Manicotti Lasagna

I served mine with Cesar salad and homemade cheddar bay biscuits!!!

This recipe came from....ME! I had some manicotti noodles I wanted to use and wanted to make something with stuff I already had. It came out SOOO delicious!

What you will need:

1 lb. Ground beef

Small curd Cottage cheese

Onion

Italian seasoning

Garlic powder

Onion powder

12 Manicotti noodles

Marinara sauce

Mozzerella Cheese

Preheat oven to 425. Brown meat with seasonings (italian, onion and garlic powder) and add in chopped onion for extra flavor. Boil manicotti noodles to where they are slightly still stiff so you can stuff them easily. Drain noodles and let cool. (you may want to add some EVOO so they don't stick together). Coat bottom of baking dish with a little bit of the marinara sauce. Add in your desired amount of cottage cheese to the meat mixture. Fill each noodle with the mixture and lay in dish. Cover noodles with marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese. Cover with foil and bake for 15 min. Then uncover and bake for an additional 5 min. MMM, so simple!!!

Parmesan Garlic Chicken

This was my first time making this and it was really good! I got the recipe off of the Good Seasons Italian dressing and recipe mix. Here it is!

You will need:

1/2 cup 100% grated parmesan cheese

1 envelope of Good Seasons Italian salad dressing and recipe mix

1/2 tsp. garlic powder

6 boneless, skinless, chicken breasts

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix cheese, salad dressing, and garlic powder in small bowl.

Moisten chicken with water, and coat with cheese mixture. Place in shallow baking dish.

Bake for 20-25 min or until chicken is cooked through.

For a golden appearance, after chicken is done cooking set oven to broil. Broil for 2-4 min. or until chicken is golden brown.

Enjoy!!!

Weekly Menu Plan

My menu plans do not always start at the beginning of the week, but I do make them for a week. So here is our menu from Thursday to Wednesday!

THURS- Parmesan Garlic Chicken (first time making this..will post recipe if its good!) and salad with balsamic dressing

FRI- Shake N bake chicken, corn on the cob, and saffron yellow rice

SAT- Manicotti noodle lasagna and cesar salad (this is a creation from my own brain so again, if its good I'll post it.)

SUN- Turkey tenderlion stuffing casserole and garlic butter green beans

MON- Louisiana Chicken spaghetti

TUES- Pizza pasta and garlic crescent rolls

WED- Fajitas and mexican rice

(Ranch) Pizza Pasta and Garlic Crescent Rolls

P enjoying his pizza pasta!

This is a favorite among my family, as well as easy to throw together in a pinch, or usually in my case, forgot to defrost meat!!

YOU WILL NEED:

Ranch dressing (if desired)

Your choice of pasta noodles (we like bowtie or penne for this)

Your favorite pizza toppings

Mozzerella cheese

Marinara or spaghetti sauce (I like Newmans own Marinara)

Crescent Rolls

Butter

Garlic seasoning

Prepare noodles as box directs. Preheat oven while water is boiling. While noodles are cooking, take out your rolls and before seperating them, spread with butter and sprinkle with garlic seasoning. Then seperate and roll as normal. Cook as directed on package. When noodles are done, drain and add sauce and your favorite pizza toppings (such as onions, olives, green peppers, pepperoni, mushrooms, etc.) Put in baking dish and top with mozzarella cheese and bake for 10 min. When serving, add some ranch dressing and stir for a little twist on plain pizza pasta!

Another alternative to baking the pasta, is to use mozz cheesesticks and cut into chunks. Add to pasta and return pan to heat and stir. :)