Noodles......

The one place that I love to eat at is Noodles & Company and my favorite dish is the Pasta Fresca. It is so good, so I decided to go on line to see about coming up with a recipe to try. I came across a recipe here. I will be trying it out very soon, maybe even tonight. The kids also like to eat there because noodles are one of those foods they like. Just give them some spaghetti noodles with a little butter and salt and they are good to go.

New Favoraite

We just made this Hearty Hash Brown Dinner & it's a new favorite. It's like Tater Tot Casserole, but a few different ingredients. It's one of those comfort foods that is just plain yummy. I can always tell when the hubby really likes what I made because he goes back for seconds. As you can see from the picture there was not much leftover.

Now like always I didn't follow the recipe. I didn't want to make it in the crock pot, so I put everything together using a casserole dish that was 8x11. I also replace the cream of chicken soup with cream of mushroom soup & just sprinkled mozzarella cheese on top, since I don't keep Velveeta in the house. I also didn't use the French Onions, since I didn't have any. For the vegetable blend I used a mixture of corn, carrots & peas. This was a super yummy & easy dish. So check it out and let me know if you try it out or have any other variation that I could try.

Haystack's

is a family favorite and mom especially like's it because it is so easy to make. We tend to make this when we have company and they always rave about it. To find the recipe just click here.

Easy Roll-Up Cannelloni
So here is my first recipe for the blog. This recipe came out of my Family Fun magazine. It was easy to make and it was a nice change from eating lasagna.

1 lb hamburger
1 small onion diced
1 large garlic clove
1 c. cottage cheese or ricotta
1 cup mozzarella
1/2 frozen peas (optional)
1 egg
1 tsp basil
salt & pepper to taste
1 package no-boil lasagna pasta (Barilla brand)
1 jar spaghetti sauce or make your own

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. In a frying pan brown hamburger, onion & garlic and then when done transfer to a bowl. Then add to the meat mixture cottage cheese, mozzarella, peas, egg, basil and salt & pepper. While the hamburger is browning get a pot of water boiling and salt water and then cook the lasagna noodles for 2-3 mins in the boiling water. When done lay them out on a clean towel. Then take your baking pan 9x13 and spread some of the spaghetti sauce on the bottom. Then take your cooked pasta and put some filling in and roll them up. Place in your pan and finishing using up the pasta and filling till pan is full. Then put the rest of the spaghetti sauce on top. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Cover pan with tin fold and bake for 20 mins then uncover pan and bake 10 mins longer. Serve with some garlic bread & vegetable.