This vintage promo recipe card (paper) is from American Beauty Macaroni Company, date unknown. There’s a recipe for spaghetti and meat sauce as well as a few quick-fix tips on the other side. Recipes are typed below along with a scanned copy (for both front and back).
Spaghetti & Meat Sauce
1 (12- or 16-oz.) pkg. American Beauty Spaghetti
1 medium onion, chopped
2 Tbs. olive oil
1 lb. ground beef
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1 (No. 2) can tomatoes
1 (6-oz.) can tomato paste
1 small can mushrooms
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. marjoram
1 cup water
Parmesan cheese
Saute chopped onion in olive oil for five minutes. Remove onion; add ground beef and fry until brown, stirring frequently. Return onion to skillet. Add garlic, parsley, tomatoes and tomato paste.
Add mushrooms, salt, pepper, marjoram and water. Simmer over low heat for one hour. Stir occasionally and add additional water (about a half-cup at a time) if the sauce becomes too thick.
Cook American Beauty Spaghetti according to directions on package. Serve sauce over spaghetti. Serves 4 to 6. For a meatless sauce, omit the ground beef in the above recipe.
Quick-Fix Tips
Use American Beauty Spaghetti Sauce Mix according to directions on package with American Beauty Spaghetti for best results.
SPAGHETTI RED
Cook package American Beauty Spaghetti until tender. Top with heated canned chili. Sprinkle with cheese and serve.
BEEF STROGONOFF
1 lb. can Sliced Beef in Gravy
1/3 cup sliced cooked mushrooms
1 tsp. minced onion
1/2 cup sour cream
Combine meat, mushrooms and onions. Heat slowly until steaming. Stir in sour cream. Heat thoroughly. Serve over cooked Noodles, Spaghetti or Macaroni. Serves 4-6.
AMERICAN BEAUTY MACARONI COMPANY
More Recipes For You To Enjoy:A friend of mine has lost her recipe for Spaghetti & Meat Sauce that was on an American Beauty box many years ago. She loved it and used to use all the time. She remembers that the last step was adding a bit of baking soda, after the rest of it was mixed up. Then letting it simmer for awhile. Would I be able to get help with this for her?
This recipe reminds me of my mom’s simple version for a quick pasta meal. She omitted the marjoram and mushrooms but I’ve often thought of her wonderful spaghetti recipe and how she pulled it off so quickly (she always used American Beauty so now I know her secret LOL). Thanks for the recipe and wonderful memories.
American Beauty spaghetti sauce mix cannot be found anywhere here in Oklahoma. I don’t like any of the bottled sauces as they seem to be too sweet for my liking. American Beauty was the best.