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Baked Ziti

Posted on April 6, 2014 by LFFL

Made with olive oil, minced garlic cloves, onion, ground turkey, Italian pork sausage, tomato sauce, canned whole tomatoes, Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, salt & pepper, ziti pasta, mozzarella cheese, whole-milk ricotta, Parmesan cheese, fresh parsley, and eggs.

Yeah, yeah, I know—another pasta dish. What can I say?

Meat & tomato mixture.

Pasta & cheese mixture.

Ready for the oven.

Done.

Recipe for—Baked Ziti

So, if you have nothing else to do today, slop together another pasta dish for the umpteenth time.

Take-Away Life Lesson: You can never have too much pasta in your life. Live, love, and enjoy life with pasta.

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Italian Turkey Meatballs

Posted on February 28, 2014 by LFFL

Made with breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, fresh basil, fresh parsley, milk, ketchup, tomato paste, salt & pepper, eggs, minced garlic cloves, onion, ground dark turkey meat, Italian turkey sausage, and extra-virgin olive oil.

Sauce made with extra-virgin olive oil, smashed garlic cloves, onion, salt & pepper, fresh basil, ground fennel seeds, dried oregano, and crushed tomatoes.

It was a meatball dinner night! And, ohhhhh, how I could taste the fennel and oregano in the sauce mixture. So spot on.

Chop some fresh basil.

Sautee the onions & garlic with ground fennel & oregano.

Throw in crushed tomatoes.

Roll the meatballs.

I believe a good-sized meatball should be no smaller than the size of a baseball—but if you must go smaller, no smaller than a golf ball.

I imagine these meatballs would be good loaded on top of some spaghetti just the same as straight for dinner by themselves. The recipe did not call for making a pasta dish, so straight down my pipe they went as is.

Recipe for—Italian Turkey Meatballs

So, if you have nothing else to do today, make some good time meatballs for dinner anyway you like them.

Take-Away Life Lesson: No need to make tiny-sized meatballs when you can make them the size of a bowling ball from the onset.

Thanksgiving To-Go

Posted on November 28, 2013 by LFFL

Turkey & gravy, green beans, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts, stuffing, and mashed potatoes.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, love on some Thanksgiving dinner from anywhere.

Take-Away Life Lesson: Getting your Thanksgiving dinner to-go can save you from both cooking and cleaning for the day.

Simple Tacos

Posted on October 31, 2013 by LFFL

Made with ground turkey, salsa, onions, green bell peppers, lettuce, cheddar cheese, sour cream, and taco seasoning served in corn taco shells.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, make it a taco night.

Take-Away Life Lesson: Sometimes all you want to make are simply some tacos and call it a day.

Spaghetti With Turkey Chili

Posted on October 1, 2013 by LFFL

Made with ground turkey, whole wheat spaghetti, pinto beans, scallions, chopped garlic cloves, tomato paste, chili powder, chicken broth, ketchup, hot sauce, cheddar cheese, sour cream, salt, and olive oil.

Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm.

Recipe for—Spaghetti With Turkey Chili

So, if you have nothing else to do today, make it a spaghetti chili night.

Take-Away Life Lesson: Does there have to be a life lesson with every recipe?

Lasagna Two Times

Posted on September 23, 2013 by LFFL

Made with ground beef, lasagna noodles, egg, mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese, spaghetti sauce, fresh parsley, and water.

What exactly do you want me to say about this? Is there something about the picture you’re just not getting? It speaks loud and clear to me.

Can you imagine a bathtub being layered with this stuff? If only there was a baking dish the size of a bathtub. Man, I’d immerse myself and go to town—right in the dead center! I mean, can you imagine being surrounded by all that good lovin’?

Then again, you have the problem of finding an oven that big.

Recipe for—Simply Lasagna

Made with ground turkey, no-boil lasagna noodles, olive oil, onion, minced garlic cloves, stewed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, eggs, cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, cheddar cheese, fresh parsley, seasoning salt, and salt & pepper.

Now this was a different second lasagna recipe I tried. This one had a few more ingredients in it than the first one above but was still just as lovely and simple to make.

I was reluctant to make any lasagna at first because I always thought there was so much work involved. But once I started making it, there really wasn’t anything to it. It was much simpler and quicker than I thought it’d be. And if you have someone to help you, it can cut the time down even further.

Recipe for—Mama’s Lasagna

So, if you have nothing else to do today, find the largest bathtub-sized baking dish you can find and make a big fat lasagna.

Take-Away Life Lesson: There’s nothing wrong with taking a little cheese bath.

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Roast Turkey, Fennel & Onions

Posted on September 16, 2013 by LFFL

Made with roast turkey breast, extra-wide egg noodles, white wine, chicken stock, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, heavy cream, extra-virgin olive oil, chopped fresh thyme leaves, sliced garlic cloves, fennel bulbs, onions, flour, fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, salt & pepper, and topped with pine nuts.

I don’t know what to say other than it did not make the cut into my recipe binder. It was ”meh” at most for me.

Recipe for—Roast Turkey, Fennel & Onions with Buttered Egg Noodles

So, if you have nothing else to do today, find a way to turn a “meh” meal into an OMG meal.

Take-Away Life Lesson: Sometimes you just gotta grin and bear dinner.