Creamy Tomato and Spinach Pasta

Happy Friday folks! It's the middle of my work week and as everyone around me knows, I'm dead tired and want a meal with little to no clean up, that's healthy and nutritious so S and I don't fall off our healthy wagon. Now, pasta is a super easy and relatively healthy option for nights like these, but honestly there's only so many times I can have spaghetti and sauce with garlic bread for dinner. We need something more packed with flavor and more bursting with color (even if it's just a different color than red). Sometimes the easiest solutions are the most fun! Being that I have little to no imagination when it comes to thinking of dinners on the fly, I took to the cabinets and freezer trying to find something to add to our boring pasta routine. What came out of the kitchen took 20 minutes, was super filling, packed with flavors, and pretty darn healthy!

Dinner for two!

Cinnamon Sugar Donuts

I'm sorry to be gone so long you guys, this week was kind of stressful. But on the bright side, look who finally got her license!

That's right! Yours truly is now firmly planted in 18, drivers license and all. Pretty soon (3-ish weeks) I'll have a car to go along with it (Thanks Dan H.)! I'm so excited, I even got a great picture! How lucky is that? I look half dead in my State ID picture. Anyway, I think this is cause for celebration. And what better to celebrate with, than donuts? I think nothing!

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Today's post is split into two parts. Read more to see the surprise recipe!

The Pancakes:
A.K.A. The best pancakes in the world! I can hear you all thinking it right now, "Chocolate AND chocolate chips? Hass, you have to be making everyone super fat with your recipes!" And my dear followers, I can assure you, I am not. I thought it might be a good idea to share with you guys the calorie counts for every recipe so you know EXACTLY how much you're eating. Calorie wise, if you eat one serving size of all my recipes, all the meals I make are usually around 500 calories. Sounds crazy, right? All my recipes look super fattening, right? I proudly admit to keeping my calorie counts low, however, if you view your health and diet more in terms of grams of fats and sodium and all that fancy stuff... my recipes are nowhere near healthy :) Of course in the next few weeks I'll be doing my best to make things as healthy as possible around here! But while I work out the kinks in my own and Mr. H's eating habits, bear with me.