What did you cook for Friday night?-- Homemade tomato meat sauce pasta

You like to go to Bertucci's on Friday night in the fall, and you call that as comfort food. I thought comfort food was just something that can make you feel warm, but today, after I carefully cooked this pasta , I got to know what comfort food means, at least for me, I it is something simple, ordinary, familiar, no question mark, no expectation since you just know it is good as itself, something that you are always comfortable with and relaxed with.

What did you cook for Friday night? Comfort food?

1. Cook the bacon, I find it is a better way to cook it in the oven /toast oven, 400F, 10-12min , it can't be dried out and remains lovely baby pink :) cut into small pieces.

2. Brown ground beef: I added Chinese five-spicy and ginger powder, garlic powder ( of course, preferable fresh one) , some wine, it already smelt good. Drain the fat

3. Saute garlic, onion, mushroom,until they are soft, add drained ground beef, bacon, canned diced tomato. I also pureed another canned peeled whole tomato to get a tomato puree ,and use it as well, so more juicy.

4. Add red wine, sherry vinegar (Alton's advice), tomato paste, ketchup, bay leaves, oregano, basil, hot pepper flakes, covered for about 20mins.

5. Add Parmesans.

Put a cheesy bread on the side. For you, hope you are going to have a relax weeked or you already had one