It’s meatless Monday! It’s also another Rachael Ray recipe day. I’ve never had this dish before, but Rachael caught my attention when she mentioned in her Express Lane Meals cookbook that it’s a traditional Italian dish. It’s basically spaghetti noodles and a tomato sauce that includes chickpeas. It was…different. One thing it was for sure is healthy! I used whole wheat noodles, and one serving of chickpeas has seven grams of fiber! Those Italians know how to do it right.
True to my goal for the summer of learning to cook more seafood, I attempted my second shrimp recipe. Our first shrimp dish, Shrimp Fettucine Alfredo, was DEFINITELY a hit, and gave us motivation to keep experimenting with seafood. This recipe for baked coconut shrimp was just as delicious!
My husband and I may no longer be children, nor do we have children of our own, but sometimes, we just want nothing more than a big mess of Sloppy Joes served on a toasted, buttered bun.
Here is another great Meatless Monday recipe to add to your list. It is ooey and gooey and cheesy and yummy!
I know there are a plethora of chicken casseroles out there, but my mom’s chicken casserole (made up mostly of Campbell’s ingredients) is the one I always return to. Mister Spice loves it more than any other chicken casserole I’ve ever fixed, which seems crazy because it’s made of canned chicken! Anyways, it’s super easy to whip up and is great for leftovers.
It’s Meatless Monday! Herb and I don’t always stick to this, but we do make an effort to have at least 1 meatless meal a week, and we like to do it on Monday so we can exclaim that it’s Meatless Monday. My friend Lindsay at Vegan Yumminess would be proud!
This is a recipe that Herb and I use often. We love it because twice baked potatoes are so versatile - they are great made with a variety of ingredients from veggies to meats to cheeses. It’s easy to mix it up! Though broccoli cheese is usually what we use in our twice baked potatoes, we’ve also added red peppers, mushrooms, different cheeses (Parmesan is great), and even ground beef.
You may have read in my 20 questions post on Monday that I’m still slightly intimidated by seafood. We just never really fixed it at my house growing up, mainly because my mom and Sister Spice don’t really like fish, although they do enjoy shrimp and some seafood. Anyway, I have vowed to learn to make some good seafood and I thought I would start small - with frozen shrimp.
I love steak, and I love it fixed in any way possible, but when I saw a recipe for steak with orange sauce in my Taste of Home cookbook, I knew I had to try it, and I made several adjustments to make it my own, and the recipe is as follows:
I love lasagna, and I love it fixed all different ways. These lasagna roll-ups are a meatless take on a traditional lasagna; whole wheat lasagna noodles packed with low-fat ricotta cheese and spinach…hearty, healthy, and tasty!
June 17th, 2013 
