Mexican Hamburger Casserole

MEXICAN HAMBURGER CASSEROLE

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1 lb. hamburger
1 pkg taco mix

 Salsa

Cheese Whiz or I make Cheese Sauce with butter, flour and milk and then cheese
1 pkg. (12) soft corn tortillas
1 c. or more shredded cheddar cheese

Brown hamburger drain and add taco mix.  In the bottom of a round casserole dish lay 1 soft tortilla, then put a lay of  taco mix and hamburger, a little bit of salsa around it, then a thin layer of cheese sauce.  Then repeat 2 or 3 times till the casserole is full.  The sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese on top and top with shredded cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.  Cut into pie wedges and serve.

Rhubarb Pie

Rhubarb Pie

 

Fruit 

1-3/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup all purpose flour
5 cups cut-up fresh rhubarb (1/2-inch pieces)
3 tablespoons butter or margarine

 

Mix all ingredients together and place into pie shell, top with 3 tablespoons butter and then place pie crust on top making small slits in the crust.  You can also put the crumble crust on top of this.

 

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Well now that I have made my crust I need something to put into it so my hubbies' favorite pie is strawberry rhubarb and I have a garden full of rhubarb right now, so that is what he is gonna get.  Oh my goodness was this good, my hubby just ate it up.  Now he likes the kind with the crumble crust.  I like mine with a regular top and bottom crust.

Ingredients

4 cups rhubarb
2 cup strawberries, sliced and hulled
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
dash of salt

Mix all the ingredients together and put in a pie crust.

Crumble Top

2/3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tsp nutmeg
dash of salt
1/4 cup of margarine

Combine flour, sugar, nutmeg and salt.  Stir in butter just until crumbly and spread over fruit.  Bake pie at 400 for 20 minutes and then reduce heat to 350 and bake for another 40 minutes or until filling is bubbling.  If the crusts at the side start to get brown just cover with tin foil.

Makes 1 9 inch pie.  Makes 8 to 10 servings.

No Fail - Pie Crust

Don't worry about over kneading this dough, it seems to always turn out light and fluffy.  This is one of the staples of my baking recipes.  I don't know what I would do if I ever lost it.

No Fail Pie Crust

2 cups of flour

1 tsp white sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

1 cup lard

1/3 cup cold water

1 egg yolk

1 tsp white vinegar

Directions

In a medium bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.  Cut in the lard until mixture resembles coarse meal.

In a separate bowl, whisk together water, egg yolk, and vinegar.  Stir into the dry ingredients and then knead dough briefly just until it is smooth.  Allow to rest about 20 minutes before rolling.  I put it in the refrigerator because pastry is always easier to roll when it is chilled.  Can be stored up to one week in the refrigerator.

Crock Pot Chinese Chicken

I will tell something about this recipe it is excellent and easy, another thing I would add to it and my family loves is sliced celery and carrots.  I serve it over rice.  The kids went wild for it.

Crock Pot Chinese Chicken

2 pounds boneless chicken pieces
1 cup packed brown sugar
2/3 cup vinegar
1/4 cup lemon lime soda
2 to 3 tablespoons minced garlic
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon black pepper

2 tsp ginger

Place chicken in crock pot, I cut it up into one inch cubes.. Combine remaining ingredients; pour over chicken. Cover; cook on low for 6 to 8 hours. Serve over rice or noodles. To thicken sauce, combine 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch with 2 tablespoons of water and add to the crockpot

Refrigerator Cookies

These are one of those cookies that I always seem to need, the great thing about them is that at Christmas time I tint them red or green at Easter they are purple, orange at hallow e'en.  For the Halloween ones I make sure they are really round when I roll them up and use black icing to draw a happy face on them

 

Refrigerator Cookies

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 cup butter (I use margarine, when I do I use a little less)
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

 

Directions

1. In a medium bowl cream together the sugar and butter until smooth. Stir in the egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt, gradually stir into the creamed mixture until all flour is absorbed. Shape dough into rolls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Wrap in waxed paper; refrigerate until firm, at least 4 hours or up to 1 week.
2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Unwrap chilled rolls and cut into 1/4 inch thick slices. Place cookies 1 inch apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until cookies are lightly browned. Remove from baking sheets immediately to cool on wire racks.

