Another already long week at work. The moon has been full and it is evident everywhere! I have always put a lot of stock into the moon phases as a teacher and this week so far has not disappointed! LOL!
Tonight as I shopped for our annual tailgating weekend at Texas A&M, I wanted dinner in a hurry. I have desserts and cheese balls to make in anticipation of our crowd on Saturday when we beat IDAHO and all the veggies and such to pack in the RV so we are ready to grill!! We are excited that both our big girls will be in Aggieland to be with us and are excited about their friends ring dunks and getting to visit with both them and their parents and our other special friends while at the tailgate and other events. The weekend can't get here fast enough!
Considering dinner, I thought of my love for lasagna, but wanted my own take on it. So, with a little help from some jumbo pasta shells, store bought spaghetti sauce, cheeses, and browned hamburger meat I have a updated version I call 'Cheater's Lasanga'!
I learned early on that as a cook you don't have to follow all the rules. You can tweak recipes and come up with new reinvented ones that can be just as fabulous! This new lasagna recipe is right up there with some of my favorites. I hope you'll try it and learn to experiment more in the kitchen. I think the thing that turns most developing cooks off are long winded recipes with ingredients that are not found in their local groceries. Don't make life hard. Pressing the easy button in the kitchen is done a lot of my house and you should try it! Use what you have and you'll find that you are more creative in the kitchen than you think!
Cheater's Lasagna
2 lbs. ground beef, browned and drained
1 package of jumbo pasta shells, cooked and drained
2 - 16 ounce cans of store bought spaghetti sauce
- I prefer Hunts 4 Cheese Spaghetti Sauce
1 cup Colby Jack Cheese
1 - 16 ounce container of Ricotta Cheese
Brown ground beef and drain. Cook pasta according to package directions and drain. In a 9 x 13 inch Pyrex dish place one can of Spaghetti Sauce. Spoon half of Ricotta Cheese over spaghetti sauce in 1 tsp. sections over sauce. Please cooked pasta shells over mixture. Add second half of Ricotta Cheese in 1 tsp. sections over pasta. Place browned hamburger meet over mixture. Sprinkle Colby Jack cheese. Pour second container of spaghetti sauce on top of mixture. Cook on 425 until mixture is bubbly and cooked through.
Enjoy....recreating lasagna is as easy as you make it! So cheat away!
Alise
Tonight as I shopped for our annual tailgating weekend at Texas A&M, I wanted dinner in a hurry. I have desserts and cheese balls to make in anticipation of our crowd on Saturday when we beat IDAHO and all the veggies and such to pack in the RV so we are ready to grill!! We are excited that both our big girls will be in Aggieland to be with us and are excited about their friends ring dunks and getting to visit with both them and their parents and our other special friends while at the tailgate and other events. The weekend can't get here fast enough!
Considering dinner, I thought of my love for lasagna, but wanted my own take on it. So, with a little help from some jumbo pasta shells, store bought spaghetti sauce, cheeses, and browned hamburger meat I have a updated version I call 'Cheater's Lasanga'!
I learned early on that as a cook you don't have to follow all the rules. You can tweak recipes and come up with new reinvented ones that can be just as fabulous! This new lasagna recipe is right up there with some of my favorites. I hope you'll try it and learn to experiment more in the kitchen. I think the thing that turns most developing cooks off are long winded recipes with ingredients that are not found in their local groceries. Don't make life hard. Pressing the easy button in the kitchen is done a lot of my house and you should try it! Use what you have and you'll find that you are more creative in the kitchen than you think!
Cheater's Lasagna
2 lbs. ground beef, browned and drained
1 package of jumbo pasta shells, cooked and drained
2 - 16 ounce cans of store bought spaghetti sauce
- I prefer Hunts 4 Cheese Spaghetti Sauce
1 cup Colby Jack Cheese
1 - 16 ounce container of Ricotta Cheese
Brown ground beef and drain. Cook pasta according to package directions and drain. In a 9 x 13 inch Pyrex dish place one can of Spaghetti Sauce. Spoon half of Ricotta Cheese over spaghetti sauce in 1 tsp. sections over sauce. Please cooked pasta shells over mixture. Add second half of Ricotta Cheese in 1 tsp. sections over pasta. Place browned hamburger meet over mixture. Sprinkle Colby Jack cheese. Pour second container of spaghetti sauce on top of mixture. Cook on 425 until mixture is bubbly and cooked through.
Enjoy....recreating lasagna is as easy as you make it! So cheat away!
Alise
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