Red and white lasagna

This is by far my new favorite way to make lasagna! This is just your normal lasagna but you add Alfredo sauce to the top and it is to die for! How did I just find out about this?!

Red and White lasagna

Ingredients:

1 box lasagna noodles

1 lb sausage

24oz can of Hunts garlic and herb spaghetti sauce (or marinara sauce)

1/2-1 jar of Ragu Garlic Parmesan alfredo sauce (depending on how much you want. The recipe called for a whole jar but I had a half of a jar in the fridge and I thought it turned out perfect!)

15oz ricotta cheese

2 eggs

2 cups mozzarella cheese

1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, divided 

Dash of parsley 

Directions:

Cook lasagna noodles according to directions on package. Usually it's boil the noodles for 10 minutes and then lay out on wax paper. 

Layer 1: Spread 1 cup of sauce in a 10x13 baking dish/cake pan. 

Layer 2: 4 noodles

In a large bowl mix the ricotta, mozzarella, and 2 tablespoons of the Parmesan cheese and eggs together. 

Then add half the cheese mixture and spread over the noodles and spread another cup of the spaghetti sauce on. Then spread all of your cooked sausage on. 

Layer 3: 4 more noodles and the rest of your cheese mixture and then the rest of the sauce. 

Layer 4: 4 more noodles and then spread on Alfredo sauce. Sprinkle a little parsley on top and the rest of the Parmesan cheese. 

Bake covered at 350° for 40 mins. Then uncover and cook anothe 10-15 minutes or until browned and bubbly.

Let sit 10 mins before serving.

Enjoy!!!

 

Spaghetti Squash Lasagna

We tried this recipe the other day and absolutely loved it! Very yummy and very healthy! Here is the link to the recipe as well as it posted here, hope you all enjoy!

http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/spaghetti_squash_lasagna_broccolini.html

Spaghetti Squash Lasagna with Broccolini

Makes: 4 servings
Serving Size: 1/2 stuffed squash half
Active Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 2 1/2- to 3-pound spaghetti squash, halved lengthwise and seeded
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 bunch broccolini, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper (optional)
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided
• 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese, divided
• 3/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper

Preparation

1. Position racks in upper and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 450°F.
2. Place squash cut-side down in a microwave-safe dish; add 2 tablespoons water. Microwave, uncovered, on High until the flesh is tender, about 10 minutes. (Alternatively, place squash halves cut-side down on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake in a 450°F oven until the squash is tender, 40 to 50 minutes.)
3. Meanwhile, heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add broccolini, garlic and red pepper (if using); cook, stirring frequently, for 2 minutes. Add water and cook, stirring, until the broccolini is tender, 3 to 5 minutes more. Transfer to a large bowl.
4. Use a fork to scrape the squash from the shells into the bowl. Place the shells in a broiler-safe baking pan or on a baking sheet. Stir 3/4 cup mozzarella, 2 tablespoons Parmesan, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper into the squash mixture. Divide it between the shells; top with the remaining 1/4 cup mozzarella and 2 tablespoons Parmesan.
5. Bake on the lower rack for 10 minutes. Move to the upper rack, turn the broiler to high and broil, watching carefully, until the cheese starts to brown, about 2 minutes.

"Spaghetti and Meatsauce"

Okay guys I have to say this is one of my favorite dinners now, and it's sooo healthy!!! yay!!! It's so good Joe and I have had it two nights in a row now haha! My sister Sara actually told me about this recipe and I had heard of it on another website too so that just confirmed I had to give it a try. Oh and I'm so glad I did because it is AMAZING!!! Sorry it's not that good of a picture but just trust me don't skip out on this recipe, if you like Spaghetti you will love this recipe! Basically you take a spaghetti squash, whatever meat you want, and spaghetti sauce and wala it's amazing! Here is a more detailed recipe for you...

Ingredients:
1 Spaghetti Squash (this makes a lot of "pasta" probably enough for atleast 4 people)
1 Jar of Spaghetti Sauce/ or you can make your own but make sure if you buy it, it doesn't have high fructose corn syrup. The one I found in the picture below I found at Fresh Market and I was completely wowed by how amazing it tasted! I honestly could've eaten just the sauce alone it was so good!

1lb Ground Turkey or beef whichever you prefer

Olives (optional)


Directions:
Cut a spaghetti squash in half and deseed it. Place the open side face down on a cookie sheet that has been lined with tin foil. Bake in the oven at 450* for 30-40mins.

Meanwhile cook your meat and warm up your sauce.

When the squash is done carefully scoop out the insides, its amazing how it really does look like spaghetti noodles when you scoop it out! If you get some chucks I just used a fork to shred it up. Top your "noodles" with your meatsauce and top with olives.

This really is soo yummy and I definitely think it will be a for sure staple in our house from now on. It's so funny Joe and I can't stop talking about how good it was lol. I hope you all enjoy it!!!

Herb Crusted Halibut

This is one of the many halibut recipes I wanted to try out since we are trying to incorporate more fish into our diets. I'm still getting used to the idea of trying to like fish but these awesome recipes are definitely helping! With this recipe I unfortunately didn't have any fresh ingredients so I had to use all dry which was still good however I am definitely looking forward to trying it with all the fresh next time. Here is the recipe for you, enjoy!!!

Herb Crusted Halibut
Ingredients

Original recipe makes 4 servings        

Makes servings USMetricAdjust Recipe (Help)

                

3/4 cup panko bread crumbs

1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley                                                                     

1/4 cup chopped fresh dill                                                                     

1/4 cup chopped fresh chives                                                                     

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil                                                                     

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest                                                                     

1 teaspoon sea salt                                                                     

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper                                                                     

4 (6 ounce) halibut fillets

 

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F

Line a baking sheet with foil

Combine panko bread crumbs, parsley, dill, chives, extra-virgin olive oil, lemon zest, sea salt, and black pepper in a bowl. Taste and adjust with more salt if desired.

Rinse halibut fillets and pat dry with a paper towel.

Place halibut fillets onto the prepared baking sheet.

Generously spoon the herbed crumbs over the fish, and lightly press crumb mixture onto each fillet.

Bake in the preheated oven until crumb topping is lightly browned and fish flakes easily with a fork, 10 to 15 minutes.

 

Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

I have been wanting to make Joe homemade chicken noodle soup since Joe and I got married! Why it took me this long to finally do it and on a warm sunny day, I don't know, but I finally did. He is always saying that the noodles aren't good or thick enough so I was on a quest for the best noodles out there and sure enough I think I found them! Or they are at least to Joe's satisfaction :) You of course don't have to make them as thick or wide as I did, I personally thought they were a little thick but it's totally up to you! I really liked the overall taste of the soup. This recipe is a bit chunky or hearty whichever one you want to call it. I think next time I will make about 2 more cups or so of broth just to make it perfect.

Suzannah was quite happy with this dinner as well as she could eat it all and boy did she eat it all right up!

Here is the recipe, enjoy!
Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup (Noodle recipe below)
Yield: about 4-6 servings

Ingredients:
1/2 of a medium yellow onion, diced
1 cup diced fresh carrots (about 2 carrots), you can add more if you want
1 cup diced celery (about 2 stalks) or more if you want
1 Tablespoon butter
6 cups water (next time I think I will do 8)
6 teaspoons of chicken bouillon (so 8 next time)
8oz of chicken (I just used a chicken breast cause that's all I had but I know using a rotisserie chicken would be amazing or even boiling a whole chicken can give you some amazing chicken stock! So don't limit yourself here.)
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp dried basil
1/4 tsp dried thyme leaves
a dash of dried bay leaves


Directions:
Dice up all the vegetables. Melt 1 Tablespoon of butter in a large skillet and saute until vegetables are soft. In a large pot boil your water and then stir in your bouillon. Add the vegetables to the pot and then use the skillet to cook your chicken breast. Once chicken is done cut into bite size pieces and add to the pot. Add the spices and bring it all to a boil. Reduce to a simmer for about 30 minutes or until vegetables are done. Do your noodles while this is simmering. I cooked noodles in a separate pot and then drained them and added them to the soup.

Homemade Noodle recipe
I found this noodle recipe at http://www.savoryreviews.com/2010/04/15/homemade-dumpling-noodles/. There are good pictures on this site for step by step if you want them.

Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup milk
2 egg
1 tbs butter, melted
1 tsp salt

Directions:
In a large bowl combine the flour and the salt.  In a medium bowl combine the milk, egg and melted butter.  Whisk to combine and beat the egg.  Make a well in the middle of the flour and add the egg mixture.
Stir the dough until it forms a ball and then turn it out onto a floured surface and knead it until the dough is smooth.  Roughly 5 minutes.  Then place the dough back into the large bowl and cover with plastic wrap.  Let the dough rest for 10-15 minutes.
Once again turn the dough out onto the floured surface.  This time flour a rolling pin and roll the dough out to about 1/4 inch in thickness. Flip your dough once while rolling out to ensure a easier process (sometimes if you just roll on one side then it gets too much flour and wont stick therefore making it harder to roll out).
Then cut the dough into desired noodle shapes with a pizza cutter or similar device.
(this website had them hang and dry for a while but I just cooked them and they were fine.)
To cook, place the noodles into salted boiling water and cook for 3-5 minutes depending on desired doneness.
Drain and then add to soup or top with sauce for some amazing pasta! :)

Chicken Divan

Tonight for dinner we made Chicken Divan. I really like this recipe because even though it's not really all that healthy it at least feels somewhat healthy lol. This is another recipe from my fun college days and my amazing roommates :) Here is the recipe for you I hope you enjoy it.

Chicken Divan
Ingredients:
2 10oz pkg's of frozen broccoli
2 cups cooked, diced chicken
2 (10 1/2oz) cans of condensed soup
1 cup sour cream
1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
1 Cup shredded cheese
1 1/2 cup Italian Bread Crumbs

Directions:
Cook broccoli and drain. Arrange in baking dish. Layer chicken on top. Combine the soup, sour cream and lemon juice and pour over the chicken. Sprinkle with cheese. Sprinkle bread crumbs over the top. Bake at 350* for 35 minutes or until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbly.

Barbecue Brown Sugar Halibut

Barbecue Brown Sugar Halibut

                       

As you all know Joe and I have been trying to eat healthier. This has not been easy and I knew something we needed to incorporate more into our diet was fish. I am not a fish person at ALL!! So although this probably isn't the healthiest way to make fish, I'm taking baby steps lol. Luckily this was by far the best Halibut I've ever had and that is saying a lot. It turned out very pretty too :) I found the recipe on Allrecipies.com http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Barbeque-Halibut-Steaks/Detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Thumb&e11=halibut&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Home%20Page&soid=sr_results_p1i17 Here is the recipe for you! Enjoy!

Barbecue Brown Sugar Halibut

Ingredients for Marinade:

2 Tablespoons Butter

2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar

2 Cloves Garlic, minced (I didn't have this so I used a seasoning I did have by McCormick that was called Roasted Garlic and Bell Pepper and I used about 1/2 of a tsp)

1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice

2 Teaspoons Soy Sauce

1/2 Teaspoon Black Pepper

1lb Halibut Steak

Directions:

1. Preheat grill for medium-high heat.

2. Place all ingredients for marinade in a small saucepan. Warm over medium heat, stirring occasionally till the butter is melted and the sugar is completely dissolved. 

3. Marinade fish for at least 1 hour if possible. 

4. Place fish on grill  (joe placed ours on tin foil and it came out really moist!) at about 350*. Cook for about 15 minutes on each side or until fish reaches 145*. Baste with sauce during cooking.

Scalloped Potatoes and Ham

 Tonight I decided to make this recipe because it will probably be the last time for a long time that I get to make it. :( We have to eat healthier so we have no choice but not to eat this delectable deliciousness! As you can probably tell I absolutely love scalloped potatoes and ham, it's by far one of my favorite foods. I think I could eat potatoes everyday, haha.

This recipe is also dear to my heart because in college they were the dinner of some of the best days shared with many friends in my life. If you knew me in college you knew that I absolutely loved to host dinners and every Sunday my brother and his roommates would come over to eat for dinner. I have so many fun memories of those days :) to all of you that we're apart of those days (you know who you are), thank you for making my life so special and so happy. You all touched my life in such a good way and I will always love you all for that.

So because we can't hardly eat them anymore please, for me, indulge yourselves in this amazing deliciousness.

Scalloped potatoes and Ham

Ingredients:
6 potatoes
1/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups of cheddar cheese (plus a little more to sprinkle on top)
3 Tablespoons flour
1 Cup milk
About 2 cups diced ham (or as much as you desire)

Directions:
Wash and slice potatoes into thin round slices, boil until tender.
Meanwhile in a pot melt butter over medium heat. Add cheese and flour, slowly add milk 1/8 of a cup at a time. Stir constantly until well mixed and thickened.
Drain potatoes and lay in a thin layer in a 10x13 pan
Pour cheese mixture evenly over the top.
Sprinkle on some ham and then cheese on top.
Bake in oven at 350* for about 30-40 minutes or until golden brown.

