"Can-Can" Sauce with Pasta

This recipe is adapted from The Complete Encyclopedia of Vegetables & Vegetarian Cooking

Serves Three to Four

INGREDIENTS

8 oz. pasta GF or regualar (use a larger pasta like penne, rigatoni, etc.)
1 can (14 oz.) diced fire roasted tomatoes with garlic 
1 can (14 oz.) chickpeas (I didn't try it but I think cannelini beans would be good too)
2 TB. white wine vinegar
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 tsp. lemon juice
Salt/Pepper to taste

1. Boil pasta per their instructions.
2. As pasta cooks, in a seperate pot combine remaining ingredients.
3. Bring to a boil, and then simmer for 10 minutes.  Add the pasta in and reheat it if neccessary

If you would like I also like to top the pasta & sauce with a poached egg. Quite yummy as well!

Tasty Recipe: Moroccan Spiced Turkey Burgers

Just thought I'd post a recipe I made for dinner tonight. They were quite tasty and even got a 9.5 (out of 10) on Daren's exacting scale. I think they would also be good with ground chicken breast or ground lamb (if you have the $$$$).

Turkey Burger
2 lbs. ground turkey breast
1 TB cumin
1/2 tsp tumeric
1 tsp paprika
1/2 TB ground coriander
1/2 tsp cayenne
1/2 TB curry powder
1/2 onion grated
1 garlic clove, chopped
Cilantro
Zest/Juice of 1/2 lemon
Salt & Pepper

Combine all the ingredients and mix well. Form mixture into 4 large patties. Drizzle patties with olive oil and place on preheated grill or grill pan (or I used a George Foreman and it worked quite well). Grill for 6 minutes on each side until cooked thru. Place patties in pita bread and spoon on yogurt sauce(see below).

Yogurt Sauce
Plain Lowfat Yogurt
Curry Powder (to taste)
Cumin (to taste)
Salt (to taste)
Cayenne (to taste)
Coriander (to taste)
Cucumber, chopped

Whisk ingredients together and put aside.