What an incredibly busy and productive day! I started the morning with a run--about 2 1/2 miles--with my friend, Colleen. Running and talking always gives me ideas for doing things I don't have time to do...and yet, I do! Today it was to organize all of my recipes in a binder, according to type. Over the past several weeks (and months and years), I have printed a gazillion recipes off the Internet. My Better Homes and Garden cookbook is crammed with loose sheets of paper and my recipe box is overflowing with magazine clippings. I never know where anything is when I need it, so I end up searching on-line again until I find it or something close. I am still searching for the perfect binder because the tabs actually stick out about an inch too far and that will bug me. In the meantime, though, I have a neatly organized system to help me perfect my culinary skills...for now! Tonight I tackle the stacks of magazines I have piled next to the couch. I'm ripping out what I want and pitching the remains!
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Motivated by my new binder, I decided on veggie lasagna for this week's recipe. I started out with some chopped onion, red pepper, garlic, and baby spinach (stems removed). The lasagna noodles are made from brown rice and are gluten free. From what I understand, gluten-free noodles tend to get mushy and slimy. These had the same consistency of regular noodles that I make for Brian's lasagna, and I didn't really notice a difference at all! I used this pasta sauce, not because it was organic, but because the spices were already added in and was sugar free.
I sauteed the veggies together and added the sauce after the spinach had wilted...amazing how such a huge bunch of spinach reduces to so little. As I prepared this, I was amazed that I was even considering eating it...Old Cher, again!
Then I did the typical layering of noodles, cheeses, and sauce, baking at 350 degrees for a half hour. (Aren't you getting hungry just looking at these pictures???) The final result was a very tasty and nutritious meal that I will now be able to pack for lunch the rest of this week! I even brought some for my good friend who initiated this dramatic change in me.
I whipped up a chopped salad and indulged in my half a can of Caffeine-Free Coke. I look forward to trying this again with some additional veggies.
As it stands, I have lost a couple of pounds but haven't noticed anything really dramatic, other than my wedding rings all fit better, so something must be going on!
Hope you had a great weekend and here's to a fabulous week!
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