Spaghetti Squash Crust Vegetable Quiche

For lunch this week I made a quiche with a spaghetti squash crust. This is actually the first quiche I've ever made though I've been wanting to make one for some time now. I had a half spaghetti squash leftover from the week before, and I thought this would be a perfect new use for it. The recipe I used is from here, but I made some changes. I didn't measure the squash, just used half of one smaller squash. I also wanted more veggies in it, so I used onion, garlic, spinach, asparagus and mushrooms for the sauteed veggie mix, along with chives in the egg mix, plus some mozzarella cheese I had in the fridge. Basically all you need to know for this recipe is: 5 eggs, one cup of milk, press the squash into a greased pan, saute whatever veggies you want, add the seasoned egg mix to the pan, add the veggies, bake at 400 for 40 minutes. Very easy! 

And the finished product...

I'm not sure how well it will hold up through the week (I imagine reheating will make it a bit mushy so it might be better served immediately), but at least I'm trying, right?

- S

Meal Plan Week Two

Last week I made brussels sprouts for the first time (first time making them at home, not eating them), simply sauteed in a pan with olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper (oh plus a sprinkling of red pepper flakes), and they were aaaaaamazing, and I wanted them every day after that, so I made sure to work them into this weeks dinners. Maybe twice. I bought three bags. Yum.

Sunday: tonight I'm making Pioneer Woman's Penne a la Betsy, but with chicken because Kyle is not a shrimp person, with asparagus on the side

Meatless Monday: veggie chili

Tuesday: pan seared salmon with roasted potatoes and brussels sprouts

Wednesday: leftovers

Thursday: baked marinated chicken with brussels sprouts

Lunch for the week: spaghetti squash crust veggie quiche (chives, onion, asparagus, garlic, spinach, mushroom)  (based on this)

Week 1

- S

Family

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How do you define family? Who do you consider to be a part of your family? This topic came up a little while ago during deployment that Kyle and I have different views of what our family is. I don't consider his family to be my family; they are his family. I don't think that just because he and I got married that that makes his family my family. I think it would be cheapening the meaning and value of the word to call his family my family. That is not to say that I will never consider them family, or that they're not important to me, but I'm not going to say they are my family just because Kyle and I are married. Family is or should be more than that. I know I might sound mean saying this, but I don't intend it to be taken that way, it's just my view. Kyle was surprised by this and I think a bit hurt, but it is what it is. I think that he believes family is a choice, and that I could chose to consider them family, and the rest will follow. Maybe I will make that choice some day, but that's not how I believe family works right now, for me.

What are your thoughts on family?

- S

Lately

^^fiesta bean salad, camping for the new year!^^

^^camping, deliciousness, best buds, hot chocolate^^

^^napping Hux, Loons covered in grass, at the playground, mail for besties^^

^^new pens for the new semester, morning, hairs, southwest quinoa salad^^

^^Luna, brussels sprouts, sous chef Huxley, office at internship^^

- S

My Last Semester of Grad School Starts Today

- S

Meal Plan Week One

Now that school/internship is starting back up, and since Kyle is back, back I go to meal planning. I try to plan four meals for the work week in advance, and Kyle can plan the other or we will just improvise or have leftovers. I also want to try to have something planned for lunch for the week for me to pack, whether that's leftovers from Monday or something I make on Sunday to have ready (otherwise I won't really eat lunch). Also, Kyle wanted to try Meatless Mondays, which is fine by me since when he's not here I rarely cook meat anyway. So I thought I'd share my meal plan for the week!

Week 1

Monday: spaghetti squash pesto "pasta" with veggies and Parmesan cheese (bell pepper, asparagus, onion, zucchini, yellow summer squash)

Tuesday: baked bbq chicken with brussels sprouts and maybe spaghetti squash latkes or leftover squash from Monday

Wednesday: shepherds pie

Thursday: seasoned foil baked fish (tilapia) with veggies (squash, zucchini, onion, bell pepper) over rice

Lunch: southwest quinoa salad

- S

New Year Camping

Since Kyle had New Year's eve and New Year's day off, we decided to go on a little camping trip overnight. We went to Mother Neff State Park, the oldest state park in Texas apparently. We knew it would be cold but Kyle built a nice fire that we kept going for a while. Luna was pretty confused at first, but also excited and very vigilant. We let her run off into the woods a few times once we knew she would come back. She spent a lot of time on the lookout, it almost seemed like she was guarding our campsite. We all slept in the tent (well I didn't do much sleeping) and got up with the sun and ate Dinosaur egg oatmeal and hot chocolate. I wish we could have been celebrating with friends and my siblings in Boston, but this low key form of celebration suits us, and we got home in time to watch the Winter Classic and Baylor game (after giving Luna a bath, of course). :)

^^too cute, right?^^

^^L just sitting and watching and waiting^^

Happy New Year, friends!

- S