A Meal to Get You Through The Election

Here's a meal that'll brace you for the last days of hope and dread before November 3: Spaghetti Bolognese, with lots of veggies on the side:

You will need:

olive oil

salt and pepper; a flavored salt with paprika is nice, too.

red onions

garlic cloves 

ground pork--about a fourth of a kilo

a can or two of tomato sauce with basil flavoring, or a few chopped basil leaves

zucchini, green beans, tomatoes

spaghetti

Parmesan cheese

(1) To a large frying pan in which you've heated a few tablespoons of olive oil, add two or three chopped red onions and stir. Allow to become transparent over medium heat. Add chopped garlic. I could always consume around twenty cloves, but there are those who are perfectly happy with one or none.

(2) Add the ground pork and brown it, breaking it up into bits and mixing it with the onions and garlic. Add salt and pepper. Add tomato sauce and allow to simmer, stirring occasionally.

(3) In a second frying pan .  .  . yes, same procedure as step one, but now you'll add vegetables instead of meat. I sautéed sliced zucchini and green beans, for about five minutes before adding the tomatoes.

(4) White you're doing the veggies, start the spaghetti, which usually takes around ten minutes. Grate the Parmesan.

Enjoy with a glass of red wine!