pesta

I read Terry McMillan's "How Stella Got Her Groove Back". This is an old book, way back in 1995 but I only bought it this month at Book Sale. Anyway, Stella went to Jamaica where people would say pesta instead of pasta. Whatever.

Here's two versions of pesta that I cooked last week. My mom had leftover elbow macaroni and I decided to make good use of it.

The first version is creamy garlic from McCormick. It wasn't creamy nor garlicky, I'm afraid. The recipe called for a cup of fresh milk in addition to the powder but it was disappointing. The baby's yaya polished off my leftovers . = ) I used luncheon meat (because it was the only meat I could find) and added bell peppers.

The next day, I had pesta again but in the traditional sense. I used spaghetti sauce, a bit tomato sauce, ground meat and bacon with onions and bell pepper. This was delish. It was sweet, just the way I like it and filling. I made a bigger batch because I got a bigger spaghetti sauce pouch and my mom was able to save some for her midnight snack.