Mom's Double Chocolate Cookies

This is one recipe that kids love.  I bake a batch and they are gone.  Once again this is a crazy week, so keep your eyes out for quick supper fixes.  Don't ask me where this recipe came from it was scribbled on a piece of paper tucked in a recipe book.

Mom's Double Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients

12 oz chocolate chips

3/4 cup margarine

1 cup white sugar

2 eggs

2 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 cup chocolate chips

Melt 12 oz chocolate chips in a glass microwave-safe bowl and let cool. Cream together 3/4 cup margarine and 1 cup white sugar. Add 2 eggs and melted chocolate. Beat well.
Gradually add 2 cups flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp salt.

After that has mixed well stir in 1 cup chocolate chips.  Drop by small spoonfuls onto parchment paper covered baking sheets and flatten with fork. Bake at 350 degrees F for 6-8 minutes.

Hamburg Casserole

Well once again this week, we lost power again.  Yeah us so last night we were camping again or that is what the kids call it.  One of the great things about living in the country is that you never know when your power or phone is going to go out.  At least where we live anyways, our power lines to our house are old and need to be replaced, but hydro always seems to have something else to do.  Our phone on the other hand, when it even rains a little we lose it.  They tell us that one of the buried lines must be getting moisture in it.  This is one of those recipes that is great on a rainy day or during the winter months when you need comfort food.  The great thing about this recipe is that it can be done in a casserole or in a crock pot. A crock pot is a great thing to have when you lose power.  They are easily plugged into a generator and poof in 6 hours you have supper all nice and warm.  So any guesses as to what we are having for supper tonight?  Yep its the old Hamburger Casserole.

Hamburg Casserole

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 1 lb hamburg

sliced potato

1 onion

carrots

can of tomato soup

1/2 cup water

1 lb hamburg on bottom of casserole.  Layer sliced potato, onion and carrot on top of hamburg.  I usually do 2 layers of potato, onion, carrot.  Mix one can of tomato soup and 1/2 cup water and pour over ingredients.  Add salt and pepper to taste.

Bake 350 for 1 hour.

Marvellous Meatballs

These meatballs can be made in advance and frozen, I usually do a double batch then freeze them and take them out when I need them for supper.  These meatballs and sauce can be served over rice.  My hubby loves these and it is a quick supper when I am in a hurry.

Marvellous Meatballs

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1 lb hamburg

1/4 tsp garlic

1 egg

1/4 tsp pepper

1/2 cup bread crumbs

1 tsp salt

1/4 tsp onion powder

Sauce:

1 cup soya sauce

3/4 grape jelly

3/4 cup chilli sauce 

Meatballs - Mix above ingredients for meatballs together, form into small balls and place onto a cookie sheet bake in a 350 oven for about 20 - 30 minutes or until they are done, either cool and freeze or place in a casserole dish.  Just cook what you need for supper and freeze the rest.


Sauce:  Mix sauce ingredients together in a blender or food processor, place meatballs into a casserole dish and pour sauce over them, bake in a 350 oven for 30 minutes.

Is anybody there?

Some days I just sit here wondering is anybody out there actually reading this, or is it purely for my enjoyment,  I realize that this is a relatively new blog and it takes a while to get followers but sometimes you just sit here wondering are you out there, hello...................

Chocolate Shortbread

As with every time I diet I seem to want to cook a lot and of course it's always something bad.  This year I only have to lose twenty pounds to get back to pre-winter weight.  Cooking like this is so going to delay the weight loss.  I found this recipe in one of my mothers old cookbooks.  My kids love, love, love chocolate, so I am going to try this tomorrow while they are at school and have a surprise when they get home.  Lets see how it goes.

