Tag Archives: Zanzetti

Zanzetti, Now With Added Garlic Sauce!

Posted on March 26, 2024 by tbuzzee

I’ve long posted about my Aunt Buzz’s go-to no fuss dinner, Zanzetti. It is actually (I am pretty certain) a packaged foods version of Johnny Mazetti Spaghetti, which was pretty popular in the middle of the last century, and I … Continue reading →

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Johnny Mazetti…ermmm Zanzetti?

Posted on March 30, 2023 by tbuzzee

This here is a mid century mash up. Back in the day, American workers in the Panama Canal Zone (as the story goes) created a pasta casserole that become wicked popular, and rightfully so; Johnny Mazetti Spaghetti is tasty! More … Continue reading →

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Carne Asada Zanzetti

Posted on March 22, 2022 by tbuzzee

Back in the day, my Aunt Buzz would fry up some ground beef, cook a package of Kraft Mac and Cheese, add a can of Campbell’s tomato soup, heat through, and call it… Zanzetti. And it was very good. Over … Continue reading →

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Zanzetti

Posted on October 5, 2020 by tbuzzee

Back in the day, there was a popular spaghetti based cassserole – Johnny Mazetti Spaghetti – that was supposedly popular in the American community in Panama as well as throughout the Midwest. It is quite good, actually, and I have … Continue reading →

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Parfait! Zippy Zanzetti

Posted on September 9, 2016 by tbuzzee

Kindofa down and dirty Johnny Mazetti Spaghetti, Zanzetti was one of my Aunt Buzz’s default dishes for a busy day. Simple to make and pretty basic – well, Buzz’s was – I tend to, as she put it “gorp things … Continue reading →

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Parfait! Sriracha Zanzetti

Posted on April 17, 2015 by tbuzzee

We were visiting my sister and, around the dining room table (and over a bottle of wine or four) Kraft Dinner came up. “Yechhh!” my sister and her best bud since high school both said, followed by “you EAT that … Continue reading →

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