Recipes

Vegan (or not) tomato sauce

Talk about a healthy meal!! This is a PRIME example of being able to feed your family a healthy meal and having the choice to be Vegan as well. I made zucchini noodles with tomato sauce. All home made!! I forgot to picture the crusty ciabatta bread with rosemary and olive oil that went with it! This is by far the best sauce I ever made! Feel free to share :)

All the ingredients. On the right is ground turkey.

 

Zucchini noodles made with a simple Veggetti.

After making zucchini noodles with my veggetti, there are these little stumps left. No need to throw away good food! I diced them up and cooked them with the rest of the veggies!

Yellow bell pepper, onion, garlic, and dice zucchini. Use whatever veggies are your favorite or whatever you have in the house at the time.
After all the veggies are sauteed, I added chopped mushrooms, fresh chopped basil, oregano, thyme and finely chopped tomatoes. I used pre-chopped tomatoes (Pomi, with nothing else in it!!!) to make it faster but you can chop your own if you like. Another secret ingredient is a small jar of sundried tomatoes that I pureed with a little water and added in the sauce as well. Don't forget to salt and paper to your taste.

Portion out the amount you want to remain vegan.

After cooking the ground turkey in a separate pan, add it into the other portion of sauce not intended to be vegan.

Sautéed zucchini noodles. I used the same pan that I used to saute the other veggies but added just a tiny bit more olive oil. Only cook until heated otherwise they get too limp and soggy.

The finished product A little watery because I couldn't stand to wait for it to cook down. I wanted to eat!!! But trust me when I say I soaked all that flavorful goodness up with some crunchy bread.

Favorite Easy Dinner

Mixed roasted veggies are absolutely to die for! And so easy. Healthy doesn't have to be hard. Healthy doesn't have to taste bad. Warning: may lead to getting seconds or thirds!
Recipe:
Chopped ANY veggies you like.
Toss in EVOO
Garlic powder
S&P
Roast in oven at 425° for about 40 min (stir and turn veggies twice while cooking)
Broiler on high for 3-5 min (watch closely) to get those nice browned areas.
Eat & enjoy!

Before cooking:

And after: