Ingredients:

1 lb pasta
1 lb skinless boneless chicken breast, sliced into 1-inch pieces
1 lb mushrooms, sliced
1 lb asparagus, trimmed and chopped
6 tbsp olive oil
6 garlic cloves, minced
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Heat a pot of salted water to a boil.  Add pasta and cook according to package directions, until tender.  Drain into a colander.

While the pasta is cooking, heat 1 tbsp of oil in a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat.  Add mushrooms and asparagus and cook, stirring periodically, for about 15 minutes, or until tender.  Add salt and pepper to taste.  Remove the mushroom and asparagus mixture from a frying pan into a bowl.

Heat another 1 tbsp of oil in that frying pan over medium-high heat.  Add the chicken and cook, stirring, until cooked through (no longer pink in center, about 5 minutes).  Add salt and pepper to taste.

Divide the chicken and mushroom/asparagus mixture between 2 large frying pans (half goes in one frying pan, another half in the other).    This step is done because all that stuff wouldn’t fit into one pan (since you’ll later add the pasta!)

Heat each frying pan over medium heat.  Make space in the center of each pan (push the food to the sides).  Pour 2 tbsp of olive oil into the center of each frying pan.  Add garlic there and cook for 30 seconds.  Add pasta (half of the pasta in one pan, half in the other), and stir until everything is combined and the pasta is coasted with oil.

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Tags: asparagus, chicken, mushrooms, one dish meal, pasta

This is a nice change from the classic shepherd’s pie recipe.  Sweet potatoes are more nutritious then regular potatoes - that’s a good excuse to make this sweet potato shepherd’s pie for dinner!

Ingredients:

4 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into quarters
1 lb ground turkey
1 onion, chopped
1 tbsp oil
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
1 tsp cumin
3 tbsp honey
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Bring a pot of water to a boil.  Add the potatoes and boil for 20 minutes, or until tender.

Preheat the oven to 375F.

While the potatoes are boiling, heat the oil on a non-stick frying pan and cook the onion over medium heat for 5 minutes.  Add the ground turkey and sprinkle with cumin.  Cook, stirring, for 10 minutes, or until the meat is no longer pink.  Add salt and pepper to taste.

When the sweet potatoes are cooked, drain them in a colander and put in a large bowl.  Add milk and honey and mash with a potato masher.

Put the meat mixture into a large non-stick baking dish (spread it evenly), then spread the mashed sweet potatoes on top.  Whisk the egg in a small bowl.  Brush the top of the sweet potato mixture with the egg.

Put in the oven and bake for 30 minutes.

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Tags: healthy, one dish meal, sweet potatoes, turkey