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10-14-2010, 02:28 PM #1Registered User
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An unexpected and fun way to stretch a meal
We did this meal just for fun and found out that it really stretched the meal.
Spaghetti Tacos ( you know like on I Carly)
I made the same amount of spaghetti noddle , the same amount of sauce, same amount of meat. It normally lasts us one family meal.
I cooked it earlier in the day and let it cool. Then warmed it up. Hubby served it in the taco shells. They were Yummy!
We ended up having more than half the pot of spaghetti leftover.
So what would have been 1 family meal with the addition of taco shells became two family meals and some lunches.
It was a unexpected and fun way to stretch a meal."Everyday as your walking down the street, everybody that you met has an original point of view" -Arthur PBS
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What fun and how frugal!! While it may never make it on my menu (too many carbs) - can see the appeal and smiles on everyone's faces!!
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I did use whole wheat pasta
Originally Posted by mauimagic
"Everyday as your walking down the street, everybody that you met has an original point of view" -Arthur PBS
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That does sound fun and different. Thanks for sharing.
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Thats what I was going to say - sounds freakin tasty but too carby for me. I'd be able to eat one possibly two but then I'd have to fill up on salad or clear soup instead - which necessarily a bad thing either Originally Posted by mauimagic
Thanks for sharing this tip with us and confirming it.
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Two was all we could eat and then we were full. Originally Posted by Libby
Thats what I was going to say - sounds freakin tasty but too carby for me. I'd be able to eat one possibly two but then I'd have to fill up on salad or clear soup instead - which necessarily a bad thing either
Thanks for sharing this tip with us and confirming it.
(I only learned who Icarly was this past summer too)"Everyday as your walking down the street, everybody that you met has an original point of view" -Arthur PBS
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Sounds yummy!
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Great kids menu! Thanks!
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Hubby said it was so good and he bragged at work about it that many of them without children are going to try it. Originally Posted by hollyhill
"Everyday as your walking down the street, everybody that you met has an original point of view" -Arthur PBS
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Originally Posted by Imarachne
I'm not sure if this was a case of " the mother of invention"
It was a case of the children learned about it on a tv show and Hubby read on the net about children asking for spaghetti tacos because of the show.
So he and the children begged for me to make it. So I did.
My youngest says she "hates" spaghetti with red sauce" and puts up a fight when I make it. She loved Spaghetti tacos which the filling is spaghetti made with red sauce. LOL She thinks maybe she does like Spaghetti with red sauce after all.
I'll give it two thumbs up one for "yumminess" and one for getting Little Miss to eat Spaghetti with red sauce."Everyday as your walking down the street, everybody that you met has an original point of view" -Arthur PBS
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Hey, in Japan they eat Spaghetti on bread! Not my thing but if it works....it works.
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Ha! I was just coming on to mention that my DD always makes pasta sandwiches. She loves it! Now I need to try those tacos. I have a feeling the boys will love them. They actually liked Mac & Cheese pizza from CiCi's, which I found to be an abomination...lol! But CiCi's is horrible anyway! YUK! Originally Posted by Palooka
Hey, in Japan they eat Spaghetti on bread! Not my thing but if it works....it works.
My step-daughter always watches I Carly.
So thanks for posting this. I would have never tried it without somebody else giving it a taste test.
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Yep, dh makes spaghetti sandwiches. He like cold spaghetti on white bread. Ack! I might eat it in a crunchy taco shell though.
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Cold spaghetti is something I have never tried. But warm spagetti in warm shells Yum Originally Posted by joyofsix
"Everyday as your walking down the street, everybody that you met has an original point of view" -Arthur PBS
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