Chocolate Shortbread

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1 cup butter

1 egg yolk

1/2 cup icing sugar 

1/4 cup cocoa

2 - 2 1/2 cups flour 
2 tbsp milk 

Now I only use 2 cups of flour and use the extra 1/2 cup to help me roll them out.  Mix all ingredients together until it is to stiff to work with a wooden spoon.

Combine all ingredients (you will need to get your hands in there) until well mixed and it forms a dough. Spread the dough out, and flatten as much as possible – use a rolling pin to make it nice and flat if needed, but you may have to flour it a little so it doesn’t stick to the dough. With your hands form the flattened dough so that it is somewhat square in shape. Prick the dough all over with a fork.  Cut with a pizza cutter and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.  You can make these with cookie cutters, but that would not be easy would it.  Another thing you can do is top each cookie with a chocolate chip, my kids like them that way.   Bake in preheated 325 degrees F oven for about 20 minutes.

EASY NO FAIL CHOCOLATE FUDGE

Easy Easy Triple Easy Chocolate Fudge

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1 cup sugar
1/3 cup coco
1 tbsp corn syrup
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups icing sugar

Bring all ingredients to a boil  except the icing sugar and vanilla and boil for 1 minute.  Stir in 3 cups powdered sugar, 1 tsp vanilla.  Pour into a greased pan. About an 8 X 8 pan.

Salsa Dip

This is the easiest best tasting dips, my friends and family love this and it is a staple in this house for all occasions.

Salsa Dip

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1 (8oz pkg cream cheese)

1/2 cup salsa

1/2 to 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1/4 cup sour cream

1 small onion

 

Place all ingredients in food processor and mix up.  Use nacho chips and enjoy!

Excellent Macaroni Salad

This is one of those salads, that are great on a hot summer day.  My family loves this salad, especially the littlest one.  It is so easy, you can put any vegetable that you want in it.  Now I must say that it looks a lot prettier with colored macaroni, but for some reason my family likes plain old white macaroni

Excellent Caesar Macaroni Salad

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1 to 2 bunches broccoli
1/2 brick cheddar cheese
1 bottle PC Caesar salad dressing ( any good Caesar dressing will do)
1 box of tricolour rotini macaroni

Chop broccoli florets into small pieces, cut cheddar cheese into small cubs.  Boil macaroni until al dente, cool drain and rinse.  Mix the brocooli, cheddar cheese, and macaroni together.  Then add dressing.  Refrigerate for 20 minutes, just before serving add a little more dressing and enjoy!

Banana Split Dessert

This is one of those desserts that are just way to good, give me a spoon and I can sit down and eat the whole thing.  Good thing I am on a diet this week, trying to shed those winter extra add on  pounds.  But the kids love it.  If you love cheese cake then this is ten times better, that is all I can say.

Banana Split Dessert

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Base:

1/2 cup butter melted

2 cups graham wafer crumbs

Middle:

2 eggs (Beat for 4 minutes)

2 cups icing sugar

3/4 cup butter at room temperature

1 tsp vanilla

Next Layer:

1 (20 oz) can pineapple

4 bananas sliced

Top Layer

1 (9 oz) Cool Whip

Chocolate Syrup (like Hersheys for chocolate milk)

Mix melted butter and graham crackers crumbs and spread evenly in a 9 X 13 pan.  Beat eggs for 4 minutes then add icing sugar, butter and vanilla.  Spread evenly over base.  Place in refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Cut up bananas and place over middle layer, then add cool whip and then sprinkle chocolate syrup over the top.  Refrigerate again, slice and serve to others if you can.  I like to keep it all for myself.

Really Easy Welsh Cakes - My spin

Ok so here is what I made the chillin's for breakfast this morning, lets just say there is nothing left.  The loved them.  So my kids don't like currants or raisins so instead I put chocolate chips  and some vanilla.  I will post my original recipe and the one I doctored.  All I added extra was the chocolate chips and vanilla.  Instead of frying them on the stove top.  I put mine on a cookie sheet with parchment paper on it and placed it in the oven at 350 for 10-12 minutes.  I hate cooking pancakes and being stuck to the stove so I opted for the oven method, they were awesome.  You know after I made these, they would be awesome plain with strawberries mixed with sugar and whipped cream on them, sort of a strawberry shortcake.  The other way these would be good is with blueberries in them or apple chunks and 2 tsp of cinnamon the possibilities are endless.

