My Go-To Pasta Dinner

This is my go-to meal when I'm not feeling like being too creative or feel like spending a lot of time to make a meal. This is yummy and easy. Let me know if you try it, Miguel and I really like it.

You will need:

1/2 cup of sour cream

2 teaspoons of lemon zest

3 tablespoons of basil pesto

frozen or refrigerated cheese filled pasta (we use tortellini or ravioli)

1 yellow or orange bell pepper

about 8 oz of green beans

1 tomato

salt to taste

olive oil

Heat oil in a skillet. Add chopped peppers and beans. Heat for about 5 minutes and stir. Meanwhile, cook pasta (I add about 2 tablespoons of olive oil to my pasta to keep it from sticking to each other). Mix up sour cream, lemon zest, and pesto in small bowl. Add tomatoes and salt to skillet. Stir frequently for about 3 to 5 more minutes. Drain pasta and add to skillet. Add sauce. Mix well and serve.

Takes about 12 minutes from start to finish. My kind of meal. Tonight I made it without some of the regular items I use. For example, I didn't have tomatoes and I used a green bell pepper instead of a yellow one. It's a much prettier meal with the pop of color from the tomato and yellow pepper.

guilt free spaghetti

Living in a Gluten Free family, this has become one of my favorite things to make. It gives you the flavors of Italian without the regretful feeling of eating too many carbs after.

What you need:

Spaghetti Squash: Preheat oven to 375. Take a knife and carefully cut it in half scrapping out the seeds and stringy stuff that is on the meat of the squash. I like to put them in olive oil skin up on a cooking sheet and put them in the oven checking periodically from 30 minutes to one hour for desired tenderness. (I like it a little firmer)

Meat Sauce: Really just put in any vegetables you think will be good, below is a combination that I use.

Turkey:
I cook the turkey first, either clumping it or making them into small meatballs using italian seasonings, salt, pepper and garlic- Once cooked I add the vegetables.

Green Pepper or Red Pepper
Onion
Garlic
Zucchini
Mushrooms
(broccoli can be really good too)

I like to add the vegetable packed Ragu.

Take out Spaghetti Squash and shread with fork. Put sauce on top and enjoy. This is a ton of vegetables so feel good eating it. You can also use spaghetti squash for any italian favorite like you can add pesto and chicken and that is also super delicious