef is no longer pink. Add zucchini, cook for a minute or two (just until slightly tender), then add the sauce and just heat through. Serve over prepared noodles.

*It's best to make the sauce first because it can simmer while you finish the spaghetti. If you start the water on high heat when you're starting the sauce, they should finish closer to the same time.

Spaghetti Monday

I can't remember if I've ever mentioned why we have Spaghetti Monday.

No, it wasn't an idea stolen from Hancock. They have a Spaghetti Thursday.

After Mojo was born, Kiddo decided to learn to cook. She can make two things now without much help at all: Spaghetti and Glop (a.k.a. chili mac, goulash, etc. i'll post our recipe next time i make it).

This came as a great help because hubby sleeps during the day and wakes up and wants food, but he doesn't cook so much as "heat stuff up" in the microwave, and if he does cook he ruins my pans or sets things on fire. No, I'm not bitter. *grumble*

Okay, so it's not every time, but often enough I want him out of the kitchen as much as possible. Unless he comes up behind me to kiss my neck while *I'm* cooking. lol. He'd probably be upset if he knew I said that though, so hush. And he does a few things well, which I can't really complain about, but ...

ANYWAY.

I guess a couple of months ago, she and I made spaghetti 3 times in 1 week. Now, hubby never would eat it before we got together, but he likes it just fine now. But not 3 times in 1 week. Kiddo and I could eat it 3 times a week every week and be just fine. But he wasn't and asked what was for dinner one night, and I started to say "spaghetti," but the look on the poor man's face stopped me. He admitted he was sick of it because we'd made it 3 times that week. I made something else instead, and to spare himself the agony, he asked if we could just have spaghetti every Monday. I said sure, and thus, Spaghetti Monday was born.

And so was my following Katie's example (orgjunkie.com) and creating a Menu Plan Monday.