Really Easy Welsh Cakes

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2 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup raisins or currants or chocolate chips
2 eggs mixed with a small amount of milk

2 tsp vanilla

Mix the dry ingredients, then cut in shortening with a pastry blender. Add raisins, blueberries, chocolate chips.. Beat eggs and vanilla well and stir into dry mixture, adding in enough milk to make the dough soft. Roll out dough on floured surface to 1/4 inch thickness, and cut with cookie cutters or you can make squares like I did. You can cook them on the stove top like pancakes and turn over only once. I put mine on a cookie sheet with parchment paper on it and placed it in the oven at 350 for 10-12 minutes.  Serve warm with butter.  My kids ate them plain with the chocolate chips you don't need to add anything else.

Easy Banana Muffins

These muffins are just great, awesome, easy and I would say almost fool proof.  I make them in the morning before my kids go to school they love them for breakfast.  My youngest likes to make them also, of course with adult supervision.

Banana Muffins (makes 12 muffins) 

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3 or 4 Large bananas, mashed (the more bananas the moister, so I use 4)

1 cup white sugar (you can use less, you can take it down to 1/2 cup if you like it less sweet)

1 slightly beaten egg

1/3 cup melted margarine or butter

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups flour

Mix the mashed banana, sugar, egg and margarine together. Set aside. In a separate bowl, mix together baking soda, baking powder, salt and flour. Mix wet and dry ingredients all together! Pour into greased muffin tins, and bake in 350 degrees F oven for approximately 20 minutes.

Tuna Casserole

This past week has been nuts kids have been sick, the donkey keeps getting out, so this was an easy fix for supper.

Tuna Casserole

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1 cup cooked rice

1 tin cream of mushroom soup

1 onion (small)

1 can tuna drained

1 cups milk

1 egg beaten

cracker crumbs

salt and pepper

Mix cooked rice, tuna, soup, milk, onion, egg, salt and pepper.  Place ina casserole dish.  Top with cracker crumbs and grated cheese.

Bake 350 for 1 hour.

Laura Secord Chocolates

During Easter I wanted to make my mother-in-law something special.  She loves the Buttercream candies at Laura Secord's so I made her these.  She told me not to lose the recipe.  You know sometimes it is not what you do or how you do it or what you give or how you give it, it is the thought that goes into it.

Laura Secord’s

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1 can eagle bran milk

2 tblsp corn syrup

3 lbs icing sugar

1/3 lb softened butter

Vanilla

Stir this mixture together.  You can add almond, maple, coconut, instead of vanilla.  Make small balls and put on sheets and chill well.

Melt in double boiler

1 cake chocolate (8oz)

1/3 paraffin wax

Dip chilled balls in chocolate.  Makes 4 lbs of chocolates.

Note:  2.2 lbs = 1 kg

Homemade Pan Rolls

Well as you can probably tell tonight's supper consists of Fresh buns and Home made soup with apple muffins for dessert.

Homemade Pan Rolls

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Ingredients

3 3/4 cups bread flour, divided
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup shortening
1 teaspoon salt
1 (.25 ounce) package rapid rise yeast
1/2 cup warm water (120 to 130 degrees F/50 degrees C)
1/2 cup warm milk
1 egg
2 tablespoons butter, melted

 

Directions
In a large bowl mix together 1/2 cup water 2 tsp sugar and yeast.  Let stand for about 20 minutes.

Then add milk, sugar, shortening, salt and egg  and 2 cups of flour. Beat with electric mixer on low speed for about 1 minute, scraping bowl frequently. Add the remaining flour, 1/4 cup at a time, until the dough comes together.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Place in greased bowl and turn greased side up. Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Dough is ready if indention remains when touched.

Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide in half; cut each half into 24 pieces. Form the pieces into rounds. Place the rolls close together in two lightly greased 9 inch round cake pans. Brush with melted butter. Cover and let rise in warm place about 30 minutes or until doubled. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Bake in preheated oven for 12 to 18 minutes, until golden brown.

Apple Muffins

 Now this recipe is very good, but I make 12 muffins out of it, it says six but they must be very big.  I also use the apple sauce version I find it has a much better moisture and flavor.

Apple Muffins 

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Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
1/3 cup milk
2 apples - peeled, cored and chopped Or 1 apple and 1/2 cup apple sauce

1/2 cup white sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease six muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
2. Stir together 1 1/2 cup flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt, baking powder and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Mix in oil, egg and milk. Fold in apples. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling to the top of the cup.
3. In a small bowl, stir together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. Mix together with fork and sprinkle over unbaked muffins.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.

Vegetable and Beef Soup

Well again today it is raining and damp outside so I have decided to make home made soup and home made buns for supper it is just that kind of day.  Well this morning there was no skunk in the trap so maybe I have gotten the little buggers.  Two days and two skunks later and the trap is empty, which is good I will leave it for a couple more days and hopefully that will have it for this year.


Now this soup can be made either on the stove or in a crock pot I have done it both ways.  If you do it on the stove keep it at a low temperature and you may have to add a little water.  Of course on the stove it does not take as long a time as in the crock pot.  You can add any kind of vegetables I use this recipe as a base and add anything I want to it peas, rice, or noodles are good.  I do not add the rice or noodles together just substitute one for the other.

Vegetable and Beef Soup

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1 lb ground beef

5 cups water
2 beef bouillon cubes

2 tsp salt

2 tsp sugar

1 clove garlic diced (optional I do not use it)

1/4 tsp oregano

1/2 tsp basil

1/4 tsp pepper

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

2 bay leaves

1/2 tsp parsley flakes

a sprinkle of thyme

1 (28 oz) can of tomatoes

1/4 cup rice

1 cup chopped onion

1 cup carrots

                     celery (I put in a tsp of celery seeds)
cubed potatoes
corn

                     shredded cabbage (optional I don't use it)

Brown ground beef and onion.  Drain off the fat, combine all ingredients in a crock pot or big soup pot and simmer for 1 hour on stove or 4 hours in crock pot.

Sheppard's Pie

Well it is raining here again today, so I thought tonight's supper would be Sheppard's Pie.  Just to let you know, I reset my little skunk trap and yes again this morning I caught another one.  Yeah me.  As a side note I have put one of those turn thingies into the ground and attached a long leash to it that goes right up to our front door so that I can attach my litttle pom to it and I don't run the risk of her or I getting sprayed again. This is another of those recipes that you can make two or even three at a time and freeze the rest for another day.

Sheppard's Pie

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 1/2 lb hamburg

1 tin corn or frozen corn

1 onion (small)

1 can cream of mushroom soup

mashed potatoes

Cook hamburg with onion, then add corn and mushroom soup.  Stir it well and  place on the bottom of a casserole dish.  After you have cooked and made your mashed potatoes place them on top of the hamburger, corn mixture.  Bake 350 for 30-40 minutes or until well heated through.

Easy Spahetti Sauce

So to start things off today I made homemade spaghetti sauce for another day and then I freeze, before you go all crazy and say oh that’s way too much work, it is no different than opening a can of spaghetti sauce.  Trust me this will taste so much better, than the canned stuff and you may never eat canned again.

Easy Peasy Spaghetti Sauce

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2 bottles of home canned tomato sauce (or if you must 2 (28 oz) big cans of crushed tomatos)

1 good tablespoon crushed garlic

2 pinches of Italian Seasoning

1 good tablespoon oregano

2 tsp basil

¼ cup dried onion flakes

1 tsp sugar (takes the acid out of the sauce)

I also add a pinch of celery seed

You can also add some green peppers if you like, I do but they don't know it.  I put them in the blender and crush them and then add it to the sauce they never know what they are eating.  I hide good things everyday into their food.  Of course they hate green peppers, onions and such so I grind them up and mix them in, they never know.  Of course if they read this they will.

