Homemade Pasta and Lasagna From Scratch!

Once I learned how to make homemade pasta, there was no going back! This dough is so easy to make and tastes so much better than store bought! The ingredient list is short and all it requires is a little elbow grease and love.

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

3 eggs

1-2 TBSP oil

1/8 tsp salt

Here is the Lasagna! This is a great recipe to sneak in veggies for your whole family!

For the sauce:

2 TBSP butter

1 garlic clove, minced

1/8 onion, minced

1/4 c red cooking wine

3-4 oz sliced mushrooms

1 c of other vegetables (broccoli, chopped zucchini, carrots, green peppers, ect), optional

seasonings

For the cheese spread:

1 (8oz) pkg cream cheese

1 cup chopped kale, raw

1 cup broccoli, raw

Layer pasta, sauce, veggies, cheese spread and top with shredded cheese.

Bake in oven @ 400 F for 45 minutes.

ENJOY!!

Strawberry Adventures

We are blessed to live in an area where food is plentiful! We are surrounded by strawberries, blueberries, peanuts, and so many other small farm operations. I am thankful for this proximity to "the country" so I can raise my kids to know where their food comes from.

Last year Raylen sat in the fields and ate berry after berry to his hearts' content. This year, he got to help pick! that was so much fun! By next year, we will have all three of them running around picking [mostly eating] berries!

This great little farm is only 20 minutes from our house and is the perfect drive for a fun trip every couple of weeks. I hope we get to take advantage of it this summer!

Stay tuned for recipes we plan to use our strawberries for. These include strawberry pie, chocolate covered strawberries, and strawberry ice cream!!

Some other recipes we like are strawberry lemonade, strawberry shortcake, and freezer jam. I am hoping to stock my freezer with jam so that I don't have to buy any from the store this year! We shall see.

March Grocery Haul Week 3

This week I should be coming in at a total of about $60 spent on around $95 worth of wholesome and some stock up groceries!!

Here's what we are eating for dinner:

Meatless Monday: Creamy Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna

Taco Tuesday: Beef Tacos

Whatever Wednesday: @ Mom's or leftovers

Italian Thursday: Salmon with Mango Salsa and Rice (or quinoa)

[We are having fish Thursday since Friday is date night.]

Fish Friday: DATE NIGHT

Grillin' Saturday: Homemade Bun-less Burgers with slaw and Baked Potato Bar

Soup Sunday: Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese

Here is what we are having this week for lunch.

I am trying to be better about planning lunches and this is my first week actually writing it out. let's see if we can stick to it.

Kyle

Monday: OOT

Tuesday: OOT

Wednesday: OOT

Thursday: Wrap and Fruit

Friday: Burrito Bowls

Saturday: Egg Salad Sandwiches

Sunday: Eat out

Shani and Raylen

Monday: Leftovers

Tuesday: Leftover Lasagna

Wednesday: Quesadillas

Thursday: Wraps

Friday: Burrito Bowls

Saturday: Egg Salad Sandwiches

Sunday: Eat out

There's the plan for the week! If you have any recipe ideas, please send them my way. I am always looking to try new ones.

Happy saving and see y'all next time!