Barefoot conTerra

I’ve always wanted to make my own spaghetti sauce, but, I won’t lie. I’m lazy. It’s easier to get it in a jar. But, then, I have to go dairy free and I find out there is cheese already in my store-bought sketty sauce (no WONDER it tastes so good, am I right!?) So, I [...]

Another recipe from The Freezer Cooking Manual from 30 Day Gourmet. 40 Jumbo Shells 32oz. Cottage Cheese 16oz. shredded Mozzarella 3/4C grated parmesan cheese 3 Eggs 3/4t. Oregano 1/2t. salt 1/2t. Pepper 28oz. Spaghetti Sauce Cook shells 1/2 of recommended time. Drain. Cool in a single layer on pan or waxed paper. Combine cheeses. eggs, [...]

Taken from The Freezer Cooking Manual from 30 Day Gourmet. This recipe makes 6 servings. 1 Egg 12oz Ricotta Cheese OR 2C. cottage cheese 16oz. Ziti pasta, slightly undercooked 1.5C Spaghetti sauce 10oz. Spinach (totally optional…) DIRECTIONS: In a food processor, combine egg and cottage/ricotta cheese, and then mix all the ingredients together in a [...]

*This was DELICIOUS and both boys ate it up quickly! Only reminder to myself: Spray the crockpot stone. I lost half the mac & cheese because it was glued to the side of the pot! Once again, another recipe from The Freezer Cooking Manual from 30 Day Gourmet. According to this recipe, this makes 10 [...]

Submitted by Carrie P. I box of pasta of choice (I like to use shells) Mayo One small to medium sized cucumber 5 hard- boiled eggs Salt Hard- boil your eggs (put them in a pan, add water to cover them, put on stove top; once water starts to boil, put on a timer for [...]

submitted by Nicolle Bowers 2 lb. of cheese-filled frozen ravioli 1 lb. of cooked chicken breasts in ½ inch slices 2/3 cup of chicken broth ½ cup store-bought basil pesto sauce ½ teaspoon of kosher salt ½ teaspoon black pepper 1 cup of Parmesan cheese 2 cups zucchini, cut into ½-inch rounds (optional) ½ cup [...]

*taken from Better Homes and Gardens Biggest Book of Casseroles 8 dried lasagna noodles 1- 15oz. carton ricotta cheese 1.5C chopped, cooked chicken 1 beaten egg 1/2 tsp. dried basil 2 T butter 2T all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp. dry mustard 1/4 tsp. sale 1/8 tsp. black pepper 1.5C milk 1.5C shredded Swiss Cheese Cook lasagna [...]

Sunday afternoon I made Breaded Toasted Ravioli. It was slightly time consuming, dipping and covering each little pasta…but… it tasted… oh. so. delicious! And you know it’s great when your toddler wants that over a cheese quesadilla! We couldn’t get enough (however, we filled up way too fast!) Next time I’ll pair it with salads [...]

This weeks’ T3 comes from a super yummy recipe site, Allrecipes.com. Two things I love about this site – they adjust the ingredients to your servings for you (that’s for math dummies, like me!) and you can always check and see what other people liked and didn’t like and tweak it to your families preferences! [...]

1.5c uncooked ziti 1 pkg. (9oz.) spinach leaves 1 lb. chicken cut into pcs. 1tsp. basil leaves 1 jar (14.5oz.) spaghetti sauce 1 can (14.5oz.) diced tomatoes, drained 2 oz (1/4 of 8oz. pkg.) cream cheese 1c. mozarella cheese 2 TB. parmsesan cheese Cook pasta – 1 min before it’s done, add spinach leaves. Drain. [...]