Mix all ingredients together and cook on a low heat for 15 minutes, I mean like on 3 or 4 on your dial.  Then add your cooked hamburger.  Don't cook your sauce for hours, I find the sooner you eat it the better it tastes, the flavors don't get lost in the cooking or vaporized away.

While your sauce is cooking, bring well salted water to boil ( I add about 1/4 cup of salt to a big pot) and cook your pasta, when the pasta is ready, serve with the sauce.

Lasagna

So after our few days of living in the dark ages, with no power or phone.  The girls have decided they want mommys' home made lasagna, so here is what I made for supper.  I also made the pizza dough recipe and made bread sticks they could dip with the extra sauce that was left.  The best thing about making this Lasagna is that I usually make a double batch.  One to freeze uncooked, and the other one for tonights supper.  So one day when I am to busy (poof) I have supper that I can just throw in the oven.

Now a little bit about my day today, we have had a skunk problem, if you don't live in an 130 year old farm house you may not get this, but the little buggers get into the crawl space below our house and make themselves a little home.  Then when one of the kids go racing threw our house or the furnace goes on, now not every time but usually once a week or month they let fly.  So yesterday I got a live trap to catch the little bugger.  This morning I woke up to a wonderful surprise, there he was in the cage.  Now to drive him somewhere where he can live happily.  But before I could do that I let my little pom out to go for a pee, I had her on a leash but as I was shutting the door she saw the skunk, yanked the leash from my hand and headed straight for the cage, barking the whole way with me running behind her yelling noooooooooooooo.  To late we are both covered in skunk piss.  So into the house I go mix up some baking soda and hydrogen peroxide with some water and cover us both and let it sit for 5 minutes, then off to the shower the both of us went.  Hopefully they don't notice tonight when I go to vote.  My husband has not come home yet so I am not sure if I still smell like skunk.

Lasagna 

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Ingredients:

1 1/2  pound lean ground beef 1/2 cup minced onion 2 cloves garlic, crushed 2 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes 1 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste 1/2 cup water 1 tablespoons white sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil leaves 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

2 tsp oregano 2 tsp salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 4 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley 12 lasagna noodles (If you use the no cook kind add at about  1 1/2 cup of water to the sauce) 2 cups cottage cheese or ricotta cheese 1 egg 1/2 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:

1.	In a Dutch oven, ground beef, onion, and garlic over medium heat until well browned. Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water. Season with sugar, basil, Italian seasoning, 1/2 tablespoon salt, pepper, and 2 tablespoons parsley. Simmer, covered, for about 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
2.	Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles in boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes. Drain noodles, and rinse with cold water. In a mixing bowl, combine  cottage cheese or ricotta cheese with egg, remaining parsley, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.  If you want you can use the no cook kind of noodles that makes it even easier.
3.	Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
4.	To assemble, spread 1 1/2 cups of meat sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. Arrange 6 noodles lengthwise over meat sauce. Spread with one half of the cottage cheese or ricotta cheese mixture. Top with a third of mozzarella cheese. Spoon 1 1/2 cups meat sauce over mozzarella, and sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Repeat layers, and top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Cover with foil: to prevent sticking, either spray foil with cooking spray, or make sure the foil does not touch the cheese.
5.	Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil, and bake an additional 25 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes before serving.

Apple Crisp

After days with no power with no power I finally got to cook in my oven last night.  So I made a family favorite Apple crisp.  We had pork chops and potatoes done on the BBQ and for desert we had....

Apple Crisp

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1 cup flour

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup rolled oats

2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 cup margarine

Mix all ingredients except the margarine.  Melt the margarine and mix with the dry ingredients.  Place 4 cups pealed and sliced apples into a 9 X 13 pan.  Cover with crumb mixture.  Bake at 350 for 35 - 40 minutes.