When I was young, spaghetti was a special dinner we had only on Sundays. And it was the only meal we had that we were allowed to drink soda with, so it was a treat. I still do a similar recipe as an adult, but obviously no longer limit myself from having it only on Sundays.

Could be my cultural background but I’m a sucker for a traditional Sunday sauce or (even better) baked ziti, at least during most of the year.

Summer cookouts are also awesome with a spread of charred hot dogs, burgers, potato salad, pasta salad, and lettuce-based salad.

Saturday at lunch is the best. Everyone.makes thier own food and I don’t have to cook. Thats the best weekend meal ever.

leftovers

I’m tired from work and don’t want to cook

When I’m visiting family, I’ll sometimes cook a huge breakfast.

Bacon, scrambled eggs, french toast (with cinnamon), etc

Chili and corn bread. My chili uses beans, but I’m not from Texas, so it’s fine. I use two kinds of beans (pinto, and dark red kidney) and two kinds of meat (ground beef, and hot Italian sausage).

If I wanted to make Texas chili, I wouldn’t use ground meat, I’d use stew beef, and I’d have peppers (Bell and jalapeño) and I’d omit the masa. I could make decent Texas chili, but my regular chili is awesome if you don’t hate beans.