Yummy Healthy Food

This recipe comes from Simply Ming: One Pot Meals, one of my favorite cookbooks.  If can also be made with chopped turkey.  For a complete meal, I serve this with steamed broccoli.

This serves 4 and takes about 45 minutes to prepare.

Ingredients:
-1 lb penne
-Extra virgin olive oil
-2 shallots
-2-3 cloves garlic
-1/2 c panko
-1 lb ground chicken
-2 eggs
-1 bunch scallions
-32 oz jar tomato sauce
-20 basil leaves

Steps:
1) Prepare pasta
-Boil water in large pot with salt added
-Add penne
-Cook about 10 minutes or as directed on package
-Drain in cold water
-Drizzle with olive oil

2) Steam Broccoli
-Cut broccoli into spears
-Add to medium saucepan with steamer
-Bring water to boil and steam for about 15 minutes

2) Make meatballs
-While penne is cooking, mince shallots and mince or grate garlic
-Thinly slice scallions
-Heat 2 TBS olive oil in large skillet
-Saute onions & garlic until softened and lightly browned
-Mix together panko, chicken and eggs
-Add onion & garlic mixture
-Season with salt and pepper
-Heat 2 TBS olive oil in skillet over medium high heat
-Wet hand and form meat mixture into meatballs -- size of golf balls
-Add meatballs, working in batches
-Saute meatballs until all sides are brown, 4-5 minutes
-Add scallions, tomato sauce and basil to pot
​-Add all meatballs to pot, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 10 minutes

3) Serve
-Mix pasta and meatball with sauce together in large bowl
-Serve pasta and steamed broccoli

​Enjoy!

​This is a great middle-of-the-week meal.  I open up my spice drawer and go to town.  Really tasty and good for you!
 
This takes about 35 minutes to prepare start to finish and serves 4 people.

Ingredients:
-3 TBS olive oil
-1 tsp dried basil
-pinch of cayenne
-1 tsp dried chili powder
-1 tsp dried cumin
-1 tsp dried dill
-1 tsp turmeric
-1 tsp of salt
-small onion or large shallot
-1 lb firm tofu
-small head of broccoli
-4 sundried tomatoes
-2 TBS capers
-2 TBS kalamata olives
-2 TBS low-sodium soy sauce or coconut amino acids
-1 lb whole wheat penne or rice noodles
-1/4 c grated parmesan cheese (optional)

Steps:
1) Prep
-bring large pot of salted water to a boil
-heat large skillet to medium  low heat with 2 TBS olive oil
-chop onion or shallot into small pieces  -- I use a mini-chopper for this
-dice tofu into small pieces (1/4-1/2 inch)
-slice broccoli from the head into small pea sized pieces
 
2) Prepare pasta
-add penne to boiling water and cook following directions on package (about 10 minutes)
-drain and set aside
 
3) Sauté tofu, veggies and spices
-add onions or shallots to skillet with basil, cayenne, chili powder, cumin, dill, turmeric
-sauté and stir until onions soften (not brown)
-add tofu to skillet and sauté for about 15 minutes
-add broccoli to skillet and sauté for several minutes
-add capers, olives, sun-dried tomatoes, soy sauce to skillet and continue to sauté
-add cooked and drained pasta to skillet
-combine all ingredients and serve

Enjoy!