Dairy Free Soy Free Pasta Dinner

Since college I have always loved pasta. I think it might have been because it was the only meal I knew how to make and not botch for a number of years. Now when we’re sitting in the living room and I haven’t made anything for dinner and we’re all hungry it’s my go to meal. It’s quick and filling and to me it will always be delicious… honestly if I was trapped on a deserted island and I could have one food for the rest of my life it would probably be pasta.

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

• 1 can Light Ragu No Sugar Added Tomato & Basil pasta sauce (The only premade kind I could find that doesn’t have dairy or soy)
• ½ pound ground beef
• ½ white or yellow onion
• ½ box of spaghetti noodles (I have yet to find a pasta that has dairy or soy so you should be fine here)
• Optional: Fresh asparagus  

Instructions:

1. Brown ground beef in a skillet over medium heat.
2. Dice onion and add to browning beef in skillet.
3. While beef is cooking fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Once water is boiling turn temperature down to medium heat and add pasta. Cook according to package direction, likely 7-12 minutes. Drain the water from the pasta when finished cooking.
4. Once beef is browned drain the fat and add the Ragu sauce to the meat, continue to heat over medium until the sauce is warm.
5. Serve by adding pasta to a plate and covering with sauce.

Cooking Asparagus

1. Take each stalk of fresh asparagus and apply a light pressure toward the middle/bottom of the stalk. It should snap and the tough bottom part of the stalk can be discarded.
2. Layer the stalks on a microwavable dish and fill the bottom of the dish with a ½ cup of water or until the stalk are touching the water but not covered by it.
3. Cover the plate with plastic wrap and microwave for 2 minutes. Serve immediately.

Diary Free Soy Free Oven Baked Fajitas

I think fajitas are great and I was really excited when I saw this oven baked version.  Using the oven means a lot less time in the kitchen and lot less oil in my food.  They turned out beautifully and I’ll make them again for sure.  I didn’t add cheese or sour cream to mine (obviously) and they were still amazing, but it was easy for my husband to add them to his. 

This recipe has been adapted from Real Mom Kitchen – Oven Baked Chicken Fajitas

Ingredients

• 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips – I find that if you are thawing frozen chicken, it’s much easier to cut into strips after defrosting it a couple of minutes but when the chicken is still mostly frozen.  Finish defrosting after it’s cut into strips.
• 2 Tbsp canola oil
• 2 tsp chili powder
• ½ tsp garlic powder
• ½ tsp dried oregano
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 (15 oz) can diced tomatoes
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• 1 large bell pepper, seeded and sliced
• 12 Tortilla Land tortillas

Instructions 

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  
2. Slice chicken into strips and layer them on the bottom of an greased 13X9 baking dish. 
3. Combine oil, chili powder, garlic powder, oregano and salt in a small dish.
4. Spoon the mixture over the chicken and stir to coat.
5. Mix in the tomatoes, peppers and onions.
6. Bake uncovered for 20-25 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and the vegetable are soft.  
7. Serve with tortillas.  

These are the only dairy and soy free tortillas I've found.  I got them at Costco and they are the kind that are premade but you have to cook for a few minutes in the frying pan.