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cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Reduced-fat cheese lowers calories while processed cheese is often cheaper.

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is leaner, while ground pork is often less expensive.

Chop zucchini, squash, and onion; peel zucchini and squash to make them less noticeable in the dish.

Defrost 2 lb block of ground beef in cool water for about an hour; use half of it for this recipe and save the rest for later.

Heat a little vegetable oil in the Always Pan.

Add chopped zucchini and onion to the pan and cook for a few minutes to get a head start before adding the ground beef.

Add ground beef to the pan and brown it with the vegetables until fully cooked.

Remove half of the cooked mixture and store it in a glass container for later use.

Season the mixture in the pan with salt, black pepper, garlic, and about 1 tablespoon of ground mustard.

Add bow tie pasta to the pan; for every cup of pasta, add two cups of liquid.

Pour in 2 cups of chicken broth and 2 cups of tomato sauce (marinara) into the pan with the pasta.

Bring the mixture to a boil, then lower the heat to a simmer and cover the pan; cook for about 10 minutes until the pasta is done.

Shred 1-2 cups of cheddar cheese to add on top of the dish.

After the pasta is cooked, remove the lid and let it cook for a few more minutes to evaporate some of the liquid.

Add the shredded cheese on top and cover again to let it melt.

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