* another option is to omit the ham and serve potatoes with a side of BBQ chicken.

Saucy Southwest Sandwhiches

The other night I made these and ran out of time to make this post so here you go, better late than never right! :) I also forgot to take a picture so sorry this is a copy of a really old picture I took.

                             

Saucy Southwest Sandwiches

Ingredients:
8oz lean ground beef or turkey sausage
1tsp chili powder
1 can (14 1/2oz) del monte diced tomatoes with Garlic and Onion
1 can (11oz) Del monte summer crisp whole kernel corn, drained
4 hoagie buns

Directions:
Cook meat in a large skillet over medium heat until browned; drain. Stir in chili powder. Now this next step is optional, I personally like to blend the tomatoes up into a sauce and then add it to the meat but you can just add the can in. Blending them just makes it more like a sloppy joe is all. So stir in the tomatoes and then the corn. Heat completely. I also like to toast my buns but that is completely optional as well. Finally spoon the meat mixture into the buns and enjoy!!!

Corn & Squash Soup

Tonight for dinner I made Corn and Squash Soup. What I liked about this soup was that it was very fresh tasting. I did like that it was a good hearty soup as well. I do believe my other squash soup I make is a little better (I'll post that recipe when I make it) but I do still like this recipe and will definitely make it again. I found this recipe on pinterest so I just copied and pasted to save time tonight since I'm a little behind.

TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

MAKES: 8 servings

• Ingredients

• 12 bacon strips, diced

• 1 medium onion, chopped

• 1 celery rib, chopped

• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

• 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) chicken broth

• 6 cups mashed cooked butternut squash

• 2 cans (8-3/4 ounces each) cream-style corn

• 2 cups half-and-half cream

• 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley

• 1-1/2 teaspoons salt

• 1/2 teaspoon pepper

• Sour cream, optional

• Directions

• 1. In a large saucepan, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels; drain, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings.
  2. In the drippings, saute onion and celery until tender. Stir in flour until blended. Gradually stir in broth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until slightly thickened.
  3. Reduce heat to medium. Stir in the squash, corn, cream, parsley, salt, pepper and bacon. Cook and stir until heated through. Garnish with sour cream if desired. Yield: 8 servings (2-1/2 quarts).
  Originally published as Corn and Squash Soup in Taste of Home October/November 2005, p41

Nutritional Facts:

1 serving (1-1/4 cups) equals 381 calories, 26 g fat (11 g saturated fat), 53 mg cholesterol, 1,021 mg sodium, 29 g carbohydrate, 6 g fiber, 9 g protein.

Quick 'N Hearty Vegetable Barley soup

Joe and I have been trying to change our diet and eat healthier, it's so hard there are so many yummy things to eat and I absolutely LOVE to bake! So from now on if I do any baking we are just going to have to give it away and only have a small helping if any at all :(. Any who, tonight we tried a new recipe, "Quick 'N Hearty Vegetable Barley Soup". It sounds nasty (I thought) but it actually turned out pretty good. Here is the recipe for you all...

Quick 'N Hearty Vegetable Barley Soup

Yields: 8 (1 cup) Servings

Ingredients:

1/2lb lean ground beef

1/2 cup chopped onion (I used Onion powder and there was also some in my can of tomatoes)

1 clove Garlic, minced (I used garlic powder and there was also some in my can of tomatoes)

5 Cups water

1 (14 1/2oz) can Unsalted whole tomatoes, undrained, cut into pieces (I just used diced tomatoes with roasted garlic and onion)

3/4 Cup Quaker Quick barley

1/2 Cup Sliced Celery (this was just about 2 stalks)

1/2 Cup Sliced Carrots (This was one large carrot or two med)

2 Beef Bouillon Cubes (I realized these have a lot of sodium so next time i will probably emit some of the water and do low sodium beef broth instead)

1/2 tsp dried basil, crushed

1 bay leaf

1 (9oz) pkg frozen mixed vegetables

Directions:

Start cooking beef with Garlic and onion. While that's cooking start prepping and adding all the ingredients except the frozen vegetables into a large pot. Cover, bring to a boil. Reduce heat, simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add frozen vegetables; cook about 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Additional water may be added if soup becomes to thick upon standing. 

