French Bread Pizza

 

This is a great quick night meal idea! Add some tossed salad and you have a meal! :-)

French Bread
Pizza Sauce
Mozzarella Cheese
Pepperoni

Pizza toppings of your choice

First take the bread loaf and cut it in half in the middle, then cut in half long ways.

Add the sauce,toppings, and cheese and bake at 400 until cheese is brown and bubbly.
NOTE: if you like crunchy pizza toast the bread a little before you add the sauce, if you like chewy pizza don't :-)

Yum Yum!

Lasagna Subs

Here is what you will need:

6 sub rolls
2 cups Spaghetti Sauce with Meat*
1/2 cup sour cream (or ricotta cheese if you prefer)
1 egg white (don't use if you use ricotta)
1 tsp Italian Seasoning
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups Mozzarella cheese, divided
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese



Preheat oven to 350.


Slice off the tops of the sub rolls, thin. Then scoop out the bread from the inside.


Spoon some spaghetti sauce into the rolls.


In a mixing bowl, combine the sour cream, egg white, spices, salt and 1 cup of the mozzarella cheese.  Spoon over the spaghetti sauce.


Sprinkle a little Parmesan cheese and mozzarella cheese over top.


Add the bread top back on.  Place into a foil pouch and bake for 25-30 minutes.


Prepare small, simple side salad.

I originally found this recipe on $5 Dinners  
EVERYONE in my family decided it was a KEEPER. It's so good! Close to a meatball sub, in fact I might add some Italian sausage to it next time!

Y'all try this one out, you will love it! :-)


*Spaghetti Sauce(doubled so you can freeze some for later)

1lb lean ground beef
4 (15oz) cans tomato sauce
1 (6oz) cans tomato paste
2tsp dried basil
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp garlic powder

Brown ground beef, drain
Add everything else and bring to a boil, turn to low heat and let simmer 30-45 minutes.

Italian Turkey Meatballs

Here is what you will need:

2 cloves garlic
Large handful fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped
1/2 medium onion,chopped (I grated one to see if I could hide it from Sissy)
1 1/2lbs ground turkey
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
1/2 cup dried bread crumbs
2 tsp kosher salt
1 large egg, beaten
2 Tbsp milk
2 dashes Worcestershire sauce (about 1/2 tsp)
Course black pepper
1/4 cup EVOO

1. Mix the turkey, onion, parsley, garlic, Parmesan, bread crumbs, salt, egg, milk, Worcestershire, and black pepper in a large bowl. Mix until just combined; don't over mix.
2. Using your hands, gently form mixture into balls. Put them on a plate and cover and refrigerate at least an hour up to 24 hours.
3. Turn oven on broil. Spray baking sheet, and place balls on sheet.
4. Broil for 10 minutes or until they start to brown and crisp.

You can eat these with a little ketchup or throw them in some basic spaghetti sauce. YUM-O!
They would also be great turkey burgers!

I got this recipe originally from How to Boil Water  a GREAT cook book that teaches you everything you need to know for cooking!!  :-)

Homemade Stromboli

Big Daddy LOVES Stromboli! And he loves THIS Stromboli!  I try to make it often enough but not too often since it is definitely NOT a healthy choice! 

Here is what you will need:

1 Refrigerated Italian bread
1 jar (14oz) pizza sauce
1/4lb sliced pepperoni
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4lb fully cooked ham
1/4lb sliced hard salami
1/4lb sliced mozzarella cheese
1/4lb sliced Swiss cheese
1 tsp dried basil
1 tsp dried oregano
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp pepper
   2 Tbsp melted butter

Spread dough out on counter

Layer ham and pepperoni lengthwise on half of dough
Sprinkle with onion and pepper
Top with 1/4 cup pizza sauce
Layer mozzarella, salami, and Swiss cheese over sauce
Sprinkle with basil, oregano,garlic powder and pepper
Spread another 1/4 cup pizza sauce on top

You can fold dough over filling and seal edges OR you can roll it

Place on a greased baking pan
Bake @ 375 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown
Brush with melted butter and let sit 5 minutes before cutting
Heat the remaining pizza sauce and use for dipping

Ohhhhh SO GOOD!!!   :)

Amazing Lasagna

One of my favorite meals to make for my family is Homemade Lasagna!
Seriously Y'all don't be scared of making Lasagna, it's really easy! This is the best recipe I have found, everyone in my family loves it! In fact we just had it for my brothers Birthday Dinner last night!
 Happy Birthday Timothy!

Here is what you will need:

Meat Sauce

1lb ground beef
1/2-1lb Italian sausage (I use the sweet ground)
3/4 cup chopped onion
2 cans Italian style diced tomatoes
1 small can Tomato Paste
1 tsp Dried Basil leaves
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp dried oregano leaves
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp garlic powder

In a large skillet add ground beef,sausage, and onion. Stir frequently until browned.

Drain grease. Stir in tomatoes, paste, basil,sugar,oregano,salt and garlic.

Heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low; simmer uncovered for 45 minutes- 1 hour. Stirring occasionally until very thick.

Filling

6 Lasagna Noodles
2 Eggs
15oz Ricotta Cheese
1 cup Cottage Cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
1/4 cup chopped fresh Parsley
4 cups shredded Mozzarella Cheese

Cook Lasagna noodles as directed; drain and place in cold water to cool.

In medium bowl beat eggs, stir in ricotta, cottage cheese, Parmesan, and parsley; set aside.

Heat oven to 350 degrees. 
In a 13x9 ungreased baking dish start with meat mixture (about a cup spread out)
Then 3 noodles on top of the meat sauce, 1/2 egg mixture, 1/2 remaining beef mixture and 1/2 mozzarella cheese. Repeat layers starting with noodles and ending with cheese.

Cover with foil and bake 45 minutes. Take foil off last 10 minutes to melt cheese through.
When cheese is melted take out of the oven and tent foil over it and let stand 10 minutes.

Once you get the hang of this you can make double and get some put up in the freezer  :)

Baked Spaghetti

I originally found this recipe from This Mommy Cooks. I made it last night and my family loved it! This actually makes a lot so we had plenty of left overs...they are now gone.  :)
It was nice to have an alternative to plain spaghetti! I did "tweak" it a little bit.

What you will need:

1pound ground beef OR ground turkey
2 cans tomato sauce
1/2 box spaghetti noodles
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 tsp minced garlic
1/4 cup water
Parmesan cheese for sprinkling

These are the dry ingredients you will need:

1/2 tsp dried basil
3/4 tsp oregano
3/4 tsp parsley
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp dried thyme
1/4 tsp dried rosemary
1/8 tsp red pepper flakes
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 tsp sugar
1 Tbsp cornstarch

Mix all dry ingredients in a small bowl + minced garlic

I wanted to share this little guy with you. My mom got it for me and it comes in handy a lot. It has 1/8tsp on one end and 1/16tsp on other end. It comes in really handy when you use pepper flakes or cayenne pepper.

Brown meat, drain excess fat and return to pan.
Add tomato sauce and water to pan with meat, and then dry ingredients.

Stir until combined well. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
 Place cooked spaghetti noodles in baking dish.
 Top with spaghetti mixture.
Next, top with shredded cheese, and then sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top.

Bake for 10 minutes, until cheese is melted.

 

Yum Yum!! So very good! Y'all try this, you will love it! :)