Lasagna, non frozen.

I seem to have lost my muse. So I will just paste a recipe that a friend gave me. I love lasagna and this recipe is for a quick cheese lasagna, no meat. Want to add something to it? Go right ahead and add your favorite meat, I like italian sausage. Vegetarian? Add some spinach, tomatoes and peppers. Have fun.

Four cheese lasagna

INGREDIENTS

• 16 ounces uncooked lasagna noodles
• 1 (26 ounce) can spaghetti sauce
• 1 pound cottage cheese
• 8 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
• 8 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
3. In a blender or with an electric mixer, blend tomato sauce and cottage cheese together until smooth*. Spoon a little of the sauce mixture in the bottom of a 9×13 baking dish. Place a layer of cooked noodles over the sauce, and sprinkle a portion of the mozzarella, the cheddar and the parmesan over the noodles. Repeat layering of sauce, noodles and cheese; finish with a cheese layer.
4. Bake in preheated oven 30 to 45 minutes, until cheese is bubbly and golden.

* I usually do not mix the cottage cheese(or ricotta) with the sauce like this recipe say but it works fine either way.

Enjoy

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Two Hearts Dream Delight

This is the winner of the dessert ideas from the “Dinner for a friend” post. A very special person created this one and let me help. It was fun to create. No fancy recipes here with measurements. Just get the ingredients listed below and have fun. Have fun and make this with someone you love! Oh, and I know, it is a lovey dovey sounding name for a dessert. But it has it’s logic. It is similar to another dish called “Strawberry Delight Dessert Pie”.

Strawberries, sliced
Raspberries, whole
Cool whip, strawberry flavored
Cool Whip, regular flavor
Angel food cake

Tear the angel food cake into bite size pieces
Spread a layer of the pieces into the bottom of the container you choose
Add a layer of strawberries and raspberries
Add a layer of strawberry whip cream
Now start over with the cake pieces
This time when adding whip cream, use the regular whip cream. Alternate the whip creams each time.
When you get to the top, smooth the whip cream and add a few strawberries and raspberries.

There it is, grab a special someone and have fun in the kitchen.