Cafe Zupas Yucatan Tortilla Chicken Soup

One of Joe and I's favorite dinners is Tortilla soup. Usually we have a different recipe but we couldn't find it so we decided to try this one tonight and we liked it even better! Here is the recipe for you, I originally found it at lowcalorielove.BlogSpot.com/2013/04/café-zupas-Yucatan-tortilla-chicken.html but I also included my changes below for you.

Cafe Zupas Yucatan Tortilla Chicken Soup

2 Frozen chicken breasts/ I used a Rotisserie Chicken

1 Medium Onion, diced/ Joe hates onion so I used 1Tablespoon of Onion Powder

1 Can black beans, drained and rinsed

1 Cup uncooked brown rice

8 Cups chicken broth (4 cans)/ I used low-sodium chicken broth

2 Cans diced tomatoes with green chiles (mild)/ I blended the tomatos (you can change the amount to one can depending on if you like it really tomato-ie or spicy etc)

1/3 Cup Lime Juice (uses 1 lime)

1 Cup Frozen Sweet Corn

Optional toppings:

Avocado

Sour Cream

Chips

Tortilla strips

Place all the ingredients into a large pot, bring to a boil and then reduce heat to a simmer for about 1 hour stirring occasionally or until rice is cooked. Serve with your choice of chips, avocado and/or sour cream. You can also do this in a crock pot and make it really easy :)

Poppy seed Chicken Casserole

Last night I ran out of time to post this so i'll do it now. When Joe and I were dating my amazing now in-laws gave me a recipe book for my birthday. It has been the best cookbook ever! It's called, "Summer in the Country" it's one of those Goose Berry Patch books. It has soo many good recipes! One of the recipe's I love to make is called Mandy's Easy Chicken Casserole, or as I know it, Poppy seed Chicken Casserole. Here is the recipe for you guys...Enjoy!!!

Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole
Recipe Yields 1 full 13x9in pan

Ingredients:
1-2 Cooked Chicken Breasts, Chopped (basically just put in however much chicken you like/want)
8oz wide egg noodles, cooked
1 10-3/4oz can of cream of chicken soup
12oz Sour Cream
4oz shredded cheddar cheese
4oz shredded mozzarella chesse (if you don't have this just put in all cheddar and it's still really good)
1 sleeve ritz crackers crushed or similar cracker (I had some garden vegetable ritz crackers once and that was really good too!)
1/4 cup margarine, melted
2 Tablespoons poppy seed

Directions:
1. Combine cooked chicken, noodles, soup, sour cream and cheeses in large bowl.
2. Pour into a lightly greased 13x9 baking pan.
3. Mix together melted butter and crushed crackers, sprinkle over top.
4. Sprinkle poppy seed over cracker crumbs.
5. Bake at 350* for 25-30 mins or until crackers are crispy and golden and cheese in melted.

Breakfast Quiche and Pancakes for Dinner

Tonight I decided to make Breakfast for dinner. One of Joe's favorite is Quiche so I decided to make it with some pancakes to make it more of a meal. Here is the recipe for you all to enjoy!

Tater, Ham and Potato Quiche

Ingredients:

6oz frozen hash browns

2 Tbsp. Butter

1/4 tsp salt

1/8 tsp pepper

Dash or two of onion powder

2 eggs

1/2 c milk

1/2 tsp mustard

1/2 cup mozzarella cheese

1/2 cup cheddar cheese

1 c cooked ham, diced

1/2 c frozen peas

Directions:

Start melting the butter in a heated skillet over medium high heat. Add frozen potatoes so it's one single layer. Add salt and pepper to taste. Heat until butter is completely melted and well mixed. Put into buttered pie pan. Bake at 400* for 20 minutes or until edges start to brown. Remove from oven. Prepare filling by beating eggs with milk and mustard. Add salt, pepper, and onion powder. Layer cheese, ham, and peas in potato crust. Pour milk mixture over top. bake 350* for 34-40 minutes. 

Serves 4

For our pancakes I also made some basic homemade maple syrup, here is the recipe as well. This is a great recipe if you just need to whip up some fast syrup.

Maple Syrup

Ingredients:

1/2 tsp Mapleine extract

2 cups sugar

1 cup boiling water

Directions:

Boil water, add sugar and mapeline, remove from heat. Stir until well mixed and sugar is dissolved. Serve hot!

