Lowering the Feed Limit

We’re not going to talk about how Weight Watchers was due to a bad (high) number on the scale which is in no way indicative how how I’ve been saying on program.

Today, kiddies, we’re going to talk about food!!!

I always put something in the crockpot on Sundays because we go to 6 pm mass. Beloved and the Girl sing in the contemporary choir at 6 but they have to be there at 5 for rehearsal. This makes eating dinner problematic for us.

Anyway, on a suggestion from a friend on plurk, I found this site: A Year of Crockpotting. I love my crock pot. Always have, even when I was such a lazy housekeeper that I had to put a chore card in my box that said, “Wash crock pot.” If I hadn’t had that card, sometimes the crock pot would sit for days with dead food in it.

Okay, that was my confession for the day!

Anyway, this summer I’ve been using the crock pot on Thursdays, too. Thursday is the day the Boy has piano lessons at 3 and art lessons at 6. Since Beloved doesn’t get home until after we leave for art, that means that I couldn’t start dinner until after 7 and the crock pot is just easier.

I found this recipe: Super Easy Crock Pot Lasagna. We tried this last night.

Now, first off, it was yummy and easy.

I went to the store first thing yesterday morning to get the supplies. I looked for very lean hamburger or ground turkey, but for some reason at 7:30 am, our grocery store had nothing like this. Side note: the latest flyer says ground turkey is on sale this week!

So, since I didn’t want to try running around to some other store, I got creative and bought a bag of broccoli slaw.

Other than that, I made this (oh, wait, I got fat free cottage cheese instead of ricotta) just as she said, layering everything and turning the crock pot on low.

It was yummy. The noodles were a little mushy, so I may have put too much water in, but it tasted good and got the family’s approval. The great thing, okay two great things:

1. No meat, so we can eat it tonight, too! (Sweet!)
2. Only 6 points according to WW Recipe Builder, the way I made it!

Next – Rice Krispie Treats in the crock pot???