Cooking the day away...

Good evening guys :) How was your day? Mine was decent. I was able to take some time today to do a little cookin'! But before I start there is WI to attend to. I forgot to WI yesterday morning, as I had a horrible night sleep before and slept in, so I  weighed in today as usual. I was 299.6 :( I'm hoping it's just Aunt Flo messing up my numbers, but next week will be the true tell.

Speaking of womanly matters (sorry if this is TMI) but after reading Jillian Michael's book it has me questioning my use of the birth control pill. I've been on it for so long but to be honest I've never felt great about being on it. I went on it initially as a teenager to help control my extreme cramps. I am really not keen on having to use condoms as full time protection from pregnancy, and we are not trying to get pregnant right now. I saw a commercial for a new pill that is suppose to have only 10mcg of estrogen (mine right now is 30mcg)  Have any of you tried/or are taking this low dose pill? If so did you notice any changes once switching? Any insight would be appreciated!!

Okay, so back to the food!

I started off making 1 batch of eggplant meatballs...

























And 1 batch of eggplant mini loafs. I individually wrapped them into single servings and froze them all for quick meals. We love them!

Here was today's meals:




















 B-fast: Toast waffle with egg and cheese and a coffee.
















3 sweet little clementines




















 I tried out this soup I bought at Costco recently. When I was in line purchasing it the woman behind me commented that it is wonderful soup with amazing flavors but she warned me that it is VERY spicy!! She recommended that I add something to it to tone it down. I almost put it back, as I consider myself to be someone who can only handle little to moderate heat in anything. I'm really happy I bought it!! It does have wonderful flavors and I did find it had a little punch to it but I didn't add anything to it and my mouth wasn't burning at all! It tastes exactly the same as the Massaman curry paste I by from my local farmers market in the summer :) It would be super delicious with some added leftover brown rice, quinoa, shrimp or even cubed sweet potato! I recommend checking it out. It's 4pt+/cup and has very clean ingredients.

Place in the boiling noodle water for approx 1-2min to soften.
Remove and set aside.

Boil noodles until they are Al dente. Don't over cook!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
While noodles are cooking place the ricotta, red peppers, cooked spinach, and artichokes in a medium size bowl.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mix until well blended. Once noodles are cooked, remove and place flat on cutting board to cool.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Once cooled to touch place even amounts of filling onto each noodle (approx.3 Tbsp) Gently wrap folding from the bottom of the filling.