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Hurricane Tip 6

Canned Sauce

Although some of these tips seem simple, when dealing without power, creating a tasty dinner becomes a little more difficult. You could just buy canned pasta, but they aren't the greatest tasting meal.
If you have some meat that needs to be cooked because of thawing, this is the time to use it.

A pound of ground round, some garlic, a diced onion and some diced pepper and you have created a great tasting meal. Grill some bread with olive oil and garlic and dinner is complete.
Finally, boil some pasta noodles, add sauce, and enjoy.
Yes I used a couple of half used boxes of pasta, and yes we had gas to cook with.

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