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Monday, April 28, 2014

One Pot Lasagna

This is a great weeknight dish with a lot of flavor and comfort. Enjoy!



One Pot Lasagna

Ingredients:

1 lb sweet italian sausage, crumbled (taken out of casings, if applicable)
1 small onion, diced
1 red bell pepper, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 tbsp italian seasonings (or a bit of onion and garlic powder, dried basil, parsley, oregano)
1 28oz can crushed tomatoes
1.5-2 cups broth (beef or chicken)
1 8oz package no boil lasagna noodles, broken up.
1.5 cup ricotta cheese

In a large skillet over medium, brown the sausage until cooked through. Remove with a slotted spoon, leaving the liquid.

Add onion and cook a couple minutes. Add bell peppers and seasonings. Cook 5 minutes or so.

Add the sausage back along with the crushed tomatoes. Add the noodles and stir around. Add enough broth to just cover the noodles. Simmer 10 minutes or so, until noodles are done. Add more broth if needed.

Check seasonings (salt) and serve with a few dollops of ricotta

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Sun Dried Tomato and Spinach Turkey Meatballs

I came across a similar recipe to this and have made it enough times I have tweaked it to become my own. They are DELICIOUS. Fast. You could very easily double or quadruple this recipe and freeze it. They are healthy with the turkey, and pair easily with a marinara, alfredo, vodka, or red bell pepper sauce over pasta. Or however else you eat desire to eat meatballs.

You could use other ground meats, or eliminate the spinach if you desire.



Sun Dried Tomato and Spinach Turkey Meatballs

Ingredients:

1/4 cup plain breadcrumbs (I use panko)
1/2 cup grated or shredded parmesan/asiago/romano or any combo thereof.
1 egg
4 sun dried tomatoes in oil, patted dry and diced.
1 tbsp sun dried tomato oil
1/2 cup frozen spinach (maybe 1/3rd of a package? I eyeballed it, sorry) thawed, drained, and chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tbsp dried minced onions
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp milk
1 tbsp fresh chopped or 1 tsp dried basil and/or parsley, if desired
3/4 lb ground turkey

Preheat oven to 350

Set the turkey aside and mix all the other ingredients well. Mix the turkey in with your hands and form into approximately 20 walnut sized meatballs. Place on a baking dish and cook 25-28 minutes, turning halfway.