Margaret : Monday: Salmon Burgers with Grilled Zucchini and Chinese Slaw Tuesday: Sizzling Shirmp, Salad and Chinese Slaw Wednesday: Leftovers Thursday: Bean and Corn Tortilla Lasgna with Avocado Friday: Spaghetti with Zucchini, Walnuts and Raisins!

Janice Cook: oooh - let me know how the lasagna turns out. that sounds delish!

Margaret : I can tell you that the grilled zucchini was maybe the most yummy way I've ever eaten it! :)

Janice Cook: woo hooo!

Margaret : Yea, I'm excited. Got through 1 book on here last night. :)

Margaret : I hear that Eunice. I just added a bunch of new recipes, feel free to comment on those!! :)

Janice Cook: first time making quinoa on your own??

Margaret : Yes indeed. I'm excited! :)

Janice Cook: keep me posted!!

Margaret : I found it to be totally yummy but a little high in calories for a 'salad' for me. So I eat 1/2 a serving during the meal. Yummy and filling! :)

Traci Downing: For when you don't have internet access??

Margaret : Well, more like a safety measure. I like to have hard copies of everything, and frankle the binder that I had all my loose recipes was like 12 inches thick so this site seemed ideal for storing all of them. But I'd still like to have a hard copy available.

Dave Weaver: For now you'll have to go to settings and download your recipes as an RTF file and put that on a CD. We hope to have a better option soon.

Margaret : Thanks Dave. That's a big help! :)

Dave Weaver: hi Margaret. I'm just curious, do you use the WeGottaEat menu planner for your weekly menu?

Margaret : Ha - I do not, but that's only because I didn't know there was a weekly menu planner on the site! I have this neat note pad that sticks to my fridge that I plan everything out on. Or, if it's slow at work, I use little scraps of paper... lol

Dave Weaver: Well, if you get a chance, try it out and let us know what you think. It can be found under the TOOLS menu at the top (called My Recipe Planner).

Margaret : Excellent. I shall try it now. Thanks for the tip!

Margaret : Ok, I just put in my dinners for next week. I don't think I'll bother using it for breakfasts or lunches, that will be too time consuming. I'm sad to see that you can't use things like "leftovers" as a meal so I have empty space for 2 dinners next week. The grocery list tool is neat too. I like them both! Thanks for the great tip! :)

Dave Weaver: Thanks for the feedback. We'll look into letting you add non-recipe items to the planner.

Margaret : That would be super! Then it won't look like I'm not eating dinner at all on Wednesdays or Fridays. LOL

Dave Weaver: We've added the ability to add non-recipe items to the planner. Now you can fill in you empty days :)

Margaret : Hey! Thanks Dave! Now I can eat everyday! :) You're the best!

Eunice : looking forward to seeing your millions upon zillions of recipes. i particularly like your recipe for Chai spiced winter squash puree ...mmmm...

Margaret : Hi Eunice - so glad you like that recipe. I have yet to try it.

Eunice : i love butternut squash and the flavor for this is yummmm! i do hate peeling them, though, so one thing i did change was to split the squash in half and bake until it's soft and tender and then scrape the flesh from the skin that way. fried up onions and shallots with the spices and then dumped the butternut squash and brown sugar in and sauteed some more. used a hand blender to smooth it out with the water. hate peeling butternut squash and hate doing dishes. anything to reduce my work in either of those 2 departments, i'm there. thanks again for the recipe!

Eunice : oh and welcome to WGE!

Margaret : Wow Eunice - I'm glad you both liked my recipe and liked it enough to change it around! I'll keep that in mind about cooking the squash first. That's waaaaaay easier then peeling it. I hate peeling too. :)

Eunice : if you want to be really fancy pants, try to keep shell intact and pour the puree back into it...instant container!

Margaret : whoa - that'll impress the pants off of everyone I know! sweet!