Five for Friday

1. Happy friday friends! when its summer time i live for the weekends! this weekend ill be working out in the backyard soaking up some vitamin d and going visit my brother out of town and do some shopping.

2. this week i brought food to my friend who just had a baby. i made them bbq meatballs and mashed potatoes, and picked up green beans and a salad for them.

 and in return i got baby cuddles :)

3. monday is always "ill start my diet today" day. and well since monday is july 1st its a great day to start. and i have big news to tell you about later. like. life changing :)

4. i havent worked out at all again this week. but i have plans to wake up early tomorrow and try to beat the heat for a run. itll be my first real summer run. i may day.

5. um. i have nothing else. have a good weekend and live it up :)

Easy Italian Sausage Lasagna Roll-Ups

i really love lasagna. who am i kidding, i love all italian food. but it has too many ingredients and steps if ya ask me. i suppose thats what makes it good though. but when i get a craving for it, and havent been to the awesome italian restaurant downtown to get my fix, i have to make do. ive made something similar to this before, but i wanted to jazz it up a bit. so i used my new favorite kinda of pasta sauce, vodka sauce. its so yummy and creamy and bad for you. and i used italian sausage to add some flavoring. it was husband approved, so that means its blog approved :)

 

Simple Italian Sauage Lasagna Roll-ups
makes 9

Ingredients:
1 lb ground italian sausage (my grocery store was out, so i just used the links and squeezed it out the casing)
1 jar vodka spaghetti sauce (or your favorite kind)
9 lasagna noodles
2 cups mozzarella cheese

Directions:

1. Brown italian sauage in pan. Drain meat and return to pan. While that is cooking, being to boil your water, salted, for noodles. Cook noodles according to directions.

2. Once meat is returned to pan, add half the jar of sauce, and cook on low until heated.

3. Once noodles are done, its time to assemble. I usually put a piece of aluminum foil down as an easy work surface. Remove noodles from water and layout and work surface. (i usually do 3 at a time) put some meat mixture on eat noddle, and top with cheese. Roll up each noddle and place seam side down in a baking dish that has a little bit of sauce in the bottom. Repeat for all 9.

4. Cover roll-ups with remaining sauce and cover with the rest of cheese.

5. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes until the cheese gets all gooey and everything is warm.

6. Scoop out on plate and enjoy!

Sunday Set-up and Summer

i havent done a sunday set-up in awhile. but im ready to get back in a routine and have everything ready when needed. i prepare food for my breakfast, lunch and sometimes dinner. ive also made a meal plan for the week.

Dinner this week:
monday: baked chicken and cheesey zucchini rice
tuesday:  sloppy joes
wednesday: beef stroganoff
thursday: chicken with tomato cream pasta
friday: baked potatoes with bbq pulled pork
saturday: steaks, corn, and roasted potatoes

Lunch: most of my prep is for my lunches this week. im fixing salads for lunch. they will include: romaine lettuce, chicken, bacon, egg, cheese, cucumber, and green peas. with a yogurt ranch dressing.

Breakfast: eggs, fruit, and a slice of toast.

the random dinner for tonight: chicken fried steak sammiches. complete with white gravy :)

Summer

after seeing a few summer "wish list" or "bucket list" in blog land i decided to make my own. im a little late, since the first day of summer was friday, thought it feels like summer started a month ago. but its better late than never right?

do you prep for the week?

what is on your summer wish list?

 

Five for Friday

1. its been a few weeks since ive done these, but im back! cuz who doesnt love friday?? and even better, i have more post planned for this weekend. its good to be back blogging :)

2. kim kardashian had her baby saturday (im sure you are all aware). well yesterday the news finally broke with the name. North. North West will be her name. WTF rich people. act like you have sense and name your baby something normal and beautiful.

3. remember i said i was taking baby bumps pics for my friend? well she had him last thursday! he is sooo cute. but he is in the NICU since he is early, but will hopefully be going home in the next few days. i cant wait. im cooking them dinner one night so they can love up on their baby at home. what should i cook them?

4. i havent felt my best for the past month. but after some doctor visits and some meds im starting to finally feel better. since i havent felt my best, i havent worked out either. and it sucks. but im ready to pick up where i left off. except for the running.. ill have to work my way back into that. ill start with walking :)

5. im going to try and use my photographer knowledge i have and attempt to take newborn pictures of my niece. im hoping they come out really cute! if not.. itll be good practice right?