pasta galore

I love pasta and am always looking for new (easy) meals to whip up after work. Here are 3 of my new favorites and 1 old favorite.

1. Lemon Ricotta Parmesan Pasta with Spinach and Grilled Chicken (or in my case turkey) via Cooking Classy.  Check this out, make it, love it.  We used grilled turkey from the amazing Kroger hot bar making it even easier.  The husband loves this one and requests it weekly! 

2. Slow Cooker Cheesy Spaghetti with Homemade Turkey Sausage via SkinnyMs.com

Homemade sausage sounds fancy....but easy to make!  This one takes a bit longer to make as written but worth it.

3. Caprese Lasagna Roll-Ups via Cooking Classy (love her recipes and blog!)

This one has a recipe for homemade marinara, but you can use a jar to save time.

4. Classic Homemade Mac and Cheese

This one is an oldie but goodie.  Just a quick white sauce, add these while the pasta is cooking, mix and bake.

White Sauce: 

Make a rue using 2tbs butter and add 2tbs flour.  

Let cook for about 1 minute.  

Stir in 1c half and half and 3/4c milk (you can use all milk).

Continue stirring on a medium low heat. 

Add 8oz of your favorite cheese(s).  We like the creaminess of white american cheese with a bit of monterey jack, but any cheese would work.

Stir until all cheese added is melted.

Pasta:

Mix sauce with about a pound of any cooked pasta (I like using a veggie rotini)

Place into baking dish.

Bake about 20mins at 375 F

I didn't create any of these recipes, but I sure do enjoy cooking and eating them! Hope they make your family as happy as they have made mine!