Dear Home Ec 101,
I tried making soup out of leftovers, like you recommend.  I threw in a handful of dry noodles but they were really soggy.  Do you think they were too old?
Signed,
Mushy in Muncie
Heather says:
Your average boxed pasta has a very long shelf-life at nearly two years, provided it stays dry and bug free.  [...]

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Heather says:
I haven’t quite figured out what chemical I’m slowly weaning my family from, but it took a while for them to decide to like home made mac and cheese more than the stuff from the box. My husband has finally begun asking for my version specifically, so I believe I have hit [...]

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Heather says:
The sauce is made from scratch and provides enough for a very large pan of lasagna or you can freeze the leftover to serve over spaghetti in the future.
Sauce:

1 lb hot Italian sausage
1 lb lean ground beef
1 onion diced
3 cloves garlic - minced
1 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes
1 6oz can tomato paste
2 6.5oz [...]

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