I've been trying to be more pro-active with that question. I've printed a blank monthly calendar to fill in dinner plans for each night, also trying to use what we already have. It's been helping, but I need to get out of the rut of the same few options, so I subscribed to The Homemaking Cottage. I spent an evening on the couch with my laptop perusing the Recipe section while my son watched movies. This one sounded like a good option for nights when I won't be able to spend time cooking. Although I have a tendancy to adapt recipes to our needs and what's on hand, so mine was a bit different. It's in the crock pot now, I'll have to leave a comment about how we liked it.
Someone gave us a couple of spaghetti squash, so I used one instead of noodles. I split it and placed it in the crockpot with water for a few hours on high. It might not have needed that long, but I was doing other things. Then I oiled the crock pot, scraped the squash into a bowl and added the eggs and paremesan cheese. I used ricotta cheese and spicy Italian sausage. I forgot to buy sauce (hey, I had 3 preschoolers in the cart!) so I used diced tomatoes, drained. I layered everything and topped with a bit more parmesan. When it's almost time to serve it I will put the shreeded cheese on top. If I had really been on the ball I would have put some bread in the machine. Oops!
Oh I am stealing that spaghetti squash recipe for tonight!!!
ReplyDeleteTHANKS! Dinner Plan = DONE!!
Didja like it? We did.
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