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Easy Lasagna Recipe

christinespantry — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:22:32 +0000

We are so happy and proud to have a new guest post on TasteforCooking! Our newest member of our cooking family is Christine Lamb of “Christine’s Pantry“. We will be featuring her recipes on a weekly basis. Welcome to the family Christine!

Sloppy Lasagna: Here is a perfect recipe for anyone that has ever tried to make a lasagna that just didn’t look right – this is the recipe for you! No fuss SLOPPY Lasagna! This is a perfect easy to make dinner anytime! This lasagna is quick to put together, and tastes great! It’s on my menu plan for the week! For more Easy Lasagna Recipes go here.

Sloppy Lasagna Recipe and Directions

Ingredients:

2 pounds ground beef
1 onion, chopped
4 lasagna noodles, broken into pieces
salt and pepper, to taste
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon basil
2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon garlic, minced
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
3 (8 oz) cans tomato sauce
1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes
Parmesan cheese, garnish
extra virgin olive oil, just enough to cover bottom of pot

Directions:

In large pot, heat oil over medium high heat. Add ground beef, onion, garlic, Worcestershire sauce salt and pepper. Cook until no longer pink, drain excess grease and reduce heat. Then add diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, basil, oregano and bay leaves. Stir well. Cook noodles according to package directions. Once noodles have cooked, drain well. Add noodles to meat mixture. Stir well. Discard bay leaves. Garnish with Parmesan cheese. Enjoy!

Christine Lamb of Christine’s Pantry loves to feed people. Easy and affordable recipes, mouthwatering food, food photography and food history! http://christinespantry.blogspot.com

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Cooking for Royalty, Giada De Laurentiis

TinaB — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:26:50 +0000

Could you imagine cooking for royalty? A while back Giada was offered the chance to cook for a charity polo event. At the time she did she know that she’d be cooking for the newest and most famous newlyweds in the world. so, on July 9, 2011 Giada will cook for Prince William and the Dutchess Kate at The Foundation Polo Challenge in California, along with 2,500 other guests for this charity event. The charity match will be held at the Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club in Santa Barbara, California and Prince William himself will be playing. Giada De Laurentiis will be preparing lunch for all the guests. So what does the menu look like? Giada will make a royal lunch that includes: Pea Pesto Crostini, California Chopped Salad and Chicken Milanese With a Tomato Fennel Sauce.

A “light and colorful” pea pesto crostini, featuring pureed peas on toast, topped with half a cherry tomato each
California chopped salad with a mix of grilled lettuces, grilled corn, grilled shrimp, zucchini and crispy tortillas in a light lemon dressing
Chicken Milanese, which features breaded chicken cutlets in a creamy tomato fennel sauce

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Easy Scalloped Potatoes and Shrimp

Sue Lobo — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:48:36 +0000

Easy way to “dress up” scalloped potatoes. Great as a main dish.

Ingredients:

1 box scalloped potatoes
2 1/4 cups of water
1/3 cup milk
1 pound peeled and deveined cooked shrimp
3 cups fresh baby spinach, coarsley chopped
4 ounces of shredded Colby-Monterey Jack cheese

Combine the potatoes as usual with sauce, water and milk. Bring to a boil Reduce heat and cover. Simmer for 8 to 10 minutes until potatoes are tender. Add shrimp and spinach. Cook and stir for 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in cheese until melted.

You can also add the shrimp and spinach to potatoes au gratin.

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Cheese for Charity at the Melting Pot

Sue Lobo — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:37:22 +0000

Hmmm…National Cheese Fondue Day….why not? Visit Melting Pot restaurants on April 11th and help raise money for charity. The Melting Pot is donating $10 from every cheese fondue purchase on April 11 to local charities across North America in honor of National Cheese Fondue Day. Help make a difference in our communities by supporting over 100 charitable organizations.

Visit meltingpot.com/locations to see if The Melting Pot near you is participating in this cheesy event.

While you’re there, why not try the new limited time menu: Pacific Islands Big Night Out. Menu includes Feng Shui cheese fondue, lettuce wraps with mandarin-orange ginger dressing, as well as Kiwi Lime shrimp, garlic chili chicken breast, sesame crusted teriyaki sirloin, citrus infused pork tenderloin, sushi style ahi tuna and spring vegetable dumplings. For dessert, Passion Fruit Yin and Yang fondue which is a combination of dark chocolate swirled together with red passion fruit-infused white chocolate.

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Little Debbie Turns 50

Sue Lobo — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:36:07 +0000

Little Debbie turns 50 in 2010. This brand continues to be America’s #1 selling snack cake. Little Debbie, whose picture is often featured on products, was a real little girl and the granddaughter of O.D. and Ruth McKee, the founders of McKee Foods, a family bakery. Little Debbie, now Debbie McKee-Fowler, is an executive with McKee Foods.

In celebration, the company is giving away 2 coach trips to any AirTran airways destination, 2 nights at a Holiday Inn Hotel, 2-day weekend car rental with Avis and a $200 cash card. Enter the Great American Getaway! Click to enter the Great American Getaway

Fun Facts:

More than 150 billion Little Debbie snacks have been sold since the brand was introduced in 1960. If you placed those all those snacks end-to-end, they would circle the Earth more than 380 times. That would cover enough miles to travel to the moon and back close to 20 times!
Little Debbie, whose picture is often featured on products, was a real little girl and the granddaughter of O.D. and Ruth McKee, the founders of McKee Foods, a family bakery. Little Debbie, now Debbie McKee-Fowler, is an executive with McKee Foods.
The Little Debbie brand is quite popular in social media, with more than 510,000 Facebook fans and more than 4,500 followers on Twitter.

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