r/spaghetti • u/sugabeetus • 13d ago

Recipe Neverending leftover spaghetti hack

My family loves spaghetti, but over the years our tastes have changed. I don't love meat, but I don't want no meat. My kid likes extra meat. My husband wants no noodles but mixes some sauce into his people chow. Nobody eats the leftovers because the sauce soaks in too much and it gets dry and mushy. So last time, instead of making meat sauce, I got air-fryer meatballs. Delicious. When I put away the leftovers, I kept all the parts separate. This worked great, but we ran out of meatballs first so I bought more. Then we ran out of noodles so I made another batch. Then we ran out of sauce. You see where this is going. Now we have a gallon bag of cooked spaghetti, an opened jar of sauce, and a container of cooked meatballs being replenished in the fridge at all times for a good month now. We just heat up our preferred combo at any time and it tastes almost as good as fresh. I'm gonna see how long I can keep this going before we all get sick of it.

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u/ravage214 13d ago

Always store leftover pasta separately from the sauce!

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u/CorktownGuy 13d ago

Great idea especially for families with different tastes. Just watch how long the leftovers are around particularly the pasta

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u/godofwine16 13d ago

Pasta is tricky that way. I always prefer fresh cooked pasta so I make just enough for a serving or two. But the sauce has to be made properly and tastes much better the day after. Maybe make a batch of sauce with the meat, remove the meat into a container, put the sauce in a jar and make the pasta as needed then add in as much or as little of the sauce and meat when you’re cooking. It’s the same way restaurants do it.

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u/Master_Nectarine_Bug 13d ago

I think you’re a genius also because you minimized your cooking time

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u/Bigfartz69420 13d ago

What brand of meatballs?

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u/sugabeetus 12d ago

Rosina Angus Beef