Notes:
Low-fat main-dish pasta salad

Servings: 4-6

Ingredients:
8 oz package short pasta, cooked and drained (cooled)
8 oz asparagus, cooked and cut up (cooled)
8 oz chicken breast, cooked and diced (cooled)
1 tomato, diced (optional)

12 oz. low-fat or fat-free sour cream
1 package Hidden Valley Ranch dressing mix
1 t. oregano
1/2 t. balsamic vinegar (optional)

Directions:
Mix together pasta, asparagus, chicken, and tomato. In a separate bowl, combine sour cream, ranch dressing mix, oregano, and balsamic vinegar. Fold dressing into pasta mixture. Serve cold.

Submitted by:
Aaron

Notes:
I came across this meal at a local grocery store that had a cooking station that allowed shoppers to taste test the food! It is my new addiction and I usually have it about once a week!It is sooooo easy to cook and does not take a ton of time either!   

Servings: 6

Ingredients:
1-3 Cups of Spinach
1 Pint of Cherry/Grape Tomatoes
1 Cup of Orzo
1/4 C of chopped Onions
1 Tablespoon of Garlic
6 Tablespoons of Balsamic Vinegar
6 Tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO)

Directions:
-Boil 1 cup of Orzo (less than 10 minutes)
- Chop of the onions and caramelize the onions in a frying pan with 1 Tablespoon of the oil.
- Once the onions are cooked, add garlic and 2 tablespoons of Balsamic Vinegar and cook in pan for 2 minutes
-Remove contents of pan and place in separate bowl
-Slice Cherry Tomatoes in half (or leave whole if you prefer) and place on same frying pan that the garlic and onions were cooked in
-Cook Tomatoes until they get soggy or until you start seeing the skin fall off of the tomatoes!
-Remove Tomatoes and place in bowl with garlic and onions
-Add all the spinach to the same frying pan and cook until spinach is soggy (sometimes to prevent spinach from burning in the pan
I've added a bit of water)
-Once spinach is soggy, chop up spinach into small pieces and place in bowl with other ingredients

Finally, add all the contents of the bowl (garlic , onions, tomatoes and spinach) back into the frying pan WITH
the cooked Orzo.

Slowly add in the remaining EVOO and Balsamic Vinegar one tablespoon at a time and taste after each added ingredient!

The original recipe called for 8 tablespoons of EVOO but I found this to be wayyy to oily and still tasted fine to me to remove some oil!

Submitted by:
elisha

Notes:
This healthy lasagna will fool even those who despise “good for you” food.

Servings: 6

Ingredients:
4 whole wheat lasagna noodles
1lb ground turkey
1 jar spaghetti sauce (low sodium)
2c low fat shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:
Cook noodles according to package.
Brown ground turkey in a skillet.
Mix turkey and about 3/4 jar sauce in a bowl.
Spray a 9×9 glass baking dish.
Pour a small amount of meat mixture in dish.
Lay down 3 noodles (I had to cut part of the noodles to make them fit and used the extra pieces as the third row). Top with half meat mixture and half of the cheese. Repeat layering.
Cover dish with aluniminum foil (optional) and bake at 325 degrees for 35-40 minutes.

Submitted by:
Juliet

Notes:
Tasty pork and apple meatballs.  They’re great with pasta in a tomato sauce.

Servings: 4

Ingredients:
Pork Mince - 1 packet(500gish)
1 Bramley apple
Spoon of Marmite
1/3 cup of Breadcrumbs
Mixed herbs
Splash Worcestershire Sauce
Generous squeeze of garlic puree
Small bit of olive oil

Directions:
Chop the bramley apple - aim for about 1cm cubes
Mix everything together (Except the oil - thats for something else). Don't be afraid of crushing any of the apple - chunks of apple are nice, but a few crushed bits add a bit more appley flavour. If its not bonding together well, add a bit more marmite - if you don't like marmite, don't worry - you barely taste it once its been cooked - its just good at bonding stuff tgether, and giving a mild savory flavour.
Shape the mush into ball-shaped shapes, and very quickly flash fry them - this is just to toughen up the outside of the balls so they keep their shape when they get grilled.
Once they have been briefly fried for a few seconds at a high temperature, they're ready to grill. Put them under the grill, and then start thinking about preparing your pasta. I might get round to posting a good pasta sauce recipe, but for the moment, either use your own favorite recipe, or use a jar of Dolmio!
Serve on your pasta, and enjoy these easy to make, and quite filling meatballs!

Submitted by:
Luke