Mango Turkey Spaghetti

Blogging recipes seems to be a popular thing to do, so I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon and start including some here.  I wouldn't say I like to cook, but I'm a big fan of eating.  In order to get my money's worth in a meal, I'll cook it myself then have plenty of leftovers for several days rather than eating out all the time.  I'm one to follow a recipe once or twice, then modify or wing it.  Thus the case with one of my favorite dishes to make, spaghetti.  It is now the night before Mud Hero and I figured I'd carb load to have plenty of energy for tomorrow.  My typical spaghetti usually contains chicken breast, ground pork or ground turkey.  I don't cook with ground beef, because it triggers my ulcerative colitis, so I avoid beef altogether.  I usually add some of the following, garlic, white onion, mushrooms, spinach, zucchini, various spices and of course pasta sauce.  Having made skewers a few times in the last 6 weeks and adding mango to the mix, I decided to include this ingredient in my spaghetti this evening.  I googled mango spaghetti and came up empty.  I even searched those ingredients at allrecipes.com, again without success.  I find it hard to believe that no one has thought to add mango to their spaghetti sauce, but I'm sure some people have but never recorded it to the internet.  Well here is my somewhat recipe.

1/2 White Onion, chopped
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
A bunch of mushrooms, sliced
1 Zucchini, shredded
1 Tube of ground turkey
1-2 cups of frozen mango, cubed
Spices: Garlic powder, seasoning salt, ground pepper, crushed peppers, oregano

In a pot, on medium, cook garlic, onion and mushrooms in some olive oil, stirring occasionally.  Add ground turkey and seasonings to taste and cook on high until browned.  In a separate pot, boil water with some olive oil and add spaghetti.  I usually break them in half.  Back to the sauce, shred zucchini into the pot and stir.  Add pasta sauce and stir.  Add mango, stir, cover, lower temp to medium stirring occasionally.  Once pasta is cooked, drain.  Remove sauce from from heat and cool.  Serve with sauce on the pasta.  Feel free to wing it and add or omit ingredients to your own taste. 

I hope my "recipe" doesn't sound as silly as it does to me.  I'm no cordon bleu, but I try.  And it taste delicious to me.  I think it took me about 35-45 min to prepare from start to finish.  I found that the mango added a hint of sweetness to the dish.  I did enjoy it, but I think I cubed the mango into too small of pieces.  Next time I'll leave the cubes a bit bigger, that way they won't lose as much flavor to the sauce.   

Mango Turkey Spaghetti