Recipe Description:
Not long ago, I ran across the idea of cooking spaghetti noodles and sauce, all in one pot. This method eliminates the need to cook the pasta separately, and even better, I don’t have to add tomato paste to make the sauce nice and thick. You can, of course, substitute dried herbs in this recipe and fresh tomatoes and juice, or purchased canned tomato products. The Jalapeno peppers make it spicy, but not overwhelming. Zucchini is optional, but this is a great way to use some if you have it… zucchinis take on the flavor of what they are cooked with, as they are so mild tasting.
An added bonus is that the pasta takes on the flavor of the sauce as it cooks in it! I love this idea, I don’t know why I never thought of it before. Pasta doesn’t even have to be boiled in a liquid, just resting in a hot liquid will do it. I learned that by accident :)) I appreciate your testing it so we know exactly how much liquid is needed.