one-pan ditalini and peas

Until recently, I was fairly ambivalent about one-pan pasta recipes. I appreciate them in a pinch [here’s a longtime favorite; and this is my total comfort food], but I sometimes find that when the pasta is cooked in a sauce the whole time, it doesn’t quite get that al dente definition and structural integrity that it does when cooked in water. I’m so glad I didn’t quit on them, though, because with this recipe, not to be dramatic or anything, but I feel like I’ve finally cracked the code.

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Kate Hudson’s Family Beef Stroganoff Is My New Favorite Easy Dinner


As a kid I remember being excited whenever my mom and dad were hosting friends for dinner. Not because I liked their friends, but because they’d let my brother and me watch movies while we ate pizza in the basement. My mom would often make beef stroganoff for such occasions, which I just didn’t understand. It only just proved my theory that adults were weird.
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