Cleanin out the Kitchen...

Dinner last night was courtesy of the hodge podge of ingredients we had just hangin out in our kitchen.  And if you ever find yourself with a stack of random ingredients like this... 

...there are a few perfectly good things to do with it:

A.- Cook it up and serve it on a crust for a unique pizza

B.- Make paninis!

or

C.-Serve it all over pasta...like we did last night:)

I really wanted to try to MAX up all of the flavors, so I went about layering the dish like this:  First, I crisped up a few slices of Prosciutto in a pan...

Then I tossed in a diced onion and let those cook until they got a little soft...

And then.....well, it was time to add EVERYTHING ELSE:)

• 1 bag of spinach (on sale for $1 this week!)
• Sundried tomatoes (leftover from the red pesto)
• Ricotta
• Sprinkle of grated cheese
• Salt & Pepper
• 1/2 cup of starchy pasta water 

And I teaspoon of garlic for that last little bit of flavvva ;)

It's amazing what you can make with 'a little of THIS and a little of THAT.'  This dish packed such a flavor punch from the prosciutto, onions and sundried tomatoes!  Soo good and all from stuff we had on hand =

Winner!

In "Snack" news:  Much like Wednesday's Starbucks run, yesterday's continuing gloom ALSO called for something warm & cozy.  And this TJ's Hot Cocoa just hit. the. spot around 3pm yesterday.

This stuff is SUPREMELY rich & decadent!  Sooooooo good!  It IS 150 calories a packet, so it's definitely a TREAT....not an every day indulgence.

And short of breaking out a saucepan to make hot cocoa from scratch in the middle of the office, this isn't a bad swap for the middle of a work day:

...it's certainly the 'lesser of the 2 evils' compared to other unnamed brands ;)

But 'good ingredient' list or not, I walked in the door yesterday and realized I was STARVING...and since Scott was working out, I knew it was going to be a little while before we ate dinner.  So rather than waiting util dinner and going off the rails, I decided to crack into my new stash of Vitatops and tried out the newest flavor to hold me over!

I KNEW I shouldn't have done it AS SOON as I saw the falling leaves on the package...because ONE BITE and I was mentally back to Vermont in the Fall;)  Heart strings aching aside, this was just soooooooo good!  Sweet, spicy with little chunks of apple & topped with a few pumpkin seeds, this made the perfect 100 calorie FALL MEMORY snack;)  LOVED THEM!  Keep up the good work, Vita folks! :)

And to wrap up Thursday, my workout was:

Thursday Morning:  35 minutes dance & weights

So I'm soooooooooooooooooooooo very very happy it's Friday, even though this week went by really quick:)  I'm excited for our plans tonight, especially because I think it will make a cute blog post in the morning;)  Hope you guys have some great weekend plans and are ready to unwinnnnd!

Have a GREAT FRIDAY! :)