Mom’s Spaghetti

Look, if you had one shot or one opportunityTo seize everything you ever wanted in one momentWould you capture it or just let it slip? For dinner tonight I wanted to make my mom’s recipe for spaghetti and meatballs, but after looking in all the places it might be (both physical and digital1) I realized I left my only copy of the recipe back in Minnesota. What I really wanted was to spend the afternoon in the kitchen stirring the sauce, tasting it every now and again and adding a little more oregano. Today was rainy and overcast so it just seemed like the thing to do. I decided I could probably make a sauce inspired by my mom’s sauce without the recipe in front of me. And with that decision I did something I don’t think I’ve done before and made a marinara without without even glancing at recipe. His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy I picked up some diced, fire-roasted tomatoes, some Contadina tomato paste, and Contadina tomato sauce. I knew I was already going off book…