Beef Lo Mein

Ingredients:

8 ounces Thin Spaghetti; broken in half
1 teaspoon Sesame Oil
1/4 cups Hot Boiled Water
1 tablespoon Beef Better Than Bullion
3 tablespoons Soy Sauce
2 tablespoons Brown Sugar
Oil; for frying
1 pound Beef
2 large Carrots
2 cups Broccoli
1 large Onion
4 Garlic Cloves

Directions:

Cook spaghetti per box instructions. Into cooked spaghetti add sesame oil and stir to combine.

Into hot, boiled water add Better Than Bullion and brown sugar; stir to dissolve. Into the mixture, add soy sauce and set aside. Using a hot skillet, brown both sides of the beef. Let beef cool and slice it into two inch pieces. Dice carrots, broccoli, and onions into 2 inch pieces.

Add sliced beef into the same skillet, fry until completely cooked. Into the cooked beef, add sauce mixture, cook all together for about a minute, set aside.

Using the skillet, where you've cooked beef, sautee onions until golden brown. Remove from the heat.

In a separate oiled skillet, sautee carrots until softened, add broccoli and cook for about three minutes. Press garlic into the same mixture and remove form the heat.

In a large dish, combine spaghetti, vegetables and beef, together. Toss to combine, serve hot.

Taco Spaghetti

Ingredients:

* 1 pound ground beef
* 1 packet taco seasoning
* 1 can black beans
* 1 to 2 cups frozen corn
* 1 can crushed or pureed tomatoes
* 1/2 pound whole wheat spaghetti

Directions:

Start by cooking ground beef in a large skillet.

Add a packet of taco seasoning.

Drain and rinse one can of black beans and add it to the skillet.

Add frozen corn.  You don’t need to thaw or pre-cook it in anyway.  It will heat up in the skillet with the other ingredients.

Add one can of crushed or pureed tomatoes.

And mix!

While this is happening, boil a pot of water and cook some whole wheat spaghetti.   You could also use regular spaghetti or even spaghetti squash.  And if you have some other kind of pasta at home,  use it!  Any noodle will work.