Meat
- 1 lb Ground turkey, cooked
- 1 tbsp Garlic
- 1/4 cup Onion
- 1 tbsp Sweet basil
- homemade sauce see below NOTE: (must cook sauce first)
- 1 lb whole wheat Rigatoni
- 8 oz Daiya non daity Mozzarella
DIRECTIONS:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Cook pasta ACCORDING to the directions on the box.
- While the pasta is cooking, crumble the ground turkey into a pan and cook on medium heat UNTIL it’s no longer pink.
- Add onion and garlic, cook for 3 minutes.
- Now lower heat to low, add the sauce (must cook sauce first) and basil, stir, and cover. Cook an additional 3-4 minutes. Stir occasionally if you see the sauce start to bubble, otherwise keep it covered.
- In a 9×13 glass baking dish (sprayed generously with cooking spray), pour in half the pasta, then all of your sauce and MEAT mix. Stir to mix, and then add the rest of the pasta and stir some more.
- Once you feel like it’s all adequately combined, top with the cheese, cover with foil, and pop it in the oven for 15 minutes on the top rack. For the last 5 minutes, uncover and broil (on low, if you have a setting for it) to brown the cheese on top.
HOMEMADE SAUCE
- onion, choppedOnions Yellow/Brown Fresh
Onions Sweet
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 (28 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes
- 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons dried basil
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/4 cup red wine
DIRECTIONS:
- Heat olive oil in a large saucepan or Dutch oven. Saute onions and garlic until tender, 2-3 minutes. Add remaining ingredients and simmer over low heat for 3 hours.
- With one hour cooking time remaining, cook and brown ground turkey in a skillet. When browned, place in sauce and continue to simmer. Remove bay leaves before serving. Serve over hot cooked whole wheat noodles.