Whole Wheat Chipotle Lime Pasta Party!

Found some interesting looking Whole Wheat Chipotle Lime pasta at the farmer's market. Seriously? You include two of my favorite ingredients into a healthy-er type of pasta, I'm in! 

After searching for a way to make it in a healthy and different way, I adjusted this recipe:

You need: 

• 1 lb. ground turkey
• 8 oz. whole wheat chipotle lime pasta
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 tsp. sea salt
• 1/2 tsp garlic
• 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 of a 15oz can mashed tomatoes
• 2 tomato cut in chunks 
• 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese
• Chopped cilantro
• 1 diced avocado

Get to work: 

Bring water to boil, then add salt and then the pasta until it's soft and perfect for your taste. 

In the mean time, get a pan, spray olive oil or whatever you like on it and put the turkey to cook on medium. Once you think it's almost fully cooked, add the onions and spices. Simmer and cook for other 5 minutes. Add the smashed tomatoes and one of the tomatoes in chunks. Make sure the turkey is completely cooked, then add the mascarpone cheese. 

On the side, drain the pasta and add it to the pan with the meat and everything else. Stir and get ready to serve.

 Once you serve it, add on top the other diced tomato and some chopped cilantro. This will add tons of flavor to it. 

And there you go!!!! Dinner is served!!! 

This meal is perfect for dinner after a hard workout :) 

Eat, Love, Adventure Out! 

Dani G. 

My "Chef" Monologue

I love my Mexican food very much. Anything that I cook, I always find myself wanting to give it a Mexican cuisine twist to it. I cannot help it. Growing up with the best Mexican food chefs and restaurant owners at home, I learned to eat the good stuff. 

My maternal and fraternal grandparents were in the food industry business before I was even born. My parents and aunts also continued that legacy for many years. That explains my love/hate relationship with the kitchen. 

When I was little, my parents were busy enough to get food ready for hundreds, and even thousands of people, so there was no room for me to play around the kitchen. When possible, I would try to cook something and someone would always "fix" it for me or tell me what I was missing. This made me lose any interest on cooking. I felt like my parents and family were so good at cooking, that I didn't need to learn, nor did I have any interest anymore. Time went by, and I grew up hating the kitchen. Now, I don't have my mom, aunt or grandmother around the corner to make some banging cooking, but I continue to run into products, vegetables and condiments that they used to prepare my favorite dishes. So, I buy them, take them home and attempt to find those flavors that bring back so many memories. To my surprise, I find comfort in the kitchen. When needed, I call mom to verify ingredients. She has thought me that there is no such thing as a "recipe", it's all about discovering flavors and getting the best out of each ingredient you use. It's so magical trying to find that exact point where incredible flavors combine and complete each other for an explosion of taste. 

After all, I think that cooking is in my blood. I have to adapt recipes to our healthy lifestyle, and the lucky one to taste my kitchen successes and failures is my husband, but thankfully he is a good sport for it. 

Cannot wait until the weekend to head over to the City Market in Kansas City and get fresh vegetables to keep experimenting! 

Eat, Love, Adventure Out! 

DaniG