What a difference a day (or 12 days) makes. It’s funny how much less I want sugar right now. I know just less than two weeks ago I was seriously jonesing for some sort of dessert (or 10) but today…meh. I will admit, I cheated this weekend. I was doing perfectly, and then my Visiting Teacher brought over peanut butter cookies that she’d made for me and it seemed so rude to just throw them away, so I ate them. And you know what? They were alright. They weren’t fabulous, I liked them, they were warm and chewy and sugary, but I could have not eaten them and been just fine.
I have found this whole experiment makes me look for things that I can eat. As opposed to looking for recipes of this that are sugary I end up looking for dinner recipes so I can make something new to drool over. Like the stuffed shells I made Sunday for lunch. (Or was it dinner? Is 4 p.m. lunch or dinner? Anyway…) I’ve also got a soup and pizza planned for this week. Both of which I’m looking forward to.
I’ll also admit, usually about Wednesday or Thursday I really start craving chocolate. Like kill someone to get a piece of cake craving. But I power on through and on the weekends I really don’t want anything. Which is weird. You would think that hanging out in my apartment on a Friday or Saturday night would be a prime time for me to give in and make brownies, but oddly enough I’m good. I eat my piece of dark chocolate and that’s it.
Julia introduced me to Whole Food’s candy section last week. That’s a dangerous place. They have massive amount of super dark chocolate. When you go to a normal grocery store they have maybe 2 or 3 choices for 75% or higher chocolate. You go to Whole Foods and they have about 10 brands each with at least 5 different flavors. It was heaven. I got a mint bar that I haven’t even broken into yet.
Okay, that’s enough rambling. Later this week I’ll finally get my act together and post my Spinach Dip recipe. For now, I decided to share the recipe I found here, for Stuffed Shells. I only made half of it and it made two really big servings. But it’s delicious so I totally recommend it.
Simple Stuffed Shells
10-12 jumbo pasta shells
1 cup ground beef
2 cups cottage cheese
1/2 cup + 1 cup mozzarella cheese
1 egg
1 tsp italian seasoning
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
2 cups Pasta sauce
Cook pasta shells in boiling water according to package directions, and brown ground beef in a pan until no longer pink.
In a bowl, mix together cottage cheese, 1/2 cup of the mozzarella, egg, ground beef and seasonings.
Spoon the mixture into the cooled shells and place them facing up in a baking dish. Cover with pasta sauce and the remaining 1 cup of cheese. Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 375 for 20 minutes. remove the foil, and bake for an additional 10 minutes.
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