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| Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Tomato garlic sauce, sprinkled with grated gruyere cheese. Paired with Organic Rosemary Curry ground beef with Apples. |
Today was my last second day of high school.
You read it right, my last day.
I'll never have to do through another second day of yet another year of high school.
Yaaay!
But, enough about me, I'm here to talk about APPLES.
Fall is coming up right around the corner!
Anyhow, school, waking up early, the beginning of no sleep, stress, and oh yeah, more stress. Yup, senior year is here. This means, no more care-free, lazy days. Which also means, it's time to eat healthy! (Or at least healthier than I've been eating over the summer.) :) Lately after school, for a snack and for dinner I've been turning to apples! They're yummy and wonderful. Here are a few delish recipes I've come up with, which include the most important factor of all; apples. :))
So, first things first,
Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Tomato Garlic sauce
Ingredients:
1 box of Whole Wheat Angel hair pasta*
3 1/2 cups water
2 tbsp olive oil
2 springs fresh rosemary
1/8 cup grated gruyere cheese
Organic Orange Cherry Tomatoes (optional - a handful)
Jarred Pasta sauce, I used a blend of Tomato and Garlic*
1. Bring the water to a boil, and add in the pasta
2. Follow the directions on the pasta box for however amount of time you need to cook the pasta. Half way through the time, mix in the olive oil into your boiling / cooking pasta. (The oil keeps the pasta from sticking together)
3. Immediately after adding in the olive oil, put the rosemary leaves into your pasta and boiling water.
4. After the pasta is done cooking, drain, and set it aside in a medium to large bowl.
5. Heat up your pasta sauce. Either by putting it in a pan on the stove, or putting it in the microwave.
6. Mix the sauce in the pasta and set aside.*
7. Sprinkle with gruyere cheese and a couple of slice cherry tomatoes.
*Side-note:
- Boxed pasta and jarred sauce... a little lame, I am aware. Please bear with me. :)
- Also, it would be a good idea to cook the beef and boil the pasta at the same time, if you're someone who likes to save time.
Organic Ground Beef with Apples
Ingredients:
1 lb Organic grass-fed (preferably locally grown) Ground Beef
1 tsp Rubbed Sage
2 tsp Garlic Salt
2 tsp Thyme
1 1/2 springs fresh Rosemary
1 tbsp Curry Powder
2 Organic Gala Apples
1. Put your 1 lb of Organic beef in a medium skillet and cook until almost all the meat is no longer pink
2. Add in the Garlic Salt, Rubbed Sage, and Thyme. Make sure they're all mixed into the beefy mixture.
3. Take your Rosemary leaves and Curry Powder and mix those into the meat as well.
4. Cut up both of the apples. Make them bite size pieces.
5. Cook the beef until ALL of its brown, and NO pink remains!
6. Dish up your apple beef dish, alongside with your spaghetti and enjoy!