Simply Lasagna

1 lb ground beef
1 egg, beaten
2 1/2 cups Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
1 15oz container Ricotta Cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan Cheese
1/4 cup chopped Parsley
1 26oz jar spaghetti sauce
1 cup water
12 lasagna noodles, uncooked

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Brown meat in large skillet on medium - high heat. Meanwhile, mix egg, 1 - 1/4 cups of mozzarella cheese, the ricotta cheese, 1/4 cup of the Parmesan cheese and the parsley until well blended; set aside.

2. Drain meat; return to skillet. Stir in spaghetti sauce. Add water to the empty sauce jar; cover with lid and shake well. Add to the meat mixture; stir until well blended. Spreakd 1 cup of the sauce onto the bottom of a 13 x 9 - inch baking dish; top with layers of 3 lasagna noodles, one-third of the ricotta cheese mixture and 1 cup of the sauce. Repeat leayers twice. Top with remaining 3 noodles and the remaining meat sauce. Sprinkle with the remaining 1 - 1/4 cups of mozzarella cheese and remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Cover with greased foil.

3. Bake 45 minutes. Remove foil; bake an additional 15 minutes or until heated through. Let stand 15 minutes before cutting to serve.

I hope that all is well - I’m in need of my Lauren fix and see that you haven’t blogged in two days!

Sending you a hug.

Teresa

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Dirty Rice

I box of Zetarain’s Dirty Rice
1 tube (?) Bob Evans Sausage
Colby jack cheese

Brown and drain sausage. Prepare Dirty Rice with sausage as directed. Serve with shredded colby jack cheese sprinkled over top.

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That’s it. I told you it was easy peasy. I serve it with hot rolls or fresh bread and with a tossed salad. My family loves this dinner! ♥

Talk to you later!

Hugs,
Renee

I live in S. GA so we grill year round, but there are some northern die hards who are able to dig their grill out of the snow bank.

Our Asian night

Terriyaki porkchops
12 ounce bottle Kikkoman’s Terriyaki baste and glaze
8 ounce can crushed pineapple with juice

Mix marinade in large plastic bag. Coat each piece of bone on pork chop with marinade as you put it in bag. Leave out to get to room temp - about 1 hour. Flip several times during the hour. Barbecue.

Soybeans - (edamame)

Drop frozen soybeans into boiling water for about 1 and 1/2 to 2 minutes with a tablespoon of salt for each bag. (Keep in mind you are putting the salt onto the pods and you still have to pop them out of the pods to eat.) Drain and cool in cold water. Can put in fridge to serve chilled. Kids LOVE soybeans as they have to pop them out of their shells to eat them and they taste like nuts. We call them soy nuts because if we called them beans, naturally they would never reach their lips. They are sold here at the local Walmart in the frozen food section.

Rice

brown rice in the rice cooker or Uncle Ben’s five minute wild rice or Rice-a-roni’s Rice Pilaf
Cook as directed on the package, but add 1/2 to 3/4 cup golden raisins with the water. Not Asian but I am always sneaking in fruits/veggies and it makes the rice sweet and sprinkle with sliced almonds.

Chicken Bruschetta: (soory no measurements)

Boneless Chicken Breasts
Italian Bread Crumbs
Olive Oil
Shredded Parmesan Cheese (not grated)

Mix together and reserve
Can of Diced Tomatoes
Chopped Fresh Basil
Garlic Cloves (maybe 2 - minced)

- put chicken breasts (seasoned w/ salt & pepper) in pan, drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with bread crumbs, top with shredded cheese - bake in 375 oven @ 20 minutes - top with tomatoe/basil/garlic mixture - put back in oven to heat thru - maybe 5-7 minutes.

I served with baked potatoes (nuked) and garlic bread.

enjoy!

PS
My super easy recipe is Mexican Joes
1lb ground beef (very lean)
1 lg Jar of salsa

cook together and serve over burger buns w/nacho chips and carrot sticks or over minute rice sprinkled with cheese.
Definately a kid pleaser