Taste: The taste of this dish is worthy of winning Iron Chef America. In other words, it is phenomenal (especially after eating Ramen noodles and Mac n' Cheese for the past week). The cheese and tomatoes compliment each other with a zesty and creamy flavor. It is a yummy and fulfilling dish.
Ease of Preparation: This recipe is easy to prepare. The most time consuming part of this recipe would be cooking the noodles. Overall, it probably takes about 20-30 minutes.
Ingredients: (4-6 servings) 1/2 cup
- 3 cups of Rigatoni Pasta (Or any other kind of pasta)
- 1/4 cup of butter
- 2 teaspoons of salt
- 1/2 cup of Spaghetti Sauce
- 3 tomatoes diced
- 1/2 cup of cheese
- Boil 2 cups of water. Add Rigatoni and continue to boil. Cook for about 8-10 minutes or until pasta is tender. Stir occasionally. Remove from heat and drain.
- Add the butter and the salt. Stir until butter is melted.
- Add spaghetti sauce, tomatoes and cheese. Stir until ingredients combined.
- Enjoy!
Calories: 696
Calories from Fat: 284
Total Fat: 30.8 grams
Carbohydrate: 64 grams
Protein: 25.3 grams
Nutritional Value:
This meal has foods from each of the five major food groups. It has pasta for the grains, cheese for the dairy and protein, tomato for the fruits. The cheese adds a lot of calories and fat calories, so careful not to add too much. Although to add the rest of the components of the food groups, you could have vegetables as a side dish. This recipe has carbohydrates from the tomatoes and pasta. The carbohydrates help with our calorie needs for our body. There are also lipids from the butter. Lipids give us energy but also have more calories per gram. There are proteins from the cheese. We usually eat twice as much protein more than our body needs. In this recipe, there are vitamin C, vitamin K, vitamin A. Vitamins don't have any calories that satisfy our calorie need, although they help with releasing energy.
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