Meatless Monday's Munchies

This is what I munched on yesterday during "Meatless Monday"...

I picked up a delicious spinach pie from my local Turkish grocery store, Sunny Grocery, which, well, is not a "pie", but actually freshly-made dough filled with the spinach mixture and rolled up!  It's huge and only costs $3.50...enough for two meals.

Delicious Turkish Spinach Pie from
Sunny Grocery, located in Sunnyside, Queens, N.Y.

I'm already a fan of Amy's frozen meals...especially during one of our N.Y.C. heatwaves when I really don't feel like cooking!  They are made with organic ingredients and do not contain any GMO's, which is great!

I tried Amy's Italian Spaghetti Bowl this time...which also contains organic meatless "meat"-balls made of lentils, quinoa and tofu.  The spaghetti, with its sauce and veggies, tasted really good, and the meatless balls were tender, light and had a very nice flavor.  I highly recommend Amy's meals!

I hope you give Meatless Monday a try!  You already know it's going to be good for your body...now read why it's good for the planet, too!  Click Here.

Ciao for now!

Me, 7 years old!

30 Days of Shadow! #19

Meatless Monday!

Couscous with asparagus, tomatoes, parsley,
mint, garlic, lemon, olive oil and
feta cheese!  Yum!

Baked Ziti with Zucchini

This is a great dish to make for "Meatless Monday", or any day of the week!

Yummy, cheesy Ziti with Zucchini!

This was fairly easy to make.  To make the sauce, I first sauteed finely chopped garlic in olive oil, until  very lightly browned, then added my favorite organic tomato sauce and the sliced Zucchini pieces.  I let the sauce and Zucchini simmer until the Zucchini was almost all the way cooked.  (During this time, the Ziti was boiling away in a different pot).

I then added the cooked Ziti to the sauce and let everything simmer together for another 5 or so minutes. 

I poured the Ziti and Zucchini with sauce mixture into an aluminum pan, and mixed in diced mozzarella cheese (part-skim), some fresh-cut basil, and then sprinkled some grated mozzarella cheese over the top.

Everything combined, right before it went

into the oven

To meld all the flavors together and get the cheese gooey and melted, I put it into a 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes.

It came out really delicious!  

I hope you give this no-meat-dish a try...for Meatless Monday, or any day of the week!

Enjoy,

Ciao,

Gina D.