• 9 x 13 baking dish or 2 smaller ones (needs to fit the squash)
• 2 Medium bowls
• Fork
• Large Cutting Knife
• Large spoon

Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to 400°.  Cut squash lengthwise from stem to stem.  Scoops out seeds with a large spoon.  Place squash face down inside baking dish so that they lay flat.  Fill dish with water about a 1/2 inch.  Bake about 30-45 minutes or until squash is fork tender and cooked through.

2.  In medium bowl mix red pepper, spinach, chickpeas.  In another bowl add 1 or 1 1/2 cup marinara sauce depending on if you want extra sauce and dried herbs.

3.  When squash is done remove from baking dish.  Dump out whatever water is left in the pan.  Return squash to the pan but flip them over so that they can be filled.  Spread half of the marinara sauce inside both squash halves.  Then divide the vegetable mixture between the two halves.  Top with the remaining marinara sauce and bake another 15 minutes.  Top with shredded mozzarella cheese if desired.

Starter Zone

Escape from darkness into a realm filled with adventure and magic.

When hydrologists inscribe the consciousness of a human mind onto a single drop of water, a Revelation sweeps the land. The wealthy race to upload their minds into self-contained virtual realities nicknamed Aquariums. In these containers people achieve every hope, dream, and desire. But governments wage war for control of the technology. Terrorist attacks cause massive destruction. The Aquariums fail.  Inscribed human minds leech into the water cycle, wreaking havoc.

Street gangs rule the cities in the three years since the fall of civilization. Sixteen-year-old Cami and her younger sister Alby struggle to survive. Every drop of untreated water puts their lives in peril. Caught and imprisoned by soldiers who plan to sell them into slavery, Cami will do anything to escape and rescue her sister. Even if it means leaving the real word for a life in the realms, a new game-like reality created by the hydrologists for the chosen few.

But life in the realms isn’t as simple as it seems. Magic, combat, gear scores, quests, and dungeons are all puzzles to be solved as the sisters navigate their new surroundings. And they encounter more dangerous enemies than any they faced in the real world.

Time to play the game.