Day 2 of holiday

My girls spent the night at Adam and Amy's house last night, and Austin returned from Jill's house this morning. So I only have one child today! I asked him what he wanted to do on this, a special day alone with his mother, and he replied, "Um, invite a friend over." Right, well. I guess you can see how much he values his time with me! This, from the child who is always saying, "When am I going on a date with you?" and "We need to have a Family Night." Ok, he's only 7. Anyway, we've decided that we're going to the skate park and to lunch. Then we'll get Whitney's birthday present, do a few errands, and head over to Jill's at 5pm for the family party. There we'll meet up with Adam, Amy, and my girls again, along with the rest of the family.

PUMPKIN AND SPINACH TRIANGLES



Ingredients:

1 Tbsp oil
1 cup cooked, mashed sweet potato
1/2 cup cooked, mashed pumpkin
1 potato, diced small, and boiled till tender
1/2 cup spinach, steamed with all liquid drained out
1 cup tomatoes, diced
1 cup ricotta cheese
1 egg
1 onion
6 sheets Filo pastry

1. Combine oil with the next five ingredients and simmer for 5 minutes until onion and tomatoes are tender.
2. Blend ricotta and egg together and slowly add to vegetable mix.
3. Simmer for 5 minutes, then take off heat. (You can now freeze the mixture if you are not ready to use straight away).
4. Arrange filo pastry into strips and place a tablespoon of mixture into the corner and fold the pastry onto itself to form triangles.
5. Bake in oven until the filo pastry browns.