Pasta & Spinach Gratin

In addition to trying to be more fun as a mother, I have been trying really hard lately to cook more yummy meals.  I have found that if I don't plan ahead of time what I am going to cook, then when dinnertime rolls around and I'm starving, I end up cooking some crappy frozen meal because it's fast and easy.  So I've been planning our meals weekly, and it has helped me a ton!

In one of my google searches for easy dinner ideas, I found this recipe for Pasta & Spinach Gratin, and it looked yummy, so we tried it tonight.  I loved it!  Naomi wouldn't touch it, but I just never know what she will eat.  It seems to depend on the day and on her mood.  I think Jacob liked it--he had 3 helpings.  Between the two of us, we ate 3/4 of it, and it filled my 9x13 casserole dish!

Since it has lots of spinach, it made me feel like I was being healthy, but I'm thinking it was pretty fattening with all of the butter and cream that I used (I chose to use heavy cream--yum!!).

Doesn't it look pretty?

It was easy & yummy... definitely a dish that I will make again sometime!