The Sewing Mom

Happy Halloween everyone! I wish I had some cool graphics to offer this morning, but I’m too busy working on my daughter’s costume, nothing like waiting until the last minute!

But, to celebrate, here is my favorite meme. If you’d like to participate, visit Fun, Crafts and Recipes.

This weeks questions and my answers:

#1. What kind of pretzels are your favorite? I like the big fat fresh baked pretzels you get at the mall! I like them with salt.

#2. What’s your favorite way to eat pancakes? I prefer buttermilk pancakes with plenty of butter and maple syrup.

#3. Do you make garlic bread