In my morning post, I briefly mentioned that we had lasagna for dinner last night. One good thing about making lasagna for only two people?
Leftovers!
I was pumped to dig into our leftover lasagna around lunchtime today.
It doesn’t look like typical lasagna does it?
Well, that’s because there was a little less marinara sauce and a lot more butternut squash!
(And yes, it basically fell apart as I was trying to plate it. Leftovers will do that to ya!)
I made the lasagna last night by following a recipe for winter squash lasagna that I tore out of Woman’s Day magazine at the gym last week.
I followed the recipe almost exactly, only I used whole wheat lasagna noodles and substituted frozen spinach for fresh spinach.
(I made sure to drain the water out of the frozen spinach before adding it to the ricotta and mozzarella mixture because Ryan and I have neglected to do so in the past and were left with super watery lasagna.)
One thing I loved about this lasagna? The cheese to noodle ratio! Sure the noodles were good, but I love how there was so much ricotta cheese in the recipe that you could barely see the noodles underneath all the cheesy glory. That’s my kind of lasagna!
Both Ryan and I said we’d gladly make it again and it was ready in less than 45 minutes which is pretty great for homemade lasagna!
Cookie Recipe Link Up
And now for some fun!
I am going to a cookie exchange party on Saturday night and REALLY want to bring some fun and delicious cookies to share.
I know many of you out there are always in the market for new, yummy cookie recipes (especially around the holidays) and I thought a holiday cookie recipe link up might be fun!
If you have a cookie (or bar) recipe that you absolutely love and think needs to be shared, please link to it or share it in the comments section below.
I’m hoping to follow one of your recipes for this weekend’s party!
Here is my contribution to the link up:
Not exactly a cookie recipe I know, but they’re always a hit anytime I bring them to a cookie exchange! People love their Oreos!
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You are right, people love their oreo’s! My recipe also happens to use oreos… Oreo Cookie Chocolate Bark. Watch out, it’s addicting!
http://www.mydailyrandomness.com/2011/12/holiday-goodies-oreo-cookie-chocolate.html
Sometimes I get tired of having the same traditional cookies over and over. But, I make a fantastic walnut-filled cookie that is always the first to go on the cookie spread! They were a family tradition when I was a little girl. If you like WALNUTS, then you’ll LOVE these cookies 🙂
http://shabbottshabits.com/2011/the-great-food-blogger-cookie-swap-2/
You obviously have a ton of cookies to select from, but I wanted to link to these, too. They’re reindeer cookies (because they look like reindeer…not because they’re made with reindeer ;)). I used a Cooking Light recipe to make the actual cookie, which is a sweet and salty peanut and chocolate chunk cookie…it uses course sea salt which REALLY makes the cookie. I made these last week for our work holiday party and everyone was still raving about them…even better since they’re lower calorie!
http://www.runningonwaffles.com/2011/12/10/reindeer-cookies/
Those cookies look so delicious! Oatmeal craisin cookies are my favorite. The perfect amount of rich flavors with a fruity tart kick to make them oh so delicious!
http://gabbybladdick.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/stl-pride/
What a fun idea!
I know I’m super proud of my great grandma’s crescent cookie recipe! http://runningaroundnormal.com/?p=10270
This is such a cool idea and I have an amazing recipe to share but I’m totally late jumping on the bandwagon! Are you keeping this open for a while or planning to do another link up a little closer to Christmas?
These M&M cookies have become my new favorite: http://notsodomesticated.com/mm-cookies-rock/
And probably my favorite dessert that I’ve ever made: http://notsodomesticated.com/pumpkin-whoopie-pies/
Do whoopie pies count as cookies? Because I think they should. 😉
I made these cinnamon oatmeal raisin cookies spontaneously one night and they were awesome! So thick and chewy and perfect!
http://bit.ly/qLsOpS
I’m a little late on linking up, but I promise that you (and your readers) won’t want to miss this Christmas Cookie Bark that I made a few weeks back. I’m gifting this to all of my extended family and friends. It’s AMAZING. http://www.dailydishblog.com/2011/12/cookie-exchange-recipe.html
I made these yesterday, and if you like mint+chocolate combo they are AWESOME!
http://haveyourcakeblog.com/2011/12/17/mint-kiss-stuffed-chocolate-cookies/
My stepmom has the BEST recipes! We just made snowballs:
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and peanut butter kiss cookies:
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Both recipes can be found in this post:
http://girlgoneveggie.com/?p=1117
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