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Summertime Leftovers Meal



In the carefree summertime it's good to have a few no pressure, no fussing meals to fall back on.
This simple meal takes less then 20 minutes to prepare and can be served up with a simple green salad and some bread. Here's my carefree pasta meal.

Ingredients:
  • 12 ounce package pasta of your choice
  • 24 ounce jar of Alfredo or other sauce of your choice
  • 1-2 cups ground turkey or chicken, cooked fully
  • 1 cup chopped fresh tomatoes
  • 1/4 cup sliced green onions/scallions
  • 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
  • fresh grated parmesan cheese
  • salt and pepper to taste
Method:
  1. Cook 12 ounces of pasta of your choice in salted water to al dente and drain. 
  2. Leave in pot.
  3. Add a jar of Spaghetti Sauce or your favorite sauce to the noodles. 
  4. Add the cooked ground chicken or turkey.
  5. Add fresh chopped tomatoes and chopped green onion. 
  6. Add fresh sliced mushrooms.
  7. Cook all ingredients together until sufficiently heated through.
  8. Season to taste and serve with garlic bread.

8 comments:

  1. that actually sounds great I will do things like this on occasion as well

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  2. That's my kind of of meal...and I like the idea of tossing in some frozen spinach.

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  3. Perfect. I like the addition of spinach....great colour and what a good combination with the alfredo sauce..yum! You are right...carefree and hits the spot!

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  4. Ellen this sound way to good to admit to using leftovers. . .you could have called it something fancier. . .it is my kind of meal.

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  5. I really enjoy a quick "go to" meal. This sounds wonderful...lots of possibilities here.

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  6. I love your site. I did this
    exact thing except I added yellow
    beans. I remember having yellow
    beans in creme sauce over potatoes
    as a child. I thought alfredo sauce
    and for starch noodles. I liked
    it and used some of my yellow
    beans.

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  7. This looks so good. We all have leftovers and it is good to use them up creatively so no one would even know they are leftovers. Thanks for submitting this. Kathy

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