Remember how Brooks Running sent me a HUGE 8lb. chocolate egg a while back? God bless them.
Well, the fun deliveries continue and I got this pack of “Runaroni” in the mail recently. Running and carbs (like this pasta) go hand and hand, right?
This pasta is special because, as the package states it will give you strength and energy to PR! WOW! Where can I buy a case of it?!
It’s also awesome because the pasta is little shoes and runners! So cute I could eat it up 
Get it? Get it?
Brooks challenged me to create a delicious recipe with the Runaroni and I was thisclose to trying something new and fancy.
But, I decided I LOVE my mom’s tried and true pasta (seriously, when I go over and there are leftovers I steal them all).
Aaaand – you are never supposed to try something new before a race so an ‘OG’ recipe is the way to go.
Okay, it’s not rocket surgery but I know people will email asking me how I made this so…
Runaroni Pasta Recipe
For the sauce:
- 1/2 onion
- 1 pound ground turkey
- garlic powder, S&P, other seasonings to taste
- 1 jar spaghetti sauce (I check to make sure sugar is NOT one of the first 4 ingredients)
- peas (I used canned because it was all I had, fresh is fine)
Directions: Cook onion, add turkey. Season it up. Add sauce. Add peas. Boil water. Add pasta. Cook until al dente. When both are done combine sauce and pasta. Eat. Repeat.
My mom used to serve us spaghetti with salad and warm, buttered bread. Do that too. Then, invite me over 
Thanks.
Question: What is your favorite dish your mom used to make?
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Seriously, cutest pasta ever!! I would not be able to avoid the temptation to make macaroni and cheese! Still, I will be trying out your mom’s recipe, too…but without running shoe pasta!
That dinner looks so good! Wish I had it. And I was wondering have you finally finished your chocolate egg?
Tough question! I’d have to say beef stroganoff or a root veggie bake she makes with potatoes, sweet potatoes, parsnips, butternut squash and turnip, topped with a crust made from cubed bread and cheese. Delicious!
I love my mom’s lasagna and tofu!! Maybe it’s because I can’t cook and won’t ever in my life be able to make it. ha!
Gotta admit that those runaroni are adorable and would make a cute gift for my runner friends!
Potato Cheese Soup!
Now the pasta actually makes sense to me. The egg I just didn’t get.
Dry curry!
“Rocket surgery”-sounds hard! I will say that pasta in the shape of shoes/runners is adorable.
How about you make me that when we go on our walk in 2 weeks? Brooke will love it. I LOVE my mom’s lasagna more than anything.
where can i buy this pasta? this would be the cutest gift!
Looks like a great dish. I agree, running and pasta do seem to go hand in hand, although it really does depend on the type of pasta! Pre exercise ‘carb loading’ is very common and is very important…it just depends on the extensiveness of the exercise. For some, this is where they become unstuck when it comes to losing weight, because they overestimate how much energy (carbs) they need, leading to an overload, which isn’t good! As long as you take the right portion on board, you should achieve both effective carb loading, without running the risk of ‘overloading’.
my mom is the worst cook ever…my dad makes the best meatballs ever!
Beef stew.
The Kidless Kronicles
My whole family took microwave cooking classes together in the late 70′s (yes, i’m old) when microwaves were still a mystery. The instructor made recipes each week and we got to eat them (best part!).
One of the dishes that my mom made often was a layered taco casserole concoction (with Fritos!). It wasn’t my favorite. I re-named it “South of the Border Disorder.”
Thanks for dredging up this funny memory!
Happy Thursday!
Omg that is the cutest pasta ever!!! I love every dish my mom makes! Well almost every dish!
How freaking adorable. Runaroni. I love it.
LOL! Rocket Surgery – that cracked me up!
When I was a kid, i really loved it when we had ‘porcupine meatballs’ – don’t worry, they were just ground beef, but had rice mixed in them so they were ‘spiky’ like porcupines
I wish they sold this pasta! I’m a sucker for gimmicks and would be all over this.
Before I gave up meat, my mom used to make something called Chicken Taco Rice and it was the best ever!
That’s the cutest pasta I ever did see! My mom’s curry chicken salad and New Orleans baked spaghetti (Pretty sure that name is as home made as the disk) were always my favorites. She needs to figure out how to make them vegetarian because I’m missing out these days!
I am so very jealous of all your fun deliveries. That is some cute pasta
And who thinks to put a pair of shoes in a chocolate egg…BRILLIANT people, that’s who!
I LOVE that pasta!! So cute!! My mom makes the best mac and cheese…to die for!!
My mom’s stuffed pasta shells. She didn’t make them often, so when we would have them, they would be completely gone within minutes.
Arroz con Pollo
Tostadas (she fries the tortillas herself)
Fideo (with coiled angel hair pasta)
oh yes…now I’m hungry!
My mom’s meatloaf and sloppy joes were always my favorites.
When I moved out and asked for the sloppy joe recipe, I made it and it just didn’t taste quite the same. Of course, she said it was the love she put into that made it taste different. However, the next time she made them and I watch carefully, I noticed she put more brown sugar in them than the recipes calls for. Sneaky! Now I have it down just right.
That looks like some good comfort food! My mom makes a mean cheeseburger casserole. I haven’t had it in years! I made it for my husband once and he didn’t like it. Boo.
those pasta shapes are adorable!
We had runaroni before the Zooma half in Wisconsin!
My mom’s goulash was similar to this recipe of your Mom’s. I also loved her chicken and rice. It was so good and comforting.
Is there a way to order runaroni pasta?
I’m checking on it!
THANK YOU!!!!!
I loved my Mom’s turkey casserole (long grain & wild rice, cream of mushroom soup, an onion, some celery, and leftover thanksgiving turkey).
She also made a really good “taco pasta” (ground turkey, packet of taco seasoning, two cans of chopped tomato with jalepenos, and whatever pasta we had on hand.)
Haha very cool. Shaped pasta always tastes 100 times better than regular old noodles. I absolutely love ground turkey and tomato sauce, don’t know if theres a better combo out there. Not a big pea fan though. Must be fun getting sent these random but awesome gifts all of the time!
Shhh don’t tell my mom, but I’ve never liked her cooking….
Just kidding, she already knows that she can’t cook. Seriously, all of my childhood meals came from a bag or a box. She makes cookies that crumble apart.
I love her, but I will never yearn for my childhood meals.
Sooo cute! Hopefully there’s a place to buy it!
I discovered that peas in spaghetti sauce was awesome-sauce in college when I used to eat at the make-your-own-stirfry station. My mom never added peas to spaghetti because she has always hated peas, ESPECIALLY the canned kind!
I just had them in my pasta last night–I love that you can just throw them into the water while the pasta is cooking! Ah, the things you discover as an “adult”!!
Got there at a Brooks promo booth before a run, and my kids absolutely love them. Any ideas where to buy them from? Brooks ought to do these on the side….