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Excellent dish! 99.9% of recipes that sound good to me, I will inevitably tweak to my own taste & likes, which I also did here. I'm not a fan of turkey, so I used Hot Italian Ground Pork Sausage; added fresh sliced baby bella mushrooms; 1 TBSP minced Garlic; small red pepper cut into thin strips (didn't used yellow pepper); omitted salt & pepper and used 1 TBSP Italian Seasoning; then to thicken it up, I added around 1 cup of Ragu. I ate it like spaghetti over linguine pasta. For me, this turned out to be a delicious, glorified spaghetti dish! YUM!<\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2022-08-27","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"Rebecca2505"},"reviewBody":"Delish! Super picky eater here! Turkey doesnt even taste like turkey! Did everything kinda the same just in different order, added a splash of white wine and fennel and rosemary. I think I am gonna put in a casserole dish and top with a little parm...","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2024-04-04","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"Jennifer084"},"reviewBody":"
This is a healthy and tasty recipe that is easy to make. The Italian turkey sausage added unique flavor. <\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2021-07-21","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"Cathy076"},"reviewBody":"Made it with Italian potatoes & garlic bread.","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":4,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2021-07-14","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"Annette368"},"reviewBody":"What a great way to use our garden vegetables !! 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