How to to Make a Healthy Pasta Dish Using Whole Wheat Pasta

Serve this healthy meal for dinner or lunch.

Enjoy a nutrient-dense whole wheat pasta dinner such as classic spaghetti with a twist. Rather than using ground beef, buy ground buffalo to create a richer more authentic flavor. Use herbs, spices, onions and garlic to enhance the flavor of the meat and serve with your favorite type of whole wheat pasta. Chives and rosemary go well with this meal, but you can substitute these herbs for other varieties. Does this Spark an idea?

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Bowl
Ground buffalo
Rosemary
Cutting board
Knife
Chives
Onions
Garlic
Spoon
Whole wheat pasta
Skillet
Large pot
Strainer
Fork
Plates

Instructions

- 1
  
  Mix 1 lb. of thawed ground buffalo in a large bowl with 1 tsp. of rosemary, 1 tsp. of chives, and pepper to taste.
- 2
  
  Chop up one onion and three cloves of garlic. Mix the ingredients into the meat with a spoon. Add more garlic if you like.
- 3
  
  Pour the ground buffalo mixture in a large skillet and place this on the stove. Set the heat to medium and gradually stir the buffalo with a spoon as it cooks. The buffalo should take about 20 minutes to cook. Use a spoon to continually scoop up and remove excess fat that collects on the sides of the pan.
- 4
  
  Place a pot of hot water on the stove and set the burner to high when your buffalo meat is about half way done. Bring the water to a boil and pour in the pasta. Continue to finish cooking the meat as the pasta cooks. The pasta should fully cook within five minutes.
- 5
  
  Pour a jar of pasta sauce on the buffalo when it's fully cooked. Fully cooked buffalo meat should have a brown appearance with no pink on the meat. Turn the burner to low and allow the pasta sauce to simmer into the meat. Add 1/2 cup of water if you want a thinner pasta sauce consistency.
- 6
  
  Place a strainer in the sink and pour the noodles in the strainer to remove the water.
- 7
  
  Use a fork to scoop out pasta and place it on a plate slather with the finished buffalo spaghetti.

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