Valentines Day Pizza

Our Valentines day fun started yesterday. We had a cute outfit from Grandma Linda and we had so much fun making daddy's candy message.

She was seriously being so funny yesterday, she was either super silly like in this video or she was super fussy. Silly girl!

This Morning we surprised daddy with his candy board! He loved it!

This was Suzannah's cute outfit from Mommy. It was hard to get her to pose for the camera today, she just wasn't wanting to be photogenic today.

When daddy came home he surprised Suzannah and I with roses, chocolate and sweet cards. We are so lucky!

While we were finishing up dinner Joe played with Suzannah. She is getting soo big, she is almost standing up all on her own! She has been grabbing onto anything and pulling herself up!

For dinner I made us homemade pizza and bread sticks! It turned out super yummy! Here are the before (left) and after (Right) pics and the recipe is below.

Suzannah even had cute pj's from Grandma Linda to wear.

Overall we had a great valentines day! :)

Happy Valentines Day Everyone!!!

Pizza Recipe

Yields 2 large pizzas!

Ingredients:

1 1/4 Cups Milk

1 1/4 Cups Water

6 Tablespoons vegetable oil

6 Tablespoons sugar

1 Tablespoon Salt (I used a little less)

2 Tablespoons yeast (or two packages)

6 1/2 cups flour

1 Cup Marinara Sauce

Dash of Pizza Seasoning (totally optional)

2 cups shredded pizza blend cheese

Toppings of your choice (Pepperoni, Canadian bacon and pineapple etc)

1/2 cup melted butter, dash of garlic powder and dash of Italian seasoning

Directions:

1. Mix water and milk in microwave for 2 1/2 minutes. 

2. Mix, oil, sugar and salt in bowl and pour hot milk and water over it. Mix for 5-10 seconds. 

3. add yeast and stir for 10-15 seconds. Let set for 5-10 minutes.

4. Add flour one cup at a time (if you add it all at once or too quickly you will end up using too much flour and your dough will be too sticky. trust me add it one cup at a time). Dough will be very soft, but that is how you want it. It will be sticky but it will only slightly stick to your hands.

5. Let dough raise until doubled. About 40-60 minutes.

Preheat oven to 425*

6. Punch down, divide into two even halves. Lightly sprinkle surface with flour and roll out half the dough. Roll out till its about 1/4 inch thick all around.

7. Roll up edges to form a crust. (mine didn't stay too well, it might be better to roll it under)

8. Spread 1/2 cup marinara sauce onto pizza (or as much as you want) and add a dash of pizza seasoning.

9. Top with 1 cup of pizza blend shredded cheese.

10. Top with whatever toppings you would like.

11. Melt butter and mix in a dash of garlic powder and a dash of Italian Seasoning. Spread this over the crust and on any extra dough to make your bread sticks.

12. Cook for 15-20 minutes or until done.

Enjoy! :)

Lasagna night

Lasagna Night at the Moffetts!

So a while back one of my sisters told me that I should start a blog about what I make each night for dinner. I kind of started one but didn't stick with it. So I'm going to start it up again, every time I make something new I will post what I made and the recipe I used. Tonight I made lasagna for dinner and we had garlic toast made from homemade bread to go with it! MmmMmm it was tasty! :)

Here is the recipe for you, I tweaked it a little bit as shown below but the main recipe came from the target brand of noodles. 

Ingredients:

9 lasagna noodles (about half the box)

1lb. Ground beef

1 24oz jar of pasta sauce ( I used three cheese)

1 8oz package of shredded mozzarella cheese, divided 

1 1/2 cups shredded Parmesan cheese, divided

1tsp dried basil leaves

2 eggs slightly beaten

1 15oz container of ricotta cheese

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 375*. 

2. Bring 4qts of water to a rapid boil, add noodles and cook for 10 minutes.

3. Meanwhile, cook ground beef over medium high heat until browned. Remove from heat. Stir in pasta sauce. 

4. Combine 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, 1 cup Parmesan cheese, basil, eggs and Ricotta cheese in large bowl.

5. Spread 1 cup sauce in bottom of 13x9 -inch baking dish. Top with 3 noodles, half the ricotta mixture and one third of the meat sauce. Repeat once. Top with remaining noodles and sauce; cover with foil.

6. Bake 50 minutes. Remove foil; top with remaining cheeses. Bake 10 to 15 minutes longer. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting and serving.