One pot dinners

i've made it and love it--"homemade hamburger helper" you can tweak the veggies to your taste- original post says to put in oven after--i don't--i just add the cheese let it melt in the skillet and serve!

Easy Macaroni Casserole
Skinnytaste.com
Servings: 8 • Size: 1/8th • Old Points: 7 • Weight Watcher Points+: 8 pt
Calories: 338 • Fat: 13 g • Carb: 31 g • Fiber: 5 g • Protein: 21 g • Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 581 mg • Cholest: 63 mg

Ingredients:
1 lb 93% lean ground turkey
1 tbsp olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
1 medium red pepper, chopped
1/4 cup finely diced celery
1/4 cup finely diced carrots
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1 (14.5 oz can) petite diced tomatoes, drained
2 cups marinara sauce (I used my own homemade)
2 cups water
1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
1 tsp Kosher salt
8 oz shredded mozzarella cheese
8 oz uncooked DeLallo whole wheat elbows

Directions:

In a large deep non-stick skillet, brown the ground turkey over high heat until cooked through, seasoning with a pinch of salt and breaking it up into smaller pieces as it cooks. Set aside on a dish.

Add olive oil to the skillet, reduce heat to medium and add the onion, red pepper, celery and carrots; sauté until the vegetables soft, about 6 to 7 minutes.

Return the turkey to the skillet along with the remaining ingredients except for the pasta and cheese.

Bring to a boil and then lower heat to medium-low and simmer for 20 minutes

Penne Ala Mark-2 servings


4oz uncooked Barilla Penne
2 links of Hot chicken sausage
1 garlic glove
11/2 tbs olive oil
2 cups uncooked Brocolli Rabe
1 cup San Marzano Whole Peeled Tomatoes
2tbs Parmesan Cheese

Heat skillet add oil, chopped garlic until light brown
Add sausage slices into 1 inch chunks until brown
Then add tomatoes until reduced
Add Broccoli Rabe Chopped
Then add cooked penne (al dente) to skillet
serve and sprinkle with cheese

Enjoy!

Anyone have any one pot meals? My only criteria is that the recipe is truly one pot, meaning that it contains a full dinner's worth of vegetables. Meat and carb is Not a complete meal! We pretty much eat anything and I generally don't watch macros, so all recipes are welcome.
My go to, once spring arrives, is grilled shish kabobs - zucchini, onions, carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, and meat chunks marinated in the AM and tossed on the grill after work.

Do you have a slow-cooker? A nice roast or some chicken, along with veggies (you might want to brown the meat first, before it goes into the slow-cooker).

Speaking of grilling, you can do meat and veggies on the grill--but in little foil pouches instead of skewers.

One of my favorite for the family is homemade sloppy joe's. My family will never eat canned sloppy joe's ever again. This is so much better!

http://www.foodallergymama.com/2013/01/25/my-go-to-busy-night-dinner-turkey-sloppy-joes-johns-fave/

TURKEY SLOPPY JOES

Serves 6

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 small yellow onion, finely diced
½ green bell pepper, seeded and finely diced
½ red bell pepper, seeded and finely diced
1 celery stalk, finely diced
1 carrot, peeled and finely diced
1 small garlic clove, finely diced
½ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 ½ pounds ground turkey (dark meat)
1 tablespoon light brown sugar
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1 15 oz. can tomato sauce
1/3 cup ketchup
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce (omit if you have a soy allergy)
6 allergen-friendly hamburger buns, light toasted in 300 degree oven for a few minutes if desired.

In a large skillet heat olive oil over medium high heat and add onion, bell peppers, celery, carrot, garlic salt and pepper until vegetables are softened and onion and is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add ground turkey and cook breaking up with a wooden spoon, until no longer pink and cooked through, about 7-9 minutes.

Add brown sugar, dry mustard, tomato sauce, ketchup, tomato paste and Worcestershire sauce to vegetable and turkey mixture. Stir well and simmer until slightly thickened, about 5-7 minutes. Serve on toasted allergen friendly buns.

FREEZER TIP: Mixture can be frozen up to two months in either a resealable plastic freezer bag or container. Reheat over medium low on stove top.

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