Spaghetti squash, green beans, and finger painting!

So this week I actually tried 2 new recipes and 2 projects for the girls from Pinterest. Well I guess my recipes weren't exactly from Pinterest, but that is where I looked to find inspiration to make them.

At Trader Joes this week I bought a Spaghetti Squash. I had never made one, but been told it was easy. So I looked up recipes on Pinterest and decided to just make spaghetti with meat sauce, replacing the pasta with squash and using ground turkey. It was delicious and easy and lower calorie than regular spaghetti! Oh and the leftovers were excellent too! I'd recommend searching for ways to cook the squash on your own. My way wasn't as easy as it could have been I think. Trying to cut it open before it is cooked is nearly impossible. Just a heads up. Next time I will bake it whole first.

The 2nd recipe was actually inspired by Steven's Aunt Teresa and Uncle Mike. While we visited them in Columbus, IN they made us sautéed green beans that were Chinese style kinda. My description isn't great sorry, but they were delicious and I knew I needed to make them. Thankfully they told me what they used. So I used frozen French style green beans (partially thawed), half an onion, soy sauce, garlic and garlic powder. Sorry no real specifics, but I sautéed the onion first, then added the green Beas and the rest. It's just a guessing game really. You play with it, add a little at a time. They are good I promise. At least a change from your average green beans!

Now for the "crafty" projects. Well neither went exactly how I wanted, but I would try them again. The first I tried was homemade edible finger paint which I found here http://www.bowerpowerblog.com/2011/07/michaelango-his-two-muses/
It is fairly easy to make and the girls enjoyed it, just not for as long as I hoped and Mady didn't like using her hands. Not a surprise. I would not try using regular paper. If we did it again I'd use poster board. The paint ended up being too wet for regular paper. The first 2 pictures are the colors we used, and the girls painting.

The second project we tried was a no mess finger painting. I found that one here http://hippiehousewife.blogspot.com/2012/01/mess-free-finger-painting.html?m=1
I didn't use 2 colors, just one, and I didn't use enough paint, but the girls still liked it. I did make sure the tops of the ziplock bags were extra taped. I picked both of these projects because they were easy and I had everything needed around the house. So we'll see what I pick next week!