Baked Ziti

 

Who doesn't love baked pasta...especially one this easy. 

 Ingredients: 

8oz cooked Ziti noodles

3/4 lb Ground beef or sausage, cooked with a garlic clove minced

1 1/4 Cups of Cottage Cheese

1 Egg

2 cups of Mozzarella cheese

1/2 Tbsp Parsley

Salt 

Pepper

1 Jar Marinara Sauce

Digging in!

Directions:
Mix Cottage Cheese, Egg, parsley, Salt and pepper.  In a separate bowl, mix together pasta, meat, and sauce.  Layer half of this mixture on the bottom of a greased dish. Top with cottage cheese mix, and 1 cup of mozzarella cheese.  Layer another of the noodles.  Top with more cheese.  Cover with foil, and bake at 350F degrees for 25-30 min.  Take off foil and bake an additional 3 or so minutes to brown a bit of the cheese.   

I hope you like it. 

Anthropologie

This is the Circle blooms framed art on Anthropolgie for $698.  Shew....but I think this is something me and my little girl could make together!  I'm picturing a round foam brush, .25cents? and some paints I already have. $0.  And a sheet of paper....$0.01cents?  I think we can manage it. 

Which rug would you pick?

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I hope you are all having a good week.  The weather has been more comfortable!

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Polish Kielbasa Sausage and Peppers

 Always looking for an easy recipe, I came across this.  My husband had grilled the onions, peppers and mushrooms in foil the day before, so these are the leftovers!

All you do is chop and add some olive oil.  Grill in a pouch of aluminum foil.  I think you could also try this in the oven...but I haven't done that yet. Make sure to close it up so it steams.

Saute up your precooked sausage and add your steamed onions, peppers and mushrooms. I really like the texture of these vegetables.

Coming this next week, I have recipes for a Thai Peanut pasta and some Creamed Spinach as well as some Shirt Refashions.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.  Quite a weather change we've had lately.  Back to jackets. What are you doing?

Roasted Potato Salad..BEST EVER!


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Polenta with Sausage Marinara Rotini

 For those of you who haven't tried Polenta, go for it! It is a cheap filler and tastes great. My family knew it as Mush.  Cornmeal cooked.

This is EASY to make.  I used to cook it on the stove, but it takes more attention than I'm able to give with a One year old crawling around.  Even in this picture above,you can see, I practically burnt the Garlic bread under the broiler because I had too much going on.  Here we go:
Microwave Polenta

Ingredients:
3 Cups Water
1 Cup Cornmeal
1 Tsp Salt
 For Frying:
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
Directions:
Stir together and pour into a Pyrex bowl sprayed with cooking spray. Cook 7 minutes in the microwave on high, stirring every two minutes.  Take out of microwave and pour onto a baking sheet keeping it about 1 inch high.  Mine was just to one side of my baking pan. Flatten with a spatula. Cool for 20 min.  Using a cookie cutter, cut your desired shape.  I wish I had a circle one, but I had a scalloped edged square which of course works just fine.

Heat a frying pan with 2 tbsp of olive oil.  Fry them for 4-5 minutes on each side.  Your just looking for a little browning.

I cooked up some ground Italian sausage and added some canned marinara sauce.  Hunts is pretty good!  Cook up some noodles, add your sauce and serve with the polenta.  Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and sliced green onion!

I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend.  70's!!  What are you doing?

Flower Hair Clip Tutorial

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Spicy Pasta de la creme

Faith and Neil just introduced me to Habanero Cheese from Costco this past week. Boy, is it REALLY good, and Hot.  I thought I'd put some in my lunch yesterday. 

Ingredients:

1 Link of Italian Sausage, cooked
8oz elbow macaroni
1/3 Cup Frozen peas
1/4 inch slice of Habanero Cheese off a large brick
1/4 Cup of Whipping cream
1 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp of Frozen mixed Onions and peppers
Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions:

Cook macaroni to package directions, drain and keep warm.
Put Peas and onions in a microwave safe dish, (I use Pyrex clear measuring glasses)and add enough water to just cover. Microwave 2 1/2 minutes or until hot. 
In a small pot, add whipping cream, butter, and habanero cheese over medium heat.  Stir occasionally until cheese melts.
Taste sauce, then add salt and pepper.
Slice sausage. Add Macaroni, sausage, peas and onions to your cream sauce. Stir and enjoy!   

Lasagna Pie

Allow me to introduce you to Lasagna Pie. 
You may already have most of the ingredients for this.


Ingredients:  

1/3	cup ricotta cheese or small curd creamed cottage cheese
3	tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1	pound ground sausage
1	cup shredded mozzarella cheese (4 ounces)
1	can diced tomatoes
1	clove garlic
3	tablespoons red wine
1	cup milk
2	eggs

1/3

cup ricotta cheese or small curd creamed cottage cheese

3

tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

1

pound ground sausage 

1

cup shredded mozzarella cheese (4 ounces)

1 

 can diced tomatoes

1  

clove garlic 

3 

tablespoons red wine

1

cup milk

2

eggs  

Spread Cottage Cheese on the bottom of non stick sprayed pie plate.  Add Parmesan cheese and sprinkle with pepper.

In blender, add diced tomatoes, garlic and wine. Blend 'til smooth.

Cook Ground Sausage and place in bowl after draining.

Add Shredded mozzarella cheese. I grated my own, and it melts really nice.

Dash of parsley.

Place meat cheese and sauce in bigger bowl, and combine.

Now put that on top of your cottage cheese in your pie plate.

Mix Bisquick, Milk and eggs, and pour into the plate over top the meat and cheese.

Should look about like this.

 

Sprinkle with Parsley or oregano.  

1. Heat oven to 400ºF.
2. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake 1 to 2 minutes longer or until melted. Cool 5 minutes. Serve with additional spaghetti sauce.

Smoked Sausage, Apples and Onions

Cooking for Two

 Ingredients:
1 1/4 Package Smoked Sausage, sliced in sections
1 Red Apple sliced

1/2 Onion sliced
2 Tbsp. Dijon Mustard
1 Tbsp. Apricot preserves
2 Tbsp. Butter

Add some fresh mashed potatoes, and beets for good measure

Directions:
Saute all ingredients except apples for two minutes. Then add apples. Saute for another 5-7 Minutes. Serve with Mashed potatoes and a vegetable. 
Enjoy!

Tasted even better than I imagined

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