Kate from CouponCravings.com has offered to take over Meatless Monday this week! This recipe looks delicious and I love a quick and easy dip recipe to pair with Tastefully Simple Beer Bread! 

If you are looking for a meatless appetizer, this one hits the spot! Spinach and Artichoke Dip is so versatile, since it can be served cold, hot, with veggies, on top of toasted baguettes, or with tortilla chips for dipping. And, that’s not it, there are dozens of other options as well!

Plus, it’s a great last minute item to bring to a potluck or card club!

Here are the ingredients you’ll need for this fabulous, creamy, amazing Spinach and Artichoke Dip:

• 1 & 1/2 cups parmesan cheese
• 1 box frozen spinach (thawed and drained*)
• 1 (14 oz.) jar chopped artichoke hearts
• 2/3 cup sour cream
• 1 (8 oz.) block cream cheese (softened)
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 2 cloves garlic (or 2 tsp. garlic powder)

First things first, here’s my tip for thawing and draining spinach*:

Release corners of the box of spinach and set the box of spinach tipped on the side of a bowl.

Microwave for about 2 minutes. All of the juice will drain in to the bowl and your spinach will be thawed.

Next, combine the spinach, parmesan cheese and artichoke hearts in a medium size bowl.

Mix well to combine flavors.

Add the softened cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise and garlic.

Stir to evenly distribute all the flavors. Put all ingredients in to a 1 1/2 quart oven-safe dish and bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.

Enjoy!

Kate Sorensen of Coupon Cravings lives in Iowa with her husband and two kids, ages 4 1/2 and 1. She has been a devoted frugal shopper and frugal cook for years. Kate enjoys making appetizers that include items that she can use a coupon on while at the same time, making food that tastes great and doesn’t break the bank. Today, she has shared one of her favorite “meatless appetizer recipes” with us.

Meatless Mondays is a weekly feature which will showcase some of my hits and probably misses with living a meatless life. Many of you know I stopped eating meat about a year ago for personal reasons. While, I haven’t had any desire to go back to eating meat, it has been a struggle to find healthy foods to eat.

Everywhere you go, meat is the main dish. Since I was new to this lifestyle, it led me to eating unhealthy options. I’m on a path now to cook healthier options at home without meat. While going meatless is a personal choice for me, you can still save money by having one meatless meal a week.

Will you join me on this journey by preparing one meatless dish every week?

If you have any questions about the vegetarian lifestyle, you can read more about it at GoVeg.com.

This is a little different “Meatless Monday.” I bought a box of Fantastic World Foods Nature’s Burger from VitaCost. Basically, it’s a package mix to create a meatless burger!

It was a easy mix to prepare and cook. It only took about 15 minutes as I skipped the step to let the mixture stand for 15 minutes! ;) The Fantastic Burgers were very tasty for a box mix and healthy as it is made with garden vegetables, whole grains, soy, spices. Low in fat and high in fiber is a plus!

Have you used your $10 off $10 coupon code for VitaCost yet?

Meatless Mondays is a weekly feature which will showcase some of my hits and probably misses with living a meatless life. Many of you know I stopped eating meat about a year ago for personal reasons. While, I haven’t had any desire to go back to eating meat, it has been a struggle to find healthy foods to eat.

Everywhere you go, meat is the main dish. Since I was new to this lifestyle, it led me to eating unhealthy options. I’m on a path now to cook healthier options at home without meat. While going meatless is a personal choice for me, you can still save money by having one meatless meal a week.

Will you join me on this journey by preparing one meatless dish every week?

If you have any questions about the vegetarian lifestyle, you can read more about it at GoVeg.com.

Thanks to my mother in law, Karen, for helping us with this delicious potato soup recipe! My husband hates onions so we add carrots and celery so it isn’t just potatoes floating in milk! :) This is a household favorite.

Meatless Mondays is a weekly feature which will showcase some of my hits and probably misses with living a meatless life. Many of you know I stopped eating meat about a year ago for personal reasons. While, I haven’t had any desire to go back to eating meat, it has been a struggle to find healthy foods to eat.

Everywhere you go, meat is the main dish. Since I was new to this lifestyle, it led me to eating unhealthy options. I’m on a path now to cook healthier options at home without meat. While going meatless is a personal choice for me, you can still save money by having one meatless meal a week.

Will you join me on this journey by preparing one meatless dish every week?

If you have any questions about the vegetarian lifestyle, you can read more about it at GoVeg.com.

Trying to eat only items from the refrigerator and freezer made it a little challenging one evening! However, we had a little left over alfredo sauce, plenty of mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, and onions. I decided to try out some toasted subs since they were also very customizable, which works great for my picky family.

Post Dinner Analysis

Hannah and I both wished we had spinach as it would have added to this sandwich. These were a great use what is in your pantry/refrigerator quick last minute dinner idea.

Meat it Up

I customized my son’s with pepperoni slices.

Meatless Mondays is a weekly feature which will showcase some of my hits and probably misses with living a meatless life. Many of you know I stopped eating meat about a year ago for personal reasons. While, I haven’t had any desire to go back to eating meat, it has been a struggle to find healthy foods to eat.

Everywhere you go, meat is the main dish. Since I was new to this lifestyle, it led me to eating unhealthy options. I’m on a path now to cook healthier options at home without meat. While going meatless is a personal choice for me, you can still save money by having one meatless meal a week.

Will you join me on this journey by preparing one meatless dish every week?

If you have any questions about the vegetarian lifestyle, you can read more about it at GoVeg.com.

When shopping VitaCost recently, I purchased Bob’s Red Mill black bean flour thinking it was very interesting and I would make my own black bean tortillas.  Have you used your $10 off $10 coupon code for VitaCost yet?

Post Dinner Analysis

Delicious!

Freezer Friendly

Freeze before or after cooking.

Meat it Up

Add chicken or ground beef.

Adapted from the Bob’s Red Mill Easy Cheesy Enchiladas Recipe

Meatless Mondays is a weekly feature which will showcase some of my hits and probably misses with living a meatless life. Many of you know I stopped eating meat about a year ago for personal reasons. While, I haven’t had any desire to go back to eating meat, it has been a struggle to find healthy foods to eat.

Everywhere you go, meat is the main dish. Since I was new to this lifestyle, it led me to eating unhealthy options. I’m on a path now to cook healthier options at home without meat. While going meatless is a personal choice for me, you can still save money by having one meatless meal a week.

Will you join me on this journey by preparing one meatless dish every week?

If you have any questions about the vegetarian lifestyle, you can read more about it at GoVeg.com.

Adapted from a recipe in Southern Living magazine.

Post Dinner Analysis

This isn’t the healthiest choice but it is very delicious. This is often requested for family gatherings. I’ve listed the “doubled” recipe, which is what I always make. However, you can cut it in half for a smaller dish.

Freezer Friendly

Freeze before or after cooking.

Meat it Up

Add ham or bacon crumbles on top.

Meatless Mondays is a weekly feature which will showcase some of my hits and probably misses with living a meatless life. Many of you know I stopped eating meat about a year ago for personal reasons. While, I haven’t had any desire to go back to eating meat, it has been a struggle to find healthy foods to eat.

Everywhere you go, meat is the main dish. Since I was new to this lifestyle, it led me to eating unhealthy options. I’m on a path now to cook healthier options at home without meat. While going meatless is a personal choice for me, you can still save money by having one meatless meal a week.

Will you join me on this journey by preparing one meatless dish every week?

If you have any questions about the vegetarian lifestyle, you can read more about it at GoVeg.com.

Have some vegetables in your fridge that you need to use ASAP? Throw them in this vegetable lasagna for a yummy, simple dish.

Vegetable Lasagna

Ingredients

You will notice that all of my ingredients are from Aldi. I love to shop at Aldi when I don’t have time to do a coupon shopping trip as I’m still able to save money without sacrificing quality.

• (2) 16 oz Grandessa Spicy Red Pepper Pasta Sauce
• 6-8 Lasagna Noodles
• 16 oz Cottage Cheese or Ricotta Cheese
• Spinach (I used half the package shown)
• 8 oz Mushrooms, sliced
• 2-3 Roma Tomatoes, sliced
• 8 cups Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
• 1/2 cup Romano Cheese, shredded

Pour a little bit of the pasta sauce on the bottom of your pan.  Then layer 3-4 noodles topped with half your cottage cheese. Layer spinach, mushrooms, roma tomatoes, mozzarella cheese. Repeat. Top with Romano Cheese.

Cook at 375 degrees until bubbly, which is about 45 minutes.

This makes a 9″ x 12″ pan. Serves 8.

Serve with a side salad and garlic bread. 

Post Dinner Analysis

This was delicious and I ate on it all week. Bryan said it was good but it would be really good with meat.

Freezer Friendly

Freeze completely before baking or after baking.

Meat it Up

Add sausage.

Meatless Mondays is a weekly feature which will showcase some of my hits and probably misses with living a meatless life. Many of you know I stopped eating meat about a year ago for personal reasons. While, I haven’t had any desire to go back to eating meat, it has been a struggle to find healthy foods to eat.

Everywhere you go, meat is the main dish. Since I was new to this lifestyle, it led me to eating unhealthy options. I’m on a path now to cook healthier options at home without meat. While going meatless is a personal choice for me, you can still save money by having one meatless meal a week.

Will you join me on this journey by preparing one meatless dish every week?

If you have any questions about the vegetarian lifestyle, you can read more about it at GoVeg.com.