Here we go again...

We did it again. Spoke to soon. Just earlier this week, Trey and I were discussing how "abnormally healthy" our Rooney had been the past few months. Should have known better. Roo went to the vet today for an inflamed cyst in his eye and some localized infection. I wish he would at least have better timing when he gets sick, like, not right before our rent and utility bills are coming up next week. *Sigh*...dogs. What can you do? He's worth it (most of the time) :). 

Things per usual are nuts. 5 AM mornings, sleeping 4 hours a night, homework, studying, working, sitting in the wrong nursing class for about 15 minutes on one occasion (yeah, definitely in over my head sitting in on 2nd year OB clinical reviews yesterday on accident), and not to mention trying to enjoy some free time with Trey and friends (what?! free time?!). Welcome to the next 1 1/2 years of my life. 

I'm still managing to find time to play chef. Tuesday I made (kind of) homemade meat sauce and spaghetti. Not gonna lie...it was good. I'm kind of amazed, actually. And it only took approximately 20 minutes from prep to serve. So for those of you who are interested, here's the recipe:

Jessie's Super Quick Kind-of-Homemade Meat Sauce

1/2 lb ground beef

1 box frozen spinach

2 cloves garlic

olive oil

1 jar of your favorite marinara sauce (I said kind-of-homemade...)

1 box of your favorite pasta (I prefer whole grain or multi grain linguine)

Heat large saute pan to medium high. Finely chop 2 cloves of garlic. Add some olive oil to pan and saute garlic. Then add ground beef, separating into smaller pieces and cook until well browned. Dump out excess oil and grease from pan. Microwave frozen spinach until thawed. Add jar of marinara sauce and thawed spinach to meat and garlic mixture. Let simmer for a few minutes. Serve over pasta of choice. 

Quick, simple, and yields TONS of leftovers.