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Default Pasta: Egg Noodle Fettuccine & Meatball Lasagna

baked fettuccine from sippity sup

Lasagna. You know what that is right? So you don’t mind if I fiddle about some with this classic Italian-style comfort food do you? Egg Noodle Fettuccine & Meatball Lasagna. After all what’s lasagna if not pasta, right? And when it comes to pasta at my house, it commonly makes its appearance in what I like to call default pasta.

I present default pasta here at Sippity Sup quite often, so I know you know what that is too. But quickly, just in case, default pasta is an easy flavorful way to make dinner with whatever ingredients you have on hand. There are a few basic rules however. If you need to review these CLICK over to my original post featuring default pasta.

Because today I want to talk about the ingredients I had on hand and why I chose them for this deconstructed lasagna recipe.

One of the “perks” of blogging is– I get stuff sent to me. Things people want me to try. Quite often it’s food. That makes sense right? Some of these products get a little nod or mention from me here on Sippity Sup. But I am a little stingy with my nods and mentions, so most of these things end up in the pantry waiting to catch my attention. It doesn’t mean they are not good products. It just means I am a picky bastard who refuses to sell my blog for a box of nuts…

Well on this particular default pasta night. I really had very slim pickings in the fresh food department. I was also having friends in for dinner and they have a 6 yo. Now I don’t coddle children. In my house, kids eat what the adults eat. But that doesn’t mean I won’t try and accommodate the menu to appeal to kids as well as adults. What is it that both kids and adults crave? Lasagna of course!


Default Pasta: Chicken Livers with Truffles, Pink Peppercorns & S.Pellegrino

ingredients for chicken liver pasta

Quick boil some water!

No I’m not having a baby– it’s Default Pasta Night!

At my house Default Pasta makes regular appearances. In fact I’d even go so far as to call these appearances star turns. That’s because learning how to bring forth quick, flavorful weeknight meals can be a lifesaver, and a toe-tapper as you will see.

There are a lot of good reasons to master the concept of Default Pasta. Maybe you have not been to the grocery store for weeks and the fridge and pantry are pretty bare. But never fear, because if you follow my rules for Default Pasta you can make any meal special.

Of course in my world (well, most of our worlds really) Default Pasta Night happens at the end of a long day, you are tired, hungry and just want to turn the TV on and sing and dance along with Glee. Singing and dancing with hot soup is hell on the carpet, and you are sure to burn your vocal chords. That’s where the Default Pasta rules come in and that’s what the pot of boiling water I used as my opening hook is for; cooking dried pasta, the greatest friend a weeknight cook has ever had.