Learning to Live Simply...On Purpose: This week's meals (Nov. 6-12)

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

This week's meals (Nov. 6-12)

My inspiration for this weeks meals? A Prevention magazine (Nov. 2011) that my husband picked up for me at Walmart along with a Whole Foods menu planner from http://www.onceamonthmom.com/. These things allowed me to plan out 15 meals to cover the whole month of November. I was able to plan ahead, find deals, and use coupons. Plus I know exactly what I'll be cooking, so no excuses for eating out! :)
Sunday- Pasta and Cheese Layer Bake
               What you need:
                jar tomato sauce (or make your own)
                box of rotini pasta
                cottage cheese
                1 cup parmesan cheese
                1/2 cup mozarella cheese
                2 cloves garlic chopped (or 2 small spoonfuls of minced garlic)

dried basil (about 2 tsp.)

Cook rotini pasta. Meanwhile mix a cup of cottage cheese with about a 1/2 cup of parmesan

cheese, dried basil, and 2 cloves garlic. Cover the bottom of a medium casserole dish

with tomato sauce, then add a layer of pasta, layer of cottage cheese mixture, and then start over
ending with tomato sauce. Top it off with mozarella and parmesan cheese. Cover with aluminum

foil and bake at 350 for about 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 10-15 min.

Monday- mother-in-law cooked :)