Easy Pasta with Bacon, Onion and Tomato

I'd like to share this simple, delicious pasta recipe that I came up with one evening when I was in a rush to make dinner. It's so easy and only requires a couple of ingredients. It's budget friendly too! Perfect for when you "have more month than money"...which happens a lot around here.

The only ingredients are bacon, onion, canned tomatoes and pasta. That's it! I also added in a little black pepper and some garlic power. That was all it needed. I love to cook with bacon! It's a great way to add a lot of flavor while using very little meat.

It's super easy to throw together. All you need to do is dice the bacon and onion. Drain a can of tomatoes and reserve the juice.

Then, saute the bacon until it's crisp and has rendered it's fat. Add the diced onion and continue to saute:

Tip: Bacon is easy to dice if it's partially frozen. There are only two of us here, so when I buy bacon I wrap six slices together in plastic wrap and then bag all of the bundles in a plastic freezer bag and freeze it. This way, when I need a few strips of bacon, I just pull a six slice bundle from the freezer to use.

Add tomatoes and some of the juice. Then season with black pepper and garlic powder:

Add the cooked (al dente) pasta to the sauce:

Let the pasta simmer in the sauce for a minute or two so that it absorbs some of the flavor of the sauce. Then plate:

I topped the pasta with a bit of Parmesan cheese and gobbled it up!

Double or triple the recipe as needed. I make a small amount because it's just me and my husband.

Pasta with Bacon, Onion and Tomato

* 5 or 6 Bacon Slices 

* 1/2 Yellow Onion (or use whatever type of onion you have on hand)

* 1/2 Pound Pasta (I used Spaghetti)

* 1 28oz Can Diced Tomatoes

* 1/8 tsp Black Pepper

* 1/4 tsp Garlic Powder

* Parmesan Cheese (if desired)

1. Dice the bacon into small pieces (about 1/4 inch).

2. Dice onion into small pieces.

3. Drain the canned tomatoes - Reserve the liquid.

4. Begin heating water to boil pasta in a pot large enough to hold your pasta.

5. Saute the bacon in a large saute pan until it begins to crisp and it renders it's fat, approximately 4-5 minutes. Add the diced onion and continue to saute until the onion cooks, about another 3-4 minutes.

6. Add the drained tomatoes, 1/2 to 3/4 cup of the reserved juice (depending upon how much liquid you want in the sauce), the black pepper and the garlic powder. Combine and let simmer on very low heat.

Meanwhile, cook the pasta until it's al dente. Once cooked, drain the pasta and add it to the saute pan and combine it with the sauce. Let it sit (on low heat) for a minute or two so that it absorbs some of the sauce.

Plate and serve! Top with Parmesan cheese if you'd like.

Enjoy!