What's for dinner? #1

So I thought I'd share some of my healthy dinner recipes, which are more than affordable for students. Now I'm no chef, or even a particularly good cook, so these recipes will probably be pretty simplistic but that's probably a good thing!

Turkey and Vegetable Pasta

This was a bit of a spur of the moment meal, made with what was left in my fridge, but it was delicious so I thought I'd share it. This recipe is very simple, full of veggies and delicious flavours!

Ingredients:
1/2 cup of whole wheat pasta
An amount of lean turkey mince of your choice (I only used a small amount)
1/2 a small courgette
1/2 a red pepper
1 small onion
1 clove of garlic
1 handful of frozen sweetcorn
1 handful of frozen mixed vegetables.

Recipe:
Firstly put the pasta in a saucepan of boiling water & leave it over the heat for 10 minutes. After these ten minutes, put in the frozen vegetables & frozen sweetcorn. This saves on things to wash up! Leave the saucepan over the heat for another 5 minutes.

While the pasta is cooking, put the turkey into the frying pan to cook. You can use low-calorie cooking spray to cook it in. After it's cooked for a while, add the fresh vegetables. I diced my onions, cut the courgette into circles and then into quarters, and I cubed the red peppers. I also cut the garlic into small pieces, but you can also use a garlic crusher. Put all the vegetables into the pan and fry it along with the turkey, until the turkey is cooked through and the onions are browned. Once it was all done, I halved the amount and had the other half as a snack later on. You can also do this, or keep the leftovers to put with a salad the next day, or just have all of the turkey and vegetables with your pasta.

Drain the pasta and the frozen vegetables, and put on your plate. Then add the turkey and cooked vegetables on top. Season with pepper for taste. I was going to try adding ginger but I didn't get round to it. I then had a low fat yoghurt with raspberries for dessert.

What I think I'd like to add to this is a light sauce, or some sort of dressing. I haven't found anything yet but I've got my eyes open!

Hope you enjoyed this type of post.

Love always, J xo