Chicken Spaghtetti with Tomato Sauce

For whatever reason, I decided tonight that I wanted spaghetti with chicken in it instead of ground beef. Don't ask me why. Maybe it's because I've been on a chicken kick. Kickin chicken. IDK.

Tonight's latest victims on The Cooking Dead:

Those are really black olives in that pepper jar. Why you have to buy them in a can I'll never know.

I guess I'll give you an ingredients list. This was pretty off the cuff:

• 1/2 lb of chicken breast 
• 1/3 lb of whole wheat spaghetti
• 2/3 of a jar of Ragu chunky
• 1/4 of a yellow onion
• 1 clove of garlic
• A handful of olives (I raided the fridge for anything else I could throw in)
• Parmesan cheese
• 1 Tbsp olive oil

Gotta start by getting the frying pan hot with the olive oil and the Ragu chunky simmering.

I chopped up the chicken, onion, garlic, and black olives. I know I look like I'm being sanitary but let's be serious. Everything's about to get cooked in the skillet.

Saute the garlic for a minute or so. Add the onions and let them get translucent, probably 3 or 4 minutos. Pause The Walking Dead because you want to make sure you see the last episode in full before the mid-season premier.

Resume cooking. Throw in the chicken and let it brown.

Oh yeah, if you happened to have a pot of water boiling, now would be the time to throw in the whole wheat spaghetti. Sorry, I forgot to give you a picture and remind you to have boiling water ready. My bad. Next comes the sauce modification...

We're about to make this Ragu Chunky into Ragu Obese. Now let that simmer a few minutes while the spaghetti is cooking.

You know what, tomorrow is a holiday and I don't have to work. Why not.

Well $hit. I forgot to set the timer on the spaghetti. Guess that's what I get for not including that reminder. Gonna have to taste test on one minute intervals until we are AL-DENT-AY...

And I mean "AYYY" like the Fonz.

Commence plate preparation:

The finished product. Not Pictured: Walkers taking a bite out of the mid-season premier's first victims on the Tele that is just outside of frame.

My Family's Favorite Sloppy Joes aka Pizza Joes

Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef
2-3 stalks celery, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup barbecue sauce (your fav, we use Open Pit)
1 tablespoon firmly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon dry mustard
salt and pepper
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon vinegar

Directions:
1. In a large skillet, brown ground beef, celery and onion.
2. Drain the fat, who needs it?
3. Stir in remaining ingredients, simmer covered, 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. If Joes appear too 'loose', leave cover off and let moisture evaporate.
5. Cook until is the consistency you like for serving on toasted buns, with french fries and cole slaw.

http://www.food.com/recipe/my-familys-favorite-sloppy-joes-pizza-joes-63689

Mom's Chili

Ingredients:
2 lbs hamburger
1 Large 32 oz tomato sauce
then fill can with water 2 times and pour in.
1 Large can crushed tomatoes
OR 1 16 oz can stewed tomatoes and 1 16 oz crushed
Whichever you use then fill the cans with water and pour in
1 package "Brooks" Chili powder.
1 16 oz can red kidney beans
1 handfull of brown sugar
Couple dashes of salt and pepper

Directions:
After this cooks for a while then I add in the spaghetti. You can cook it separate then add or just put it in the chili after it has cooked for a while and let it cook. I have done it both ways. If you want a smaller pot cause this made my big pot I would just use the small can of tomato sauce with the other 2 small cans of crushed and stewed tomatoes and only HALF of the package of the CHILI pouch. Still put in 2 can of water with the tomato sauce and 1 can of water each with the other 2 cans.

Matt and Chelle's Chili

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Ingredients:
1 packet of Brooks chili packet
1 Lb. ground beef
1 pkg elbow noodles( you need about 4 handfuls)
1 vidalia sweet onion,chopped
1 can tomato juice use Hunts or Red Gold brand
1 can tomato sauce (the big one)
2 cans diced tomatoes ( oregano,basil,garlic)- on the can already added
1 can diced tomatoes chili ready -on the can **
2 to 3 tsp chili powder if you want just taste it to see how spicy you want
a dash of salt & pepper
chili beans or red kidney beans
(Matt doesn't like beans and it taste just fine without but I like both ways if you like add a can)

Directions:
brown the ground beef & chopped onion: drain fat. In a pot (big) add brooks packet, tomato juice, diced tomatoes, beans, tomato sauce, noodles, salt & pepper, add more chili powder if needed, let it boil then reduce the heat. Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes (check the noodles try not to let them get over done) and enjoy!!!! :)
**and shhhhh don't tell Matt but sometimes I put 1 or 2 pinches of cinnamon in it, Lol!!!