I "perfected" while a bachelor a personal recipe for spaghetti and meatballs. I used to make a stockpot full and freeze most of it for easy dinners on many nights (I'm a pasta lover). I now, like tonight, make it for my kids and they vacuum it down and don't seem to get tired of it. One is like me, a pasta freak; in fact, he prefers his spaghetti with only one drop of sauce, though he will take all the meatballs he can. It might take two hours to make, but if you make a lot, 'fridge the remainder you didn't finish.
Or, you can make pasta with garlic and oil. This takes almost NO time!