Red Carnation, I do that too. Cook a big hunk of some meat. Then the meals migrate into each other. Saves time/energy. Leftovers are fine too!
And store-bought pasta sauce? Ack. I thot I developed an allergy to tomatoes. Went several years avoiding them. 🙁 Then my friend made her pasta with home made sauce [home grown tomatoes too]. I ate with trepidation….and had no reaction. 🙂 Couple more meals of pizza and other pasta that week….all delicious/successful for me. Then we ordered pizza delivered. Tasted great and hit my stomach like a sledge hammer.
>< Enlightenment >< I’m reacting to something (preservative?) in prepared tomato sauces. Yeaaaay…I can eat tomatoes! I can even use store-canned tomatoes (with no extra stuff) without the reaction. [Tomatoes don’t grow at our altitudes.] So I make up large batches of tomato sauce for any number of dishes in crock pot. Whew…someday we’re going to live where we can grow tomatoes again!
OldMtWoman