Recipe Monday

Today recipe is a family favorite that I grew up eating. My grandma always made the best lasagna and rigatoni. I have already posted the lasagna recipe here. Today I am going to post the rigatoni recipe. You basically use the same sauce just add rigatoni noddles instead of lasagna.

Rigatoni

2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup celery, diced
1 onion, chopped
1 lb. ground beef
1/2 cup ketcup
1 tsp. basil
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1 cup water
6 cups tomatoes (see notes)
1 tsp. sugar
a pinch of salt
1 box of rigatoni noodles (cooked to al dente)
2 cups of Italian cheese

1. Cook the garlic, onions, celery, and ground beef until the meat is cooked.
2. Stir in ketcup, basil, parsley, water, tomatoes, sugar, and salt.
3. Bring to a boil and than simmer until thick, about 30 mins.
4. Combine sauce and noodles and than place in a 9x13 inch baking dish.
5. Put cheese on top and bake at 350 for 30 mins. or until cheese is melted.

Notes: The 6 cups of tomatoes is three 14.5 oz cans of tomatoes. I like to use one can of whole tomatoes and two cans of diced tomatoes, but u can use whatever u like.

Source: Mumphy(my grandma)