From the Garden

Yesterday for dinner I made an old staple in our house, turkey spaghetti. We always have frozen ground turkey, whole wheat spaghetti, onions, garlic and pasta sauce. It's my go to dinner when I'm not in the mood to cook and still want to get a decent meal in our tummies.

As I've said before, I started an organic herb and veggie garden this year and we had our first harvest last week of cilantro, parsley, oregano and spinach. So I decided to add some fresh herbs to my spaghetti sauce and made a side of spinach. Turned out pretty darn good if I do say so myself. In fact, I was so pleased with myself I decided to share with a quick post.

Here is my turkey spaghetti {well fusilli} with fresh oregano & parsley.

Ingredients:

Olive oil

1/2 yellow onion- sliced thin

2 garlic cloves- minced

Sliced mushrooms

1 lb. lean ground turkey

Few sprigs of parsley chopped

Few sprigs of oregano chopped

Your favorite jar of tomato sauce

Whole wheat spaghetti, fusilli, penne, angel hair- you pick

Directions:

Saute onion in olive oil about 2 minutes until clear

Add garlic and saute a minute or two longer {careful not to burn garlic}

Add mushrooms and saute until soft

Add ground turkey and cook through

Add tomato sauce and herbs

Simmer about 10 to 15 minutes

Cook pasta as directed

Add drained pasta to sauce

Sprinkle with freshly grated Parmesan cheese if you have it.

Spinach and garlic sauteed in chili pepper olive oil from Oil & Vinegar with toasted pine nuts. I really like toasted pine nuts so I definitely add more than your average cook.

Ingredients:

Chili pepper olive oil

Handful of pine nuts

2 cloves garlic- minced

Spinach

Sea salt

Ground Pepper

Directions:

Saute pine nuts in olive oil

Add garlic saute about 2 minutes longer {careful not to burn nuts or garlic}

Add spinach and saute until soft

Sprinkle with sea salt and fresh pepper

Probably the easiest dinner to cook and I really didn't need to share the recipes but such a good family staple I figure why not?

Also, remember that hydrangea plant my hubby planted for me? Well a few blooms were ready to adorn our kitchen table. The only thing better than veggies from your garden is fresh cut flowers from your garden!

Dinner tasted great and I was so excited to use fresh herbs and vegetables from my own garden. Can't get more local than that!