Pasta with Sausage in A Tomato Cream Sauce

I made this recently and sort of guessed and hoped my my through it, but it came out great. I cook almost everything in a large frying pan (14"). This goes well with a good crusty bread.

3-4 Sausage (your choice, I generally use a poultry-based)
olive oil (enough to just cover bottom of pan)
pasta (again your choice. I use stuff that is easily picked up and eaten by a toddler)
sauce (1 jar, nothing too complex. Prego Tomato Basil, or Roasted Red Pep. and Garlic)
1 cup heavy whipping cream

Directions:

1. coat bottom of pan with olive oil
2. cook sausage until nearly done
3. remove sausage from pan, reduce heat to low and add tomato sauce to the pan.
4. cut up sausage, add back to pan.
5. while heating sauce/sausage cook pasta very al dente (shorten cook time by about 2 minutes)
6. add heavy whipping cream to sauce/sausage, blend in.
7. add pasta to the mix, cover, cook about 5 more minutes
8. eat.

Cheesy Turkey Loaf

This is one of our favorites. It's a bastardization of a recipe from an old Armour's MEAT Cook Book. Serve with mashed potatoes. Enjoy:

1 lb ground turkey
1/2 c dry bread crumbs
1 egg
1/2 c milk
1/2 c chopped bell pepper (any color, we like orange)
1/2 c chopped onion or celery (or both)
1 c shredded cheddar, divided (I frequently use cheddar blends)
dash of celery salt
dash of paprika (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Mix all ingredients, but reserve 1/4 c cheese.
3. Shape into loaf in loaf pan.
4. Bake for 45 minutes.
5. Top with remaining cheese, bake for 10 additional minutes.
6. Eat.

Shepherd's Pie v1

We like Shepherds pie 'round here, so I'll probably post a few varieties. This one is pretty simple and quick. I like quick. Good helps too, as well as easy. This recipe fits two out of three. I'll let you decide which.

Shepherd's Pie v1
~1 lb ground meat of choice
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 can condensed vegetable soup
Season to taste (thyme, parsley, pepper, celery salt, lay off the salt)
3 Cups mashed potatoes (instant works fine)
1 cup shredded cheese (Colby, Jack, Cheddar, a blend perhaps)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 2 quart baking dish.
2. In a large skillet over med-high heat, cook meat, onion, and celery, drain.
3. Pour meat into baking dish with soup and seasonings, stir together well.
4. Spread mashed potatoes on top.
5. Bake 20 minutes. Sprinkle cheese on, and bake 5 more minutes.
6. Eat