Spaghetti Squash with Meat Sauce

Dinner Tonight! 

Easy to have ready ahead of time and just pop in the oven.

Actually, I'm going to do 2-for-Tuesday, and double this recipe,

and put half in an aluminum pan to put in the freezer.

Requires just a bit of prep work since you have to cook the squash and brown the meat ahead of time,

but I'm planning on doing it while the kiddos are at school this afternoon 

so I can just pop it in the oven - make that crazy dinner hour smoother! ;-)

We'll eat it with salad (always salad for dinner!), and steamed broccoli.

Recipe and photo from Skinny Mom!

{for the 21-day-fix, I think I'll count the squash as 1 green, the sauce as 1/2 a yellow for the carbs, 1/2 a green for the sauce as well as 1/2 a red for the protein from the meat. or maybe 1 red depending how much meat I think I eat. and 1 blue for the cheese. :) } 

omit the cheese and it'd be a Paleo recipe!

Crockpot Enchilada Soup!

Mondays. 

whew.

back to the grindstone,

which, for us, 

is a school at home day.
{my kiddos go to a hybrid school} 

it's a LONG day. 

lots of coffee and patience. 

{crockpot to the rescue!}

I've used my crockpot the past several Mondays

and it's brilliant.

I always feel like I need a big gold star for getting dinner not only planned and shopped for, but also IN THE CROCKPOT at 9 in the morning.

so, dinner tonight? crockpot enchilada soup!

it's a new recipe for us, but I think we'll love it.

I'm going to lessen the jalapenos for the kids' sake

{I'd probably double them if it were for me ;-)}

almost zilch-ville prep work.

low carb, Paleo, 21-day fix, clean-eating,

and gotta be every-other-diet approved, too.

recipe and photo found here.

Comments after making:
SO good.  I'll totally double the "broth" part next time 
as we never have enough broth with soup recipes,
and halving the jalapeno still left LOTS of kick! 
Served with cheese, and I used plain greek yogurt for sour cream! 
super yummy, healthy supper. And smelled fabulous. Definitely a keeper.

enjoy!