@KismetEtna Said
First, marry me.
Second, usually I have pasta, broccoli, tomatoes, lemon pepper, spinach, chicken, steak, hamburger..that sort.
@Hilmdan haha...i'd put myself in the poorhouse like that!
@Drummer I hear ya! Grilled cheese is always my go to, though I feel like I should invest in the robostir. xD If we were stranded together we would die.
Only if you actually want a house husband. I'd be totally fine with that. I'm not very strong in the Italian cooking arena. A lot of those ingredients would do well for it.
You could make simple sauces from scratch with tomatoes though. The only hard part about that is mostly the time it takes to cook down the tomatoes depending on what variety you use. Some are better than others for this.
It's closer to making a stew really but the end result is a sauce as long as you get the consistency you want, depending on what kind of pasta you're using. Using at least one can of tomato paste will speed this up dramatically and save you the trouble of trying to nail the "sauce" consistency spot on.
If you can find it, I'd just get a supply of Tuscan blend or Mediterranean blend herb/spice mix and add to that according to taste. You can make the flavor profile yourself by adding herbs and spice either by hand measurement or eye it if your nose is tuned enough but that shying farther away from "easy".
Basically...
Tuscan/ Mediterranean herb/spice blend + tomato (I use cherry tomatoes) + maybe caramelized onion, tad of(sweet/smokey) paprika, a tad of chili if you like a tiny bit of heat. (mature red Thai peppers for the slightly sweet background flavor) But it's up to you and the tastes your family likes most.