Budget-Friendly Family Pasta Meal

Free dinner for a family of four! Just three ingredients from your pantry.

Discovered this trick when my grocery budget was blown. Payday was still five days away.

All you need: pasta, canned tomatoes, and cheese. Start by cooking

a pound of pasta. Dump two cans of crushed tomatoes into a pan.

Add garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Let it simmer. Drain pasta.

Toss into sauce. Starch from pasta water helps everything stick perfectly. Now,

the magic part: Grate whatever cheese you have. Even that random block of cheddar

from the fridge. Stir off heat. Watch it create creamy, quality sauce.