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Tomato Bacon Linguine

It's as good as it sounds. It's so good that I never got around to taking a picture of it (photo below from my stock kitchen photos). Ingredients: 4 or 5 slices of bacon 1 onion chopped (I used a sweet onion but I've also used a yellow onion) 2 cloves of garlic (in the picture below it's two heads but they are very, very small) 14 oz of some sort of processed tomato 8-12 oz of linguine 1/2 t dried basil 1/2 dried oregano a glug (1/4 c?) of the red wine that's turning to vinegar in the fridge (or actual red wine vinegar that you bought in the store) salt and pepper to taste fresh parsley to taste parmesean to taste Cook the bacon till crispy, take out of the pan and chop into tiny pieces Add the chopped onion and minced garlic to the bacon fat (remove some bacon fat if it's too much - I'll let you decide how much is too much). Cook until tender. Add the tomatoes and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes (or until you've finished the wo...

I can't find it

It happened again. I planned meals, I wrote them down and when I went to make tonight's meal, I COULD NOT FIND THE RECIPE. Seriously. This is making me feel like I'm crazy. So I made THIS . I know it's not the recipe I planned but for the life of me, I don't know where that other one is. Here's what it looked like. I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, "did she get better lights?" And the answer is, "yes, yes she did." Here's how I'd modify this if I were making it again (and I'll probably make it again but only if I'm desperate and only have 30 minutes.) More black pepper More red pepper flakes Better pasta to sauce ratio (I used a large yellow onion, a half a pound of bacon and 15 oz of crushed tomatoes) ~ less pasta, more other stuff. I steamed broccoli to go along with this. Remarkably, there's hardly any left...