This week's recipe is a bit of a "garbage plate" pasta. Why? Read on and find out!

Ziti:

Ingredients:
1 pound of your favorite pasta
1 jar of marinara sauce
Any vegetables you have on hand.
Cheese odds and ends – This is a great time to use up all those half handfuls left in bags!

Directions:

Rinse pasta in a colander (this adds a bit of moisture to your pasta). Add a handful of pasta and a bit of sauce to your crockpot. Toss on a bit of cheese. Keep layering ingredients until you run out.

Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours.

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Autumn is almost here and while I'm thinking of cider,donuts, and pumpkins, I'm also thinking about turkey. There's something about it that just screams fall to me. I'm also thinking about pasta...but that could just be because I love pasta.

Creamy Turkey Dinner:

Ingredients:

2 pounds turkey breast, cut in chunks
1/2 cup beef broth
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 onion, thinly sliced
8 ounces sliced mushrooms
1 Tablespoon dried parsley
1/2 cup half and half or heavy cream
1 cup frozen green beans

Favorite pasta, already prepared

Directions:

Put the turkey into the bottom of your crockpot and pour in the beef broth and balsamic vinegar. Add onion, mushrooms, and dried parsley. Stir a bit to combine.

Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours, or on high for about 4.

Stir in the heavy cream and green beans. Cover and cook on high for another 30 minutes, or until beans are thawed and heated through. Serve over cooked pasta.

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I cooked dinner tonight! Doesn't this look delish? It is! And from my low carb cookbook...ok, in the book they served it over some kind of spaghetti squash or something but I used whole wheat angel hair pasta. So, still healthy'ish!

So, yay me! Step 1 in losing weight is balancing my diet out and actually cooking. I'm proud of me.