3-S Healthy 30-minute Busy School Year Dinner ~ 2009
"I'm late. I'm late. For a very important date. No time to say Hello. Goodbye. I'm late, I'm late,
I'm late."™ (White Rabbit in “Alice in Wonderland” ~ 1951)
Whether parents work inside or outside of the home, a typical school year comes with scheduling challenges and constraints that can make preparing a healthy dinner for the family seem like an impossible task.
This healthy recipe from one busy New Jersey dad, whose work outside of the home includes travel during certain weeks, will satisfy the palette and the pocketbook. The delicious meal goes well with water, juice, or red wine, and a good appetite!
I'm late."™ (White Rabbit in “Alice in Wonderland” ~ 1951)
Whether parents work inside or outside of the home, a typical school year comes with scheduling challenges and constraints that can make preparing a healthy dinner for the family seem like an impossible task.
This healthy recipe from one busy New Jersey dad, whose work outside of the home includes travel during certain weeks, will satisfy the palette and the pocketbook. The delicious meal goes well with water, juice, or red wine, and a good appetite!
Bon Appetit!
3-S Healthy 30-Minute Busy School Year Dinner ~
stuffed red pepper, spaghetti & salad
Ingredients:
red bell peppers
fresh basil
fresh garlic
ground black pepper
ground paprika
fresh oregano
olive oil (sautéing and grilling kind)
ground turkey
grated three-cheese mix
Spring Mix salad
fresh baby carrots
fresh onions
fresh tomatoes
whole wheat spaghetti
Cannellini beans
Preparation:
• Cook the whole wheat spaghetti & drain (follow cooking directions on box). Be ready to re-heat if
necessary before eating the meal.
• Put small amount of olive oil in large frying pan and allow to heat. Add ground turkey, minced fresh garlic,
• Put small amount of olive oil in large frying pan and allow to heat. Add ground turkey, minced fresh garlic,
and all other seasonings. Medium flame until completely brown.
• Hollow out red peppers and add cooked ground turkey, minced garlic, and grated cheese mix. Bake in
• Hollow out red peppers and add cooked ground turkey, minced garlic, and grated cheese mix. Bake in
oven for about 15 minutes at 350 degrees.
• Make colorful salad in large bowl using washed Spring Mix, chopped baby carrots, sliced onions, fresh
• Make colorful salad in large bowl using washed Spring Mix, chopped baby carrots, sliced onions, fresh
tomatoes – this takes about 5 minutes.
• Simmer Cannellini beans in small pot, then drain juice.
• Spend the next 10 minutes garnishing the meal and the dinner table with this scrumptious and very healthy
• Simmer Cannellini beans in small pot, then drain juice.
• Spend the next 10 minutes garnishing the meal and the dinner table with this scrumptious and very healthy
meal! Be sure to add fresh basil leaves in the center of the baked peppers to give it an “apple” look, and
add Cannellini beans around the spaghetti in plates.Then, add great music in the background, and enjoy your family time together!
Sharon M. Biggs, M.A.
Co-Chair & President
Lifeline Foundation, Inc.
E-mail: sharonbiggs@mylifelinefoundation.org
Weblog: http://lifelineextensions.blogspot.com/
Website: www.mylifelinefoundation.org
Mailing Address for all tax-deductible donations:
301 N. Harrison Street
Suite 35
Princeton, NJ 08540
877.570.1237
"Children are the globe's most precious commodity." (Terence H. Biggs, Jr., 2009)
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