I'm cooking and it smells soooo good

[Lynsey]

I'm trying a few recipes from Linda's Low Carb recipes, as usual I have to tweak things myself. But I'm making spinach lasagne, and stuffed mushrooms. Even made my own spaghetti sauce. If I can stand just the smell a little while longer, I'll soon be in heaven.

[hrgillespie]

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CAn I come for dinner!!!!!!! I have had one of those I'm hungry all day days ......... Lordy I can't wait for bedtime!

[Mandilyn]

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Dang it Lynsey. I really don't want to eat before the gym, but now my tummy is rumbling. Sound delicious. Enjoy

[Lynsey]

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Your more than welcome if you can make it to VA from VT before my boys devour them. They're walking around "that smells good", which means I'll definately be sharing.

[SandyL2002]

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Your more than welcome if you can make it to VA from VT before my boys devour them. They're walking around "that smells good", which means I'll definately be sharing.

Well I am in VA..what time is dinner?..lol

[Lynsey]

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Just missed it, but I have plenty of leftovers. In fact I'm trying to figure out the best way to freeze them now, so I can use them over the course of a few weeks. Where in VA are you Sandy?

[ashley041185]

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Lynsey, how do you make your own spaghetti? I have been searching all over for some good low carb spaghetti and or pizza sauce and have found nothing!

[apple]

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Yum yum!

Pictures are worth a thousand words.....hint hint hint

[Lynsey]

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Lynsey, how do you make your own spaghetti? I have been searching all over for some good low carb spaghetti and or pizza sauce and have found nothing!

That's tricky, because I just kind of threw some stuff together. I told hubby (who did the shopping today) to get a can of Hunts no sugar added spaghetti sauce, but he couldn't find it so he didnt' get anything. But I had a 12 ounce can of fire roasted crushed tomatoes with added puree (no sugar added) in the pantry, so that's what I used. I put the can of tomatoes in a sauce pan and added garlic powder, onion powder, crumbled a few bay leaves, some basil, oregano, a pinch of splenda, then finely chopped the mushroom stems from the mushrooms I had just capped and added them and a little bit of parmesan cheese, and simmered it on low for about two hours. It turned out as good as any store bought I've ever used.

But I just realized a few minutes ago, that I forgot to add the egg to my spinach and cream cheese mixture, I bet it would have been fluffier and they wouldn't have complained so much about the cream cheese texture, oh well, live and learn.

[Lynsey]

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Yum yum!

Pictures are worth a thousand words.....hint hint hint

Sure, but they have been sitting in the freezer for a few hours, so they don't look as good as they did fresh. Once solid, I'm planning to divide them into single sized servings in freezer bags.


Stuffed Mushrooms


Spinach Lasagna (there's actually more meat than you can see, the spinach just kind of slipped down over top of it)

[SandyL2002]

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Just missed it, but I have plenty of leftovers. In fact I'm trying to figure out the best way to freeze them now, so I can use them over the course of a few weeks. Where in VA are you Sandy?

I am in Williamsburg how about you?

[SandyL2002]

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But I just realized a few minutes ago, that I forgot to add the egg to my spinach and cream cheese mixture, I bet it would have been fluffier and they wouldn't have complained so much about the cream cheese texture, oh well, live and learn.

Oh my gosh..that is SO my family.. did you steal them? that is exactly what they would be complaining about..lol

[Lynsey]

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I am in Williamsburg how about you?

I'm in Unionville, in Orange County, which is kind of between Spotsylvania, Culpeper and Charlottesville (I've found alot of people have never heard of Orange County, VA, so I have to explain alot). We're transplants from Northern Virginia three years ago. Too bad we're not closer, I'd have loved to have met up with another STACer for water aerobics.

[hrgillespie]

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Oh they look so good I really need to get my butt in gear with trying new recipies!

[SandyL2002]

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I'm in Unionville, in Orange County, which is kind of between Spotsylvania, Culpeper and Charlottesville (I've found alot of people have never heard of Orange County, VA, so I have to explain alot). We're transplants from Northern Virginia three years ago. Too bad we're not closer, I'd have loved to have met up with another STACer for water aerobics.

Everyone on this board seems to live on the other side of the State...lol I know about where Orange County is.. My husbands grandparents are from Nelson County.