Basic Lasagna Recipe

Ingredients:

Sauce

Ground Beef (cooked & browned with chopped onion & garlic and pan deglazed with 1/4C red wine)
Tomato Sauce
Crushed Tomatoes
Sm. tomato paste & 1 can water
Fresh Garlic
Fresh Basil
Fresh Parsley
Salt & Pepper
1 tsp sugar
2T olive oil

Filling

1 container small curd cottage cheese
1 egg
salt & pepper
1 cup parmesan cheese
fresh parsley
1 clove garlic minced

1 Box lasagna noodles (par-boiled)
Grated mozzarella cheese


Instructions:

Prepare the sauce using the above ingredients, let simmer at least 4 hours,

When ready.  Bring to a raging boil a large pot of salted water.  Add uncooked lasagna noodles and boil for no more than 5-7 minutes.  You want these half way cooked.

While that's boiling, make your filling.

Dain noodles and you are ready to start layering your pan.

Layer in this order:

1.  Put 1/4 C of sauce on the bottom of a 9x12 pan.  Spoon around until bottom is covered.
2.  Put one layer of noodles (3 to 4 noodles depending on how wide your pan is).
3.  Spoon some sauce over noodles.
4.  Sprinkle cheese over the sauce.
5.  Add another layer of noodles
6.  Add sauce
7.  Add cottage cheese mixture
8.  Add Noodles
9.  Add Sauce
10.  Add cheese

Bake covered 35-45 minutes on 350
Bake uncovered 10 minutes
If you would like - broil on low 5 minutes.

Remove from oven and let set at least 15 minutes or longer before cutting into squares.

Basic Lasagna

Two Shall Become One! A New Enchilada Recipe

I have always had my favorite chicken enchilada recipe, but I just didn't care for the sauce, but the filling was to die for!  

I found a new recipe, where the filling seemed a little boring, but the sauce, oh my!

So I thought I would combine the two and I think I have found, what I think, is the perfect chicken enchiladas. This is the recipe I am going to use from now on.  

For the filling you will want to use this recipe from Paula Deen:

3 cups chopped cooked chicken
1 (8 oz) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 (8 oz) container sour cream
1 (8 oz) pkg. cheddar jack cheese, shredded
1 onion, finely chopped
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
24 (6-inch) flour tortillas

For the Sauce use this recipe:


3 Tbsp. Butter
3 Tbsp. Flour
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup Salsa Verde

2 cups shredded Monterrey Jack cheese

Top with grated monterey jack and bake 425 for 20 minutes.

Enjoy!!

For the spanish rice, I found this great recipe here:

Swedish Meatballs w/Egg Noodles

Chicken Lazone

This is one of those recipes that was floating around Pinterest.  So I thought I would put it on this month's menu and give it a try.

It was very easy to make.  It was good, but it was just so-so.  I am glad I tried it, but I probably won't put it on the menu again unless it's requested.

If you want to try it for yourself, the recipe can be found here.

My Kids' New Favorite Meal

Creamy Chicken Piccata

On the menu for tonight was "Creamy Chicken Piccata".  This is one of those recipes that I found on Pinterest and it looked so yummy, I knew I just had to try it and put it on the menu.  Needless to say, my meal was sold-out for tonight.  I prepared 5 of these + one for my family,

It turned out amazing and was fairly simple to prepare as well.  ALL my kids ate it.  Which pleasing 5 picky kids is very hard to do!  I was a little worried about the capers because I don't think they have ever had them, but no one complained.  They weren't that strong and they probably thought they were peas LOL!

I suggest that you give this recipe a try.  If you are too busy during the week try it on the weekend!

The recipe I used can be found here

Breakfast Casserole

My girls had a HUGE sleepover last night.  I figured the girls would be hungry, so in addition to the cereal, donuts and muffins, I decided to try a new recipe!  Having hungry teenagers is a great time to try a new recipe!

I had to laugh when all the girls (who were not asleep), gathered around to watch me prepare it.  I felt like I was on my own cooking show!  

The result was fantastic!  This recipe was so super easy and delicious.  

I found the recipe on Pinterest and it can be found by clicking here: