No pictures today, but life's been crazy busy recently. Been working at a temp job that's giving me overtime and weekends, but not much in the cash department.. not good. At least I have a well stocked freezer, and a tiny emergency fund that will come in handy in the next several weeks.
Today (after doing some work), I felt like cooking, and ransacked the freezer for inspiration. I grabbed the leftover lasagna noodles, a half of a meat loaf, a small back of spinach, and the frozen grated mozzarella.. and the bag of manicotti. I picked up the manicotti (premade, no sauce) for $10. It will make a lot of meals, I still have half of the bag in the freezer. I only used 9 of them. In one (square) pan, I made manicotti with home made tomato sauce (I canned for the first time this past summer, and what a difference between that and canned! mine is sooooo yummy!) topped with mozzarella and grated parmesan. In a loaf pan, I made a lasagna with the spinach, and the meat loaf sliced thin (about 1.5 cm thick). I used a jar of store bought pasta sauce, and some of the cottage cheese I had in the fridge.
Healthy premade lunches for next week. Yay!
My next step is to make iced tea to take with me next week, and breakfasts.. I hate to eat before I leave, I find it gives me an upset stomach. .. so, anyone have ideas for breakfasts?
