Lasagna Bake

Here goes...I just want everyone to remember that I am not a photographer or a cook so the pictures might not make everything look as good and maybe you wont like what I make. So this week I was looking at some recipes online and nothing was working for me so I took a little from here and a little from there to make something that I thought was fantastic. I do not ever really measure anything so my recipe is not so accurate I am just giving an estimate of what I did. I call it Lasagna bake and it might be called something else somewhere but that is the only thing I could think of.

Lasagna Bake

1 box of bow tie noodles

1 zucchini

1 corn on the cob (corn taken off of the cob)

1 celery stalk

Shredded cheese

1/2 pound of meat

1 can of stewed tomatoes

spaghetti sauce of any kind

herbs that you like the most (I used like oregano, basil, etc..)

I started out preheating the oven to 400 degrees and boiled the noodles.
While the noodles were boiling I chopped up the celery, zucchini, and took the corn off of the cob. You can use corn from the can or frozen corn if you want I just had this left over.

When the noodles were done I added them to this bowl along with the diced tomatoes and a little bit of meat that I had left over from a previous meal.

Then I added the celery, corn and zucchini.

The next step was to add the different spices that I had in my spice rack and some spaghetti sauce that had more veggies. I mixed it all together with a wooden spoon and then put it all into a foiled dish and covered the top with cheese.

I put it in the oven for about 20 - 25 minutes or until the veggies are as soft as you would like them.

Here is the end result....

I know someone liked it

My Review: This is for sure going in my recipe book because it was so good. I loved it and I will be making it again. It is even better as a leftover.

{Cheap Tip}

If you are like my husband you probably do not like steak just cooked plain. I on the other hand love it plain because then I get to use A1 which is the second love of my life:) I have found that it is really easy to get Jeff to eat steak if we marinate it in something good before. And this is where these beauties come into play. {dun dun dun}




They are 99 cents a bottle at your local smiths and you do not need a lot of sauce to make your food extra yummy. We have used these for four meals already and this particular brand has about 6 or 7 different flavors. Some of the things that we have tried these on in the past are steak, pork, chicken and hamburgers and they made every one of them taste really good and different. So that is a easy cheap trick that adds a little more pizazz to your normal meals.

Baked Summer Squash

So because of Jeffs recent layoff I am trying to be a better cook and try new things so that Jeff and I are not eating out all of the time. I am going to try and post the things that I make for dinner and maybe even how I did it so that you can see and either make it or add your own spin to it. I am also going to give reviews of things that I make because it will most likely be the first time I have made something. So last week we started this and we made yummy pork chops, cheese and zucchini pizza (we even made the dough) we had hamburgers with corn on the cob, crispy chicken and Navajo tacos. I wish I would of thought of this for my blog sooner because then I would of showed you how we did it all. My recipes are going to be semi home made like the show on food network because I don't always have the means and the stuff that I need to make everything. Rhodes rolls is all that I have to say because those have provided a lot of yummy dinners for Jeff and I. I just want to add another side note and just let everyone know that sometimes my food might seem pretty plain and that's because my husband is picky picky so a lot of the time I try to make things we both will eat because I am far from picky.

So my first little recipe that I tried was one from the lady at the farmers market that sold this summer squash to me. Chandee and I went to the farmers market that is at thanksgiving point and we got some pretty good stuff along with this little beauty.

First I cut it open and took the seeds out of it. They like to fly everywhere so I would suggest the scraping them out in the sink not the garbage because you will have a bigger space to work with. Then I put it on a cookie sheet and added butter and brown sugar inside to add yummy flavor.

I baked it for about 10 minutes at 375 degrees. When the ten minutes were up I rolled the squash back together, wrapped it in tin foil, poked hole in both sides of the squash and cooked it for 10 more minutes. I think that I could of wrapped it together in the first place and cooked it for 15 min instead of baking it in two halves and it would of turned out just the same.

My Review:

I feel that this was pretty good. The taste was a little strong for me but I think it would be good to eat every once in a while with dinner. I would not eat it every day though that is for sure.

Donna Jene Cooke

Donna Jene Cooke "Dharma C" Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend-passed away peacefully at her home in Chandler, Arizona on the morning of August 14, 2009.Born in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 14, 1969 to Paul and Elva Soderstrom, she was the second of four daughters. She married her high school sweetheart, David Grant Cooke, on February 2, 1985. Solemnized May 15, 2001 in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. Together they have raised four wonderful children. Donna was eagerly anticipating the birth of her first grandson. Donna's husband and children are the loves of her life. Nothing gave her greater joy than being able to have her family together for boating, camping trips, holidays, and random get togethers. For her, laughter truly was the best medicine. She also loved the time she was able to spend with her granddaughter Brianna. They loved playing board games and going to Build-A-Bear together. Donna's home is a testament to her love for her family, as she was constantly taking pictures and adding new photographs to her collection. Her love and devotion to her family is truly a gift from the Savior, and her greatest legacy. Survived by her husband, Grant, four children: Joshua (Anna), Cammie (Brandon), Trevor and Kody, granddaughter Brianna, parents Paul (Elia) Soderstrom, and Elva Cline, sisters April (Jack) Riggs, Bonnie (Doug) Stephan; her faithful companion, Malone; preceded in death by her sister, Teresa Pixton.

Donna is my mothers best friend and she has been like a mother to me. Her funeral was beautiful and it was so great to see the family and be a part of it. I am going to miss her like crazy but I know that I will be able to see her again and that gives me peace. Donna is one of the best people I have ever met and she has raised the greatest family. We will miss you Dharma thank you for the memories that we all have in our hearts. Love You!!!