Showing posts with label Ragu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ragu. Show all posts

Friday, November 28, 2008

Clams with Rouge Sauce on the Cheap

One of my favorite dishes when eating out is linguine with clams in a rouge sauce. Cost at restaurant = ~$10 per serving.  Here is my own hack (thanks to Sue for giving me the push to begin my hack life ;) )

Clams with Rouge Sauce

  • 1  16 oz box linguine (I usually can get this for $0.25 a box at Meijer and stock pile it)
  • 1  jar Ragu spaghetti sauce (bought for 3/$5 + had 3 $0.50 coupons, so $1.17/jar)
  • 3  cans Snow's chopped clams (bought at Rite Aid $0.99/ea + had 3 $1.00/2 coupons, so $0.49/can)
  • 1  12 oz can Carnation Evaporated Milk (bought at Meijer $0.99/can + had coupon for $1/2, so $0.49/can)
  • 2 T cornstarch mixed with just enough water to make it the consistency of maple syrup
In sauce pan, mix together last 4 ingredients cook until heated through and sauce has thickened.  About 10 minutes.  Served my family of 4, plus had 1 portion leftover. Your mileage may vary. Total Cost = $3.38. Cost per serving = $0.68. 

My girls who normally HATE spaghetti sauce gobbled it up and told me it was awesome. As soon as I picked myself off the floor, I entered this post.  ; )

Happy Hacking,
Colleen