Spicy Sausage Pasta

Here's the delicious recipe that I tried today! It came out just as beautifully as pictured & tastes amazing! All the gooey cheese & smoky sausage blended together well. Will definitely make again, & so simple!!! All credit goes to the blogger below. Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe!

http://www.kevinandamanda.com/recipes/dinner/spicy-sausage-pasta.html#_a5y_p=668423

Operation Live Well

I was contacted by Operation Live Well to share some resources that may be valuable to those of you, like me, who are trying to eat healthier and get on the right track to a healthy lifestyle. The have a variety of recipes featured in numerous e-books on their page. Below are the links. If you get a chance, please head over there and take a look at all of the delicious recipes and let me know what you think. I plan to make a few in the upcoming weeks and will feature my favorites on my page. They even have some for the upcoming holidays:)

http://www.health.mil/Libraries/olw-materials/201311_FINAL_OLWFallandHolidayRecipes.pdf  Holiday Recipes

http://health.mil/Libraries/olw-materials/2013_OLWRecipeEbook.pdf?download=true Eat Well to Live Well Recipes

http://health.mil/Libraries/olw-materials/201308_FINAL_OLWHerbsEbook.pdf
Herb Recipes

http://health.mil/Libraries/olw-materials/201308_FINAL_OLWGrillAndChillEbook.pdf
Grill and Chill Recipes

http://health.mil/Libraries/olw-materials/201310_FINAL_OLWCookingTips_1.pdf
A to Z Guide to Cooking Tips

On their main page there are also many fitness tools, apps, etc. to help you on your journey! Just thought that I would pass along this valuable resource!

http://health.mil/News_And_Multimedia/Special_Features/operationlivewell.aspx

Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

Serves 10

INGREDIENTS
--3 lbs. ground chuck or turkey; browned
--5 tbs. minced garlic
--5 tbs. minced onion
--5 tbs. oregano
--2 tbs. garlic salt
--3 tsp. salt
--1 1/2 tsp. pepper
--5 tbs. sugar
--3 (12 oz.) cans tomato paste
--12 c. Water

DIRECTIONS

1. Bring all ingredients to a boil.
2. Reduce to a simmer; on low heat.  Don't put a lid on or sauce will be watery.
3. Cook 3 hours or longer stirring every 20-30 minutes.

Parmesan Green Beans

These are amazing & full of flavor for limited calories!

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/11/roasted-parmesan-green-beans.html

Healthy substitutions

Great suggestions for healthy substitutions!

http://www.picklee.com/2012/08/01/recipe-substitutions/

Healthy Baked Buffalo Chicken

This recipe was delicious! We used Moore's Buffalo sauce instead though:)

http://culinarytuesdays.com/healthy-baked-buffalo-tenders/

Blueberry Cheesecake Squares

This looks as though it could easily be adapted to any fruit you would like so strawberries or raspberries would work too :) Recipe taken from Live Better America

Blueberry Cheesecake Squares