from my kitchen

Italian sausage, pepper and onion hoagies (pressure cooked) on homemade wheat rolls

Sweet potato pies from gifted sweet potatoes (thanks Miss Priss)

Gingerbread pressure cooked 

Freezer Cooking

We decided to invest in a "square" waffle iron. Buying waffles guaranteed nut and peanut free is expensive. The waffle iron I have, my mom's, is a huge round Belgium waffle iron. I can't make them and then fit them in the toaster. We are scattering in all directions in the morning and being able to pop waffles in the toaster is nice. 

Date Bars

This was the first time I had ever tried to make these. My old "bar" recipe has peanut butter, which is now a no-no. 

Knitting Buddy

My knitting buddy and I are working on another vest.

Knitting And Crocheting Again

One of the things my growing family does is keep me knitting. My youngest niece and nephew were both overdue for a gift.  Yes! In my family I am that crazy aunt who sends sweaters. 

For my nephew in his favorite red.

For my niece in a yarn of my choice.

White Lasagna (noodle testing)

While I was picking up some supplies from Dollar Tree, I found these oven ready lasagne noodles.They cost  more than $1 at the regular grocery store, but I am not familiar with this brand. I picked up two boxes -- one to use immediately and one for the pantry.

I started with 1 1/2 pounds of ground turkey and 1/2 of a large bell pepper diced. I cooked those together and while they were cooking I made a simple white sauce to which I added garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper and Italian seasonings. In a bowl I mixed 6 ounces of shredded mozzarella with a small tub of low fat ricotta cheese and an egg. ( I reserved 2 ounces of my cheese for the top.) Layer all this in the usual way and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese if you want.

At that point I covered it and refrigerated it. Half an hour before I wanted to cook I took it out and poured 1 cup of milk over it.  I baked it for 45 minutes with a foil cover and then 15 without.

The results were.....

Quite yummy!

Long Weekend

Chocolate cake with buttercream frosting. Dessert for the long weekend.