Fresh Strawberry Pie

Bake pie crust. I use pre-made boxed pie crust you find in refrigerated section of grocery store.
In a sauce pan bring to a boil 1 cup sugar, 1 1/4 cups of water and 2 Tb. cornstarch. Boil 1 min until thicken. Stir in a box of strawberry jello until dissolved. Remove from heat. Chill 2 hrs.
Put sliced strawberries in pie shell ( I did half strawberry, half blueberry it was yummy), cover with gelatin. Chill 2 hrs. Add cool whip.

List of ingredients needed:
1 Pie crust
Strawberries (blue berries)
1 box Strawberry Jello
Sugar
Cornstarch
Water
Cool Whip

Spaghetti and (Lentil) Meatballs

Logan and I are having an Italian date night. I have been wanting to experiment with lentils in place of ground beef so tonight was the first test! Turned out oh-so-yummy :) Lentils are WAAAY cheaper than ground beef and have the same amount of protein with far less fat! You gotta try it. Don't tell dad that it's lentils -- see what he says :)

To make the meatballs you will need:
1 1/2 c dried lentils
3 c vegetable broth (I used 3 c water + 1T boullion)
1 small onion -- diced
3 garlic cloves -- minced
cooking spray
1/3 c + 1T ground flaxseed
1 egg
1/4 c breadcrumbs (I used Italian)

Boil lentils in broth for 45 min to an hour (until they get soft). Saute the garlic and onions until soft. Drain the lentils. Take 1c lentils, half of the onion/garlic mixture, flaxseed, and the egg and blend in a blender until smooth. Then, dump that mixture as well as the remaining lentils and the breadcrumbs in a bowl and mash with a fork until only some of the lentils remain whole and the breadcrumbs are mixed in. Form balls (about 25-30) and put in sprayed pan. Brown each "side" of balls on med-high heat.

I dumped marinara sauce over them and heated the sauce with the meatballs after they were browned.

Serve over spaghetti :)

Here's Logan's plate before he devoured it --