Meaty Spaghetti

I feel bad that Meatlover always has to have a vegatarian spaghetti.  This night I decided he would get meat with his spaghetti.  He loved it.  He always puts shredded cheese on his spaghetti which is just odd to me.  I tried to do it too, but I think I like parm better.  What do you guys think?

Creamy Spinach Penne

So I branched out and made this creamy spinach penne.  I started by cooking up some whole wheat penne.  Then in another pan I melted a few tablespoons of butter and added some flour to make a rue.  I let the flour cook out and added some milk, salt, pepper, and nutmeg.  I let that cook and mixed in some drained and thawed frozen spinach.  Then I just mixed it alltogether and added a little parm. It was good, but I think next time I will add some cheese to the white sauce.  It needed a little more flavor. 
What kind of cheese would you suggest?

Meatlover likes Pesto!

I'm always trying to introduce Meatlover to things he has never tried before. Yesterday he tried pesto on spagetti. He said he liked it but he liked it better with some tomato sauce added to it. Im glad he is trying new things and liking them..it opens so many doors!

A Disney Pasta Dinner

So I wish all of our dinners could look like this. These dinners were served on our Simba and Ariel children's plate and bowel sets. It keeps the portions small and forces me to add the fruits and veggies. Mine is the one on the left. It has cucumber and a little sour cream ranch, strawberries, and pasta with a mix of garlic alfredo and EVOO. Meatlover has spaghetti minus the meat, carrots, and strawberries. Meatlover would have had meat but I forgot to make it. UH OH..my bad!

Pasta, Pasta, Pasta

We have sort of been on a pasta kick around here lately. Its cheep and oh so filling. Here is meatlovers lunch from earlier this week. It contains the pasta we have been eating almost every meal, spaghetti. He also has strawberries and carrots. So filling, So little points. This was about 5 or 6 in total! The blue container in the picture is where we are keeping our cooked noodles. We have been making up a big batch and keeping it in the fridge so we can eat it whenever. Its been working very well.