Celery Salsa

Okay, I've been waiting to post this until I had a picture of it... but everytime I make it, it's gone before I think about grabbing my camera to take a picture. So I swiped one off the internet that looks similar! (cool, huh?)

Ingredients:

1 can black beans, rinsed & drained

1 1/2 cups celery, diced

1/4 cup green onion, chopped

1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped

1 1/2 cup tomato, diced

1 can corn, drained (I used frozen sweet corn)

1/4 cup white vinegar

1/3 cup sugar

2 TBsp oil (I used EVOO)

1/2 tsp onion powder

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp cumin

1 TBsp hot sauce

Directions:

Prep all veggies and put in bowl. I mixed the dressing ingredients in a seperate bowl then added it, you could jsut add it all together and mix, it turns out the same.

Serve with tortilla chips.

Or you could use it as a topper/ dressing on a salad. Sometimes I will make a salad with it and add in some of Summer's Sweet Crock Pot Chicken --YUM!

4 Cheese Bake

1 lb. box penne or ziti
1 tsp. olive oil
4 green onions, chopped
3 cups fresh baby spinach (I used grilled chicken instead)
3 large eggs, beaten (I decreased the amount of egg to make it cheesier)
1 lb. low-fat ricotta (I used Cottage cheese)
1 cup shredded low-fat mozzarella
1 cup shredded low-fat cheddar
1 cup grated parmesan, divided in half
2 tbsp. chopped fresh dill
Salt and pepper, to taste
Nonstick cooking spray
1/4 cup seasoned breadcrumbs
1/8 cup chopped parsley


1. Preheat oven to 350º F. Prepare pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, warm olive oil in heated pan. Add green onions and saute. Add spinach and wilt down. Set aside.
2. Combine eggs, first three cheeses, 1/2 cup parmesan, and dill. Mix thoroughly. Add spinach mixture. Fold in cooked pasta. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Coat 9" x 13" pan with nonstick cooking spray. Spread pasta mixture in pan. Stir remaining 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese, breadcrumbs, and parsley together and sprinkle over pasta-cheese mixture. Bake for 30 minutes.none