Leftover Italian Meat Pasta and Beans is the perfect way to use up the leftover sauce!
Sunday was always pasta day and mom made enough to feed an army, so most of the time we had a house full and most of it would be gone.
Whenever we had leftover sauce, meatballs, and sausage she repurposed them many ways whether it was a submarine sandwich or a great new comfort bowl of this pasta and beans we loved it.
Honestly, half the time we have no idea she didn't start from scratch and made a new meal, she always seemed to doctored things up to taste like a whole new meal!
Even though we love our meatball covered sandwiches or sliced meatballs on a pizza, pasta Fagioli in Sunday Sauce is comforting and the perfect Italian meal using up those leftovers.
Not an American goulash by any stretch of the imagination but mom certainly knew how to stretch the budget and save time and money nothing ever went to waste, at least not in the 1960s those days were tough economic times.
When you grow up struggling to feed a large family, you learn quickly and improvise.
This was a family favorite for sure. Here are tips and suggestions below on using leftovers deliciously!
Sunday was always pasta day and mom made enough to feed an army, so most of the time we had a house full and most of it would be gone.
Whenever we had leftover sauce, meatballs, and sausage she repurposed them many ways whether it was a submarine sandwich or a great new comfort bowl of this pasta and beans we loved it.
Honestly, half the time we have no idea she didn't start from scratch and made a new meal, she always seemed to doctored things up to taste like a whole new meal!
Even though we love our meatball covered sandwiches or sliced meatballs on a pizza, pasta Fagioli in Sunday Sauce is comforting and the perfect Italian meal using up those leftovers.
Not an American goulash by any stretch of the imagination but mom certainly knew how to stretch the budget and save time and money nothing ever went to waste, at least not in the 1960s those days were tough economic times.
When you grow up struggling to feed a large family, you learn quickly and improvise.
This was a family favorite for sure. Here are tips and suggestions below on using leftovers deliciously!
