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Monday, May 31, 2010

Four-cheese pasta florentine

What you need:
3 cups mostaccioli, uncooked
1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach
4 oz. (1/2 of 8 oz pkg. cream cheese
1 cup low fat cottage cheese
2 eggs
1 pkg. 8 oz. shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

Make it:
Heat oven to 375 degrees F
Cook pasta as directed on package.
Meanwhile, cook spinach as directed on package; drain well. Place in large bowl. Add cream cheese; stir until melted. Stir in cottage cheese and eggs until well blended.
Drain pasta. Add to spinach mixture with mozzarella; mix lightly. Spoon into 8- or 9-inch square baking dish; top with parmesan.
Bake 25 minutes or until heated through.


My picky 5 year old even loves this!

Loaded Nachos


We absolutely love to eat nachos. Especially during football season. We had spinach in the house last time we made nachos so I tore some up and put it on the nachos as well. It was delicious!

Loaded Nachos

What you need:
1 lb ground beef (We use ground venison.)

one sweet onion, diced
1 can refried beans

1 packet taco seasoning


tortilla chips

Toppings

sour cream
queso cheese sauce

shredded cheddar cheese

diced tomatoes (we love using cut up grape tomatoes)

your favorite guacamole

Make it:
1. Brown meat and drain any leftover fat.

2. Add onion and cook til soft

3. Add packet of taco seasoning and water called for on packet

4. Add can of refried beans and heat through


Put tortilla chips on plate and add meat mixture and toppings. Enjoy!!