I just made this great pasta for Dennis' lunch tomorrow, so good and so good for you!
Ranae’s Undercover Alfredo Florentine
½ pack fat free cream cheese, or whole tub of better n’ cream cheese soy cream cheese substitute
½ cup veggie broth
1 heaping spoonful of Nayonaise (soy mayo)
Minced garlic or garlic powder to taste (I use 4 cloves)
optional – a few splashes of jalapeño Tabasco sauce
1 can white kidney beans, drained (i promise you'll never know!!)
3-4 cups fresh baby spinach – big stems removed, julienned or ½ bag frozen spinach
Wheat germ – toasted or untoasted for sprinkling on top
Cooked, drained whole wheat pasta (I use Barilla Plus for extra protein)
In a sauce pan over medium heat, add all ingredients except spinach, pasta and wheat germ and blend with an immersion blender – if you don’t have one just pop everything in the food processor before adding to pan until it is a creamy smooth consistency. Stir in spinach let simmer over medium until spinach is mostly thawed/wilted. Pour mixture over pasta in glass casserole dish sprayed with cooking spray. Sprinkle on wheat germ and veggie parm if desired. Bake at 350 for around 25 minutes.
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5. Call my Granny more often
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10. take dennis on his first trip to disneyworld (0/1)
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19. get my passport
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21. get my rings sized down
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23. send 10 "just because" gifts (1/10)
24. finish 3 previously started craft projects (1/3)
25. learn to use my sewing machine (1/1)
26. give blood 6 times (1/6)
27. learn to purl (as in knit and purl) (1/1)
28. laugh until i cry (1/1)
29. change the flowers on my dad's grave every month (0/33)
30. soak at berkeley springs (0/1)
31. exercise 3 times a week (0/429)
32. grow my hair out to donate for locks of love (0/1)
34. participate in a memory walk (0/1)
35. particpate in relay for life again (1/1)
36. drop groceries off anonymously for someone i know who really needs it (0/1)
37. go to the italian heritage festival (1/1)
38. ride the train at cass (0/1)
39. buy for someone off the angel tree annually (1/2)
40. send my mom a funny card each month (0/33)
41. learn how to use, and make 1 spreadsheet on Access (0/1)
42. use my crockpot everyday for thirty days (0/30)
43. go on a 30 mile bike ride at least once (0/1)
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45. get my wedding dress cleaned and preserved (0/1)
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48. develop a weekly cleaning schedule (0/1)
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50. donate 50,000 grains of rice (1000/50,000)
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53. after getting him GCC certified, use him as a therapy dog 6 times (0/6)
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57. go to the theatre with my mom (0/1)
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71. get a portrait taken of my husband and brother for my mom (0/1)
72. blog 101 things that make me happy (0/101)
73. bake bread once a week (2/143)
74. try pumpkin ravioli (1/1)
75. get a hot stone massage (0/1)
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78. finish an embroidery project (0/1)
79. brush max twice a week (0/286)
80. ride my bike on the rail trail from enterprise to morgantown (0/1)
81. make my own seitan (0/1)
82. borrow my brother in law's saxophone and learn to play again (0/1)
83. learn 1 song on the trumpet
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85. get all my craft things organized (0/1)
86. fill out an address book (0/1)
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90. sheen stripe the wall in my futurenursery office (0/1)
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92. vacuumn once a week (0/143)
93. taste 10 things i "don't think" i'd like (10/10)
94. get an acupuncture treatment (0/1)
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96. buy tea from an old friend (0/1)
97. read harry potter goblet of fire, order of the phoenix, half-blood prince, and deathly hallows (0/4)
98. take the italian language and cooking class from fairmont state
99. see 10 plays even if i have to go alone (0/10)
100. get my WVU diploma(s) framed (0/3)
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8. rescue a 2nd shih tzu (1/1)
9. go to hawaii (0/1)
10. take dennis on his first trip to disneyworld (0/1)
11. donate something to the humane society every month (0/33)
12. fit into something from the woman's side of the gap (0/1)
13. walk my dog at least once a week (0/143)
14. volunteer at the humane society 5 times (0/5)
15. do an art project with my nephew (1/1)
16. take a dance class (1/1)
17. have real thai food (0/1)
18. take 2 classes i love just for fun (0/2)
19. get my passport
20. go 30 straight days without spending any money (1/30)
21. get my rings sized down
22. host 2 dinner parties (0/2)
23. send 10 "just because" gifts (1/10)
24. finish 3 previously started craft projects (1/3)
25. learn to use my sewing machine (1/1)
26. give blood 6 times (1/6)
27. learn to purl (as in knit and purl) (1/1)
28. laugh until i cry (1/1)
29. change the flowers on my dad's grave every month (0/33)
30. soak at berkeley springs (0/1)
31. exercise 3 times a week (0/429)
32. grow my hair out to donate for locks of love (0/1)
34. participate in a memory walk (0/1)
35. particpate in relay for life again (1/1)
36. drop groceries off anonymously for someone i know who really needs it (0/1)
37. go to the italian heritage festival (1/1)
38. ride the train at cass (0/1)
39. buy for someone off the angel tree annually (1/2)
40. send my mom a funny card each month (0/33)
41. learn how to use, and make 1 spreadsheet on Access (0/1)
42. use my crockpot everyday for thirty days (0/30)
43. go on a 30 mile bike ride at least once (0/1)
44. do hatha yoga every day (1/1001)
45. get my wedding dress cleaned and preserved (0/1)
46. have 5 servings of fruits and veggies a day (1/1001)
47. clean my house martha stewart style from top to bottom (0/1)
48. develop a weekly cleaning schedule (0/1)
49. stick to cleaning schedule for 8 weeks (0/8)
50. donate 50,000 grains of rice (1000/50,000)
51. write a blog entry for every completed item (0/101)
52. get max certified as a good canine citizen (0/1)
53. after getting him GCC certified, use him as a therapy dog 6 times (0/6)
54. go shopping with my sister-in-laws (1/1)
55. take my mom to whole foods and trader joes (1/1)
56. take my mom to ikea (1/1)
57. go to the theatre with my mom (0/1)
58. eat at pies and pints (1/1)
59. try one new recipe a week (2/143)
60. buy a new fruit, veggie or healthy product at the grocery store each week (0/143)
61. do something every week for the greater good (1/143)
62. blog about what i do for #61 (0/143)
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65. go to the pittsburgh zoo (1/1)
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67. throw pottery 6 times (0/6)
68. go to a wvu homecoming game (0/1)
69. donate something to the church in my dad's honor (0/1)
70. sell 5 things on etsy (2/5)
71. get a portrait taken of my husband and brother for my mom (0/1)
72. blog 101 things that make me happy (0/101)
73. bake bread once a week (2/143)
74. try pumpkin ravioli (1/1)
75. get a hot stone massage (0/1)
76. perform 50, random, anonymous acts of kindness (0/50)
77. have an entirely homemade gifts christmas (0/1)
78. finish an embroidery project (0/1)
79. brush max twice a week (0/286)
80. ride my bike on the rail trail from enterprise to morgantown (0/1)
81. make my own seitan (0/1)
82. borrow my brother in law's saxophone and learn to play again (0/1)
83. learn 1 song on the trumpet
84. put 5 things on freecycle (5/5)
85. get all my craft things organized (0/1)
86. fill out an address book (0/1)
87. use a coupon at the grocery store every week (1/143)
88. go to church once a month (0/33)
89. make 5 things each from my 5 newest cookbooks (1/25)
90. sheen stripe the wall in my future
91. make new pillow covers for my living room pillows (0/8)
92. vacuumn once a week (0/143)
93. taste 10 things i "don't think" i'd like (10/10)
94. get an acupuncture treatment (0/1)
95. see a movie in a theatre by myself (1/1)
96. buy tea from an old friend (0/1)
97. read harry potter goblet of fire, order of the phoenix, half-blood prince, and deathly hallows (0/4)
98. take the italian language and cooking class from fairmont state
99. see 10 plays even if i have to go alone (0/10)
100. get my WVU diploma(s) framed (0/3)
101. make another list to complete for the next 1001 days! (0/1)
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