Sausage Lasagna

This Lasagna has become a favorite dish in our home. One of the great things about this Lasagna is it's only 383 Calories a serving( makes 8 servings). And it's super easy!! 


Ingredients:


1 Medium onion, chopped
8 ounces lean sweet italian turkey sausage, casings removed. ( I just use breakfast turkey sausage)
2 ( 15 oz) cans no salt added tomato sauce
1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp salt
1 (15 oz) container skim milk ricotta cheese ( I prefer using cottage cheese)
1/3 cup parmigiano-reggino cheese
1/2 c chopped fresh basil
1/4 tsp freshly ground ground pepper
1 egg, beaten
8 oz no cook lasagna noodles (12 noodles)
2 cups ( 8 oz) shredded skim milk mozzarella


Directions:


1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Cook the onions and sausage in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until the sausage is cooked through and the onions are soft, 7-10 min, breaking up the sausage into bits with a wooden spoon. Drain the mixture in a colander and wipe out the skillet with a paper towel. 


2. Return the sausage and onions to the skillet and add the tomato sauce, water, and salt. Heat to simmering over medium high heat. 


3. Combine ricotta, parmigiano-reggiano, basil and pepper in  a large bowl and mix well . Stir in egg. 


4. Spread a thin layer of tomato sauce mixture over bottom of a 13X9 inch baking dish and cover with 3 noodles. Spread one third of the ricotta mixture on top of the noodles and sprinkle with 1/2 cup mozzarella. Place 3 more noodles over the mozzarella. Repeat. Ending with ricotta mixture. 

5. Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake for 40 min. Remove the foil and bake for 10-15 min., add remaining mozzarella cheese, bake until cheese is melted and lasagna is bubbling and the noodles are cooked. Let stand for 15 min before cutting. 

S'More Croissants

These delicious treats are super easy to make and are great because they only use 3 ingredients.

Ingredients:
Mini Marshmallows
Chocolate chips( your favorite chocolate, I used milk chocolate)
1 tube croissants

Seperate croissants into triangles. Place marshmallows and chocolate chips on the  largest part of the triangle. I used 6 marshmallows and 8-10 chocolate chips. The marshmallows melt and almost disappear into the croissant so if you really like marshmallows you may want to try to fit more marshmallows. 

Fold one corner of the triangle to the opposite side, trying to cover  chocolate chips and marshmallows.
Then roll croissant like normal. 

Once they are rolled you will have a open end, try to stretch the dough to cover the  chocolate chips and marshmallows, pinch the dough together.

place filled croissants on a cookie sheet and bake according to directions for croissants.  Or until golden brown.  Let cool for a few minutes, Enjoy!

Yummy!!!! As you can see from this picture, the marshmallows  were absorbed into the croissant.  Next time I make these I will try putting more marshmallows into them. I used flavored marshmallows which added a fruity flavor and color. Not sure if the flavored marshmallows cook different than regular marshmallows but next time I'm going to try plain marshmallows just to compare :). HAPPY COOKING!

Mini German Pancakes

Ingredients:

                                                                                                                                     

1 cup milk

6 eggs

1 cup flour

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp orange zest ( optional)

1/4 cup butter melted

Directions:

1. Pre heat oven to 400 F. 

2. Blend 1st 6 ingredients in blender. Make sure flour clumps get blended. Add butter a little at a time in order to temper the eggs. 

3. Grease muffin tins well with butter or shortening

4. Distribute batter between tins. 1/2 to 3/4 full. Bake for 15 min or until puffy and golden on top. 

Serve with favorite toppings

This is what they look like after baking for 15min. They are puffy when you first pull them out of the oven but, flatten as they cool. 

Finished product. We smothered them in butter and syrup then sprinkled with powdered sugar. They would taste really good with a fruit topping or something sweet. 

Welcome

Welcome to my blog! I've started this blog as a way to share my love of cooking. As you can see from my title, most of my post will be something sweet because I love baking! But I'll try to throw in some healthy recipes too :). Check back soon to see my first recipe.

Samples

Here are some samples of cakes I have made recently. I will post a recipe and step by step instructions on how to make fondant. Which is actually a lot easier than you may think. Also I used homemade buttercream frosting on all these cakes. That recipe will also be added soon. Don't forget to Check back soon for some yummy recipes!
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