Tortellini, Spinach, Mushrooms, and Sausage

  Please excuse the picture quality- this one was taken on a cell phone!  Cook up some tortellini.  While it's cooking, saute up one package of mushrooms- preferable baby bellas- in a pan with a lid and lots of room.  Slice some apple chicken sausage and throw it in there with the mushrooms.  Once those are cooked, drain and add your tortellini.  Throw a HUGE package of fresh spinach in with the mushrooms and put a lid on it (smush it if you have to) till it wilts to your liking.  Finish it with balsamic vinegar if you feel so inclined.  This made 3 super delicious dinners.

Couscous Bar

Clean out your fridge and serve it over couscous!  Here we've got:

Roasted spiced garbanzo beans (I'd share the recipe but I don't remember what I put in them!)
Caramelized onions
Crumbled feta
Capers
Roasted Bell Peppers

Peas

Also tasty:
Pine Nuts
Kalamata Olives
Pretty much anything

This is tasty served with that beet salad from the previous post!

Italian Wedding Soup

I don't know why I never realized how easy this is to make, but it really is a super easy meal.  Throw together some meatballs first- either look up a recipe online or do what I do and mix a package of ground turkey, an egg, a small handful of breadcrumbs, and a sprinkle of parmesan cheese and maybe some dried basil.  Roll them into balls and bake them.

While those are in the oven (350 till cooked through?) boil some chicken broth and chop up a few carrots and throw them in there, along with a handful or two of israeli couscous or other small pasta.

When everything is cooked through, put a handful of fresh spinach in each bowl and ladle the broth on top to wilt it.  Add as many meatballs as you want. If you're going to freeze the soup, freeze the broth and meatballs separately so they're easier to defrost.

Start to finish, the whole recipe takes a half hour or less and it super tasty.  Enjoy!