Pinterest recipe #1

Along with almost all women my age, I have a pinterest account. I find this site very fun and helpful in my homemaking. I particularly enjoy the DIY home decor and the recipes on a budget.

When we first got married my red meat eating husband and my white meat only self made an agreement for kitchen chore distribution. He did most of the cooking and I cleaned the dishes. I thought this was working fine until one day out of the blue Brad mentioned frustration with the fact that he would like to come home to a prepared meal. TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE!!!!! However, this new transfer of cooking responsibilities posed quite a problem. I only know how to cook foods I like to eat, and that will hardly sustain my stake and and potatoes raised cowboy. So, here I am. Thankful for the age of technology where I can look up recipes for the cooking challenged, and keep myself entertained by blogging about my endeavors.

My first attempt was a pot roast which ended up being delicious but later I found out that although it is the right color meat it is not one of my dear husbands favorites... On to the next:) Brad was touched by my intentions though and mentioned offhandedly one day that he loved his "Mississippi mud pie" and if i ever learned to make that, he would love me forever. So, the next time he left for work I went to task finding the right "mud pie" recipe. This time it was a total success:)!!!

Today I tried another recipe that seemed yummy and Katie-doable!

 

Chicken & Spinach Pasta Bake

• 8 oz uncooked Pasta
• 1 T olive oil
• 1 c chopped onion
• 1 (10 oz) pack frozen spinach, thawed
• 3 c cubed, cooked chicken breasts
• 1 (14 oz) can Italian-style diced tomatoes, drained
• 1 (8 oz) container Philadelphia chive & onion cream cheese
• ½ t salt, ½ t pepper
• 1½ c shredded mozzarella cheese

My twist on things: I did not use a onion b/c Brad and I neither one like it. I also have no clue how in the world to measure pasta so i guessed. Poor decision! Also, always trying to make healthy choices I used whole wheat pasta. ALSO a poor bad choice because I ended up with way too much pasta and it dried the whole dish out. Next time Ill do much less. I would also add 1 1/2 cups of mozzarella cheese mixed in to the dish and also COVER the whole dish with it. Although the recipe didn't specify I believe i would use bow-tie or scoop pasta..

 Simply put...

not a success but not a complete fail