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ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is lower in fat, while ground pork is often less expensive.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated cheese blend

Nutritional yeast is lower in calories and adds a cheesy flavor, while a cheese blend can be more budget-friendly.

Boil cavatappi pasta until al dente, then drain and set aside to cool.

Add shredded carrots, chopped zucchini, red onion, basil, and shredded mozzarella to the cooled pasta.

Make a mayonnaise-based dressing by mixing organic mayonnaise, tomato sauce, red wine vinegar, salt, pepper, and garlic powder together.

Mix the dressing into the pasta salad, reserving some dressing in a mason jar for later use to prevent the salad from becoming runny.

Add meatballs made from a mixture of pork, beef, Parmesan cheese, parsley, and garlic to the pasta salad.

Toss everything together until well combined.

Prepare dessert by layering Nilla wafers at the bottom of a mason jar, followed by homemade pudding made with cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk.

Continue layering with more Nilla wafers and pudding until the jar is filled.

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