How to bring yesterday's pasta back to life: you only need two ingredients

There's still a whole pot of yesterday's pasta in the fridge, and you're wondering what to cook. There is a brilliant way to bring this dish back to life. It turns out so tasty and satisfying that no one will even suspect it.

The idea was published on the cooking blog vkusno_i_prostto on Instagram.

Ingredients:

• yesterday's pasta
• processed cheese
• tomato sauce
• butter

Method of preparation:

1. Melt a small piece of butter in a frying pan.

2. Add tomato sauce and melted cheese. Cook until the cheese is completely melted.

3. Add the pasta and stir.

To make the dish look complete, you can make delicious stuffed meatballs. The recipe for stuffed meatballs with cheese was shared by food blogger Sofia Zasadna. It was posted on Instagram.

Ingredients:

• minced meat - 500 g
• mozzarella - 1 pc.
• salt - 1 tsp.
• granulated garlic - 0.5 tsp
• cumin and cumin seeds - 1 tsp.
• dried oregano - 0.5 tsp
• parsley - 1 bunch
• freshly ground pepper

For the sauce:

• canned tomatoes - 400 g
• tomato paste - 50 g
• dried oregano - 1 tbsp
• dried basil - 1 tbsp
• dried cilantro/parsley - 1 tsp.
• carrot - 1 pc.
• celery stalk - 1 pc.
• red wine vinegar - 1 tsp
• sea salt
• freshly ground pepper

Method of preparation:

1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and cover a baking sheet with parchment.

2. Cut the mozzarella into 12 equal cubes.

3. Mix all the ingredients for the meatballs, except for the mozzarella and half a portion of parsley. Divide the resulting mass into 12 parts.

4. Form meatballs by wrapping a piece of mozzarella in each ball.

5. Put the meatballs on a baking sheet and bake for 15-18 minutes.

6. Meanwhile, prepare the sauce. Heat a frying pan with oil over medium heat. Add all the ingredients for the sauce and simmer for 20 minutes. Then grind the mixture in a blender.

7. Pour the sauce back into the pan, add the meatballs, and simmer for 5-10 minutes.