Starting again!

I am gonna make a very strong attempt to be more regular about updating this blog. I am so overwhelmed about catching up, but am determined to. I figured I would start now and then go back and catch up as I can. 

So, for my first post in ??? months, I thought I would do a product review on

The  Veggetti!

I know everyone out there wants one of these so I will give you my opinion on it so that you can all rush out to buy one immediately...or not!!

I have seen this kitchen contraption on Pinterest for several months now. Not sure why it has peaked my interest, but it had. Husband and I recently did a 28 day Clean Eating Challenge/Detox (a blog post to come), which has definitely changed my approach as to what I put in my mouth. Carbs are on thing I am trying to cut down on. Not out, but just trying not to eat a large amount of them at breakfast, lunch, dinner, and in-between! 

I thought the Veggetti would be a great way to try to cut back on my pasta carbs. Before I replaced a full meal of pasta with "veggie noodles" I decided to give it a try one evening as a side dish with our dinner. I love zucchini so I started with that veggie. I cooked it in a little olive oil with salt and pepper in a saucepan. And to my surprise, it tasted just like zucchini. Ok, so maybe not a surprise, but I did have this small hope that there would be a hint of pasta taste. Nada!!! It wasn't awful to eat, just a very different way of eating zucchini. But I will do it again!

As far as replacing my pasta with zucchini noodles--I don't know if that is going to happen. May try more of a stir-fry dish. 

The contraption itself was easy to use and not too difficult to clean. It was a $14.99 purchase that will if nothing else, give us another way of eating our veggies. Although, getting the husband to try zucchini noodles may be a challenge. He would rather not eat zucchini in the first place, but happily does so for our kids sake. So I will take what I can get ;)!

And just because this is a cute picture! And let's face it, my parents are probably the only ones who still check the blog and the littles are who they really want to see ;).