Michael and Nancy were returning from their vacation by red eye and were exhausted. I sent them a text that we would give them dinner. I made a double batch of Chorizo and Spaghetti. Luckily, I had picked up Chorizo at Giant and Karen had picked one up at Trader Joe's, so we had two of them.
I made it with one box of fettucine, two blocks of chorizo, two onions, four cloves of garlic, two cups of parmesan. Instead of dried sage, I used dried Italian seasoning - 4 tsps. I added one jar of sun-dried tomatoes and one jar of greek olives. It was dry so I added the oil from the sun-dried tomatoes, which added some nice flavor with all of it's seasonings, and 3/4's of a can of tomato juice. For Karen and I, I pan-fried it. Doris said she didn't want it pan-fried. I also served it with some frozen broccoli. Doris ate a lot of the broccoli and some of the olives and a little pasta. Karen and I enjoyed it.
I packed it up in a big yogurt tub for Michael and Nancy with some leftover peas and carrots. Karen had also made some scones and coffee cake, so I included that as well. Nancy sent a text that it was delicious and asked for the recipe, so it's definitely a hit. I had to do a lot of doctoring, so I was happy to see it turned out well.
There is a ton of leftovers so we'll definitely get another meal or two out of this.
Chorizo: $6
Onion: $1
Garlic: 40 cents
Parmesan: $2.80
Italian Seasoning: 20 cents
Sun-dried tomatoes: $4
Olives: $6
Tomato juice: 67 cents
Broccoli: $1.50
Total: $23.57 ($4.71 per person)
It's a lot but we made a ton. If it had just been the three of us, I would have made less and it would have probably cost $13, much more reasonable, especially considering that it always has leftovers.
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