Zeeeelicious Ziti

by j3nn on May 8, 2011

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Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there! My little 4’10” (or 9”?) mother likes to keep celebrations low-key. Dinner and done! Nothing fancy, no restaurants—she’s pretty straight and to the point, lol. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. It’s sort of nice to take it easy for a change. We just celebrated Easter not-so-long ago, and our anniversary was the other day, and my grandmother’s and cousin’s birthday in a few weeks, and then Dustin’s birthday is in the beginning of June. Special occasions are too frequent to be special anymore, LOL. Anyone else get that feeling? Maybe I’m just a Scrooge year-round. haha

Mother’s Day Menu:

Baked ziti (rigatoni)
Tossed salad
Roasted garlic bread with butter
Ice cream for dessert

The basil garnish is from my AeroGarden!! Open-mouthed smile

Adding lemon and lime slices to my water is my new favorite drink.

Everything was zeeeelicious! My mom is kind of cheese-happy, and even though I am crazy about cheese, I had to push aside 3/4 of the cheese on there, lol. But it’s her day and she can cheese it up if she wants. Smile

I am going to sleep earlier tonight. Tomorrow: Work, work, work—back on the grind! And back to smaller portions and lower sodium. I ate just about every salty thing under the sun this weekend, so now I’m paying the sodium piper. Sad smile Super puffy and feel like crap. I totally deserve it for eating about a cup of sauerkraut and pickles and hot dogs. The serving size for sauerkraut is 2 TBSP/180mg sodium and there’s 16 tablespoons in a cup. Disappointed smile Yeah, baaaaaad Jenn. Embarrassed smile

Going to do some reading before bed!

Did you do anything exciting over the weekend?

Tagged as: baked ziti, dinner, family, garlic bread, holidays, Italian food, Mother's Day, pasta, recipes

{ 10 comments }

1 Grace @ Healthy Dreaming May 8, 2011 at 9:52 PM

Yummy! Sometimes the best celebrations are the intimate at-home ones!

Have a great week and I hope you and your family had a great Mother’s Day!

2 Ginger&Rice May 8, 2011 at 9:55 PM

Omg, I love baked ziti. I used to get it at this restaurant down the road, but they went out of business, and I haven’t had it since!
I went to a goat farm this weekend!

3 J3nn (Jenn's Menu and Lifestyle Blog) Twitter: j3nndotnet May 8, 2011 at 10:05 PM: Aww, a goat farm sounds awesome! Dustin and I have plans to go to an animal sanctuary sometime this spring and they have goats. I can’t wait!

4 Christine (The Raw Project) May 8, 2011 at 11:10 PM

Sounds like a great celebration. I took my mom to brunch this morning, then out for a little shopping.

5 Averie (LoveVeggiesAndYoga) Twitter: avericooks May 9, 2011 at 6:37 AM

popping in to say that the ziti looks great and short women ran in my family, grammy was 4’10″, mom is 5’2 ish. And that’s the side that can COOK! The side I take after is the tall side that can’t cook. Hopefully i am changing that trend..ha!

6 Zahra Brown Twitter: ZahraFreelancer May 9, 2011 at 10:47 AM

I’m not crazy about cheese, but this dish looks REALLY good. I bet that salad was nice and filling. You’ve got a great balance of carbs, protein and fat.

7 Heather Twitter: runleangreen May 9, 2011 at 11:16 AM

That ziti looks amazing – I haven’t had a good ziti in years!

Sounds like a good celebration. I did absolutely nothing this weekend – which was fantastic. The best weekend I’ve had in a long time.

8 Jenny (Fit Girl Foodie) May 9, 2011 at 4:51 PM

Omg that ziti looks amazing!!! Ziti + bread? Fabulous carb coma

9 Roz May 9, 2011 at 5:26 PM

I think the best celebrations are often the low-key ones. I cooked a brunch for my Mom too, nothing fancy, just fun times with her, my Dad and my husband. Have a great day Jenn.

10 Mary @ Delightful Bitefuls May 10, 2011 at 3:47 PM