Veggie Cheesy Bake

Veggie Cheesey Bake

Ingredients:

1 lb ziti or penne pasta (you could also use rotini; basically whatever you have on hand)
8 oz. ricotta
1 egg
3 C tomato sauce
2 C mozzarella cheese
1 small can mushrooms
1 can peas

Directions:
-Preheat oven to 350
-Boil pasta until al dente; drain
-Mix half of the ricotta and egg substitute in a small bowl. Add remaining ricotta to warm pasta and mix. Then add egg/ricotta mixture to pasta and combine well.
-Add about 1/2-1 C sauce on bottom of 9x13 baking dish and spread to cover bottom. Mix 2 C sauce with pasta mixture and pour pasta in baking dish; pour rest of sauce on top of pasta.
- Add in mustrooms and peas.
-Top with mozzarella cheese.
-Bake until cheese is melted, slightly brown and bubbly. About 20 minutes.

If you want to make and bake later. Add all ingredients to pan put foil on top and freeze until ready to make.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cook for 50 minutes, remove foil, cook for another 10 minutes.  Then serve

Cheeseburger Macaroni

Cheeseburger Macaroni

Ingredients:

2 tbsp EVOO

1 pound ground beef

1 Tbsp minced onion

1 Tbsp chili powder

1/2 cup ketcup

1 Tbsp mustard

1 cup beef stock

1 pound macaroni

1 bag sharp cheddar cheese

Directions:

- Cook macaroni per directions on box.

- In a large skillet heat add evoo over medium heat. Brown ground beef.

- Add minced onion, chili powder, ketcup, mustard, beef stock. Bring to a boil.

- Reduce heat and simmer until sauce thickens slightly.

- Add macaroni to baking dish.

- Add meat mixture.

- Top with cheese.

- You can now place in fridge until ready to cook.

- Preheat over to 400.

- Bake for 20 minutes.

- Serve.

Mushroom Chicken with Egg Noodles

I got this idea from a recipe I found on Rachael Ray's website. I changed it up to make it one of my "Make it and Bake it later". Depending on my work schedule there are nights I don't get home til late and I dont want to start making dinner at 9 pm. I have started to make dishes during the day while I am home. Then put it in a baking dish put it in the fridge. When my husband gets home he can preheat the oven and throw it in the oven.

Mushroom Chicken with Egg Noodles

Make It and Bake It Later

Ingredients:

1 lb chicken

1 tbsp Evoo

2 Tbsp butter

10 white mushrooms

1 head of broccoli

1 lb of egg noodles

2 Tbsp flour

1 cup chicken stock

1 cup milk

Directions:

- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake chicken for 35 minutes or until thoroughly cooked.

- In a large skillet heat Evoo and butter.

- In a medium pan boil water per directions of egg noodles. Once water is boiling add in broccoli and egg noodles. Return to a boil. After 5 minutes, drain water.

- Chop mushrooms and broccoli with food chopper or knife.

- When butter is melted add in mushrooms cook for 5 minutes. Sprinkle in the flours, let sit 1 minute. Stir in chicken stock. Bring to a boil. stir in whole milk. Reduce heat and let simmer

- Chop chicken into bite size pieces

- Add egg noodles and broccoli to casserole dish. Stir in mushroom sauce. Add chicken.

- Cover with foil place in fridge until ready to cook.

Later

- preheat oven to 350 degrees

- remove foil from dish

- put dish in over for 20 minutes or until thoroughly warm.

- serve with Parmesan cheese.