Healthy Ground Beef Pasta Dinner

Healthy Ground Beef Pasta Dinner

 

This quick and easy ground beef past dinner consists of 8 ingredients, including zucchini, spaghetti sauce, and green pepper.

 

 

What you need:

 

  • 1lb lean ground beef or ground turkey, browned and drained
  • 26-28 oz jar spaghetti sauce
  • 12 oz dry corkscrew, macaroni or favorite pasta, cooked and drained
  • 3 small zucchini, sliced
  • 1 green pepper, chopped
  • 1/2 lb button mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 2 T olive oil
  • Parmesan cheese (optional)


What you do:

  • Heat oil in a large skillet.  
  • Add zucchini, green pepper, mushrooms, and garlic to skillet and saute until vegetables are tender, but still crisp.  
  • Add spaghetti sauce and ground beef to skillet, mix, and heat to simmer.  
  • Cook until heated through. 
  • Serve over cooked pasta.  
  • Top with Parmesan cheese.