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    Home » Quick and Easy Left-Over Meat Sauce

    Quick and Easy Left-Over Meat Sauce

    Written by Living the Gourmet, a trusted food and lifestyle site since 2008.

    "In a person's lifetime there may be not more than half a dozen occasions that he can look back to in the certain knowledge that right then, at that moment, there was room for nothing but happiness in his heart." -Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

    Savor the small moments in life.  Dancing in the kitchen while cooking.  Laughing with those you love.  Those are the moments that are most important.

    Ingredients:
    4 leftover hamburgers
    3-4 cloves of garlic - chopped
    1 tablespoons capers plus 1 tablespoon caper juice
    1 small red onion
    ¼ cup red wine
    28 oz. can peel tomatoes
    ½ tsp. salt
    ½ tsp. black pepper
    Fresh grated Romano or Parmesan cheese
    2 tablespoons olive oil
    1 lb. of your favorite macaroni
    Heat a large cast iron frying pan with the olive oil.  Add the garlic, onion, capers plus the juice and left over hamburgers, crumbled.
    Sauté until the onion is softened.  Add the tomatoes, wine and the seasonings and gently simmer on low, slightly covered for 25-30 minutes.
    Prepare the macaroni as directed.
    Serve with a drizzle of olive oil, dash of red pepper flakes and fresh grated cheese.
    Enjoy with Love,
    Catherine

    xo

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    1. Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoes says

      November 18, 2013 at 3:11 am

      Great idea. I've got a bunch of frozen burgers that may now be "sauced."

      Reply
    2. ~~louise~~ says

      November 18, 2013 at 1:28 am

      Does singing in the kitchen count, Catherine. I've been know to do a couple of stanzas of "'O sole mio" when making spaghetti sauce, lol...

      I've actually done this a few times with leftover hamburgers, I need to remember the caper juice next time. I usually add capers but not the juice, why oh why, lol...

      Thank you so much for sharing, Catherine...

      Reply
    3. Chatty Crone says

      November 17, 2013 at 10:22 pm

      I pinned this - looks delicious!

      Reply
    4. Betty Luckhurst says

      November 17, 2013 at 10:05 pm

      That sounds so good--the best part being easy!

      Reply
    5. Lea Ann (Cooking On The Ranch) says

      November 17, 2013 at 10:02 pm

      Well now I know what to do with leftover hamburgers. Great idea. Love the capers in this recipe. Pinned so I don't forget about this one.

      Reply
    6. Loretta Thomas says

      November 17, 2013 at 8:09 pm

      Simple and Easy...couldn't ask for it any better! Thanks for sharing with us Catherine! Hugs...

      Reply
    7. Mary Frances McNellis says

      November 17, 2013 at 5:44 pm

      Catherine, this is a delicious way to use leftover hamburgers! I will have to try this next time. Thank you for sharing!

      Reply
    8. David says

      November 17, 2013 at 5:40 pm

      Catherine, I love a great meat sauce with my pasta...and my better half makes a nice and spicy sauce. Your version is nice and thick, just the way I like it! Take Care, Big Daddy Dave

      Reply
    9. Sandee says

      November 17, 2013 at 5:03 pm

      Oh this is good. Very good and now I'm hungry.

      Have a blessed day Catherine. Big hugs. 🙂

      Reply
    10. Leslie M. says

      November 17, 2013 at 4:53 pm

      Hubby loves pasta with meat sauce and I sometimes do a sauce very similar to this Catherine but I use leftover veggie burgers (shhhh) so delicious but I never thought to use capers. What a great idea! I'll give that a try! I bet it adds a wonderful flavor. I love a bit of red wine, it adds such a great depth of flavor. Yummmmy 🙂 Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving friend!
      xo
      Leslie
      Leslie Loves Veggies

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