Ww Core Pasta With Eggplant

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 3 crushed fresh garlic cloves (to taste)
• 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1/4 cup fresh basil
• 1 eggplant, cut very small with skin on
• 1 lb 93% fat free lean ground turkey or 1 lb ground beef
• whole wheat penne (or your favorite pasta)

Recipe

• 1 this comes together quickly. start boiling your water for the pasta before cooking the sauce otherwise you'll be sitting around waiting for your pasta to be done.
• 2 brown ground turkey or beef in its own pan. set aside.
• 3 in new pan, add olive oil and cook crushed garlic. add can of tomatoes & tomato paste. the tomato paste is just for thickness so add till you get your desired thickness. add fresh basil.
• 4 turn down heat to simmer until sauce thickens a bit. add ground beef/turkey and eggplant.
• 5 serve over whole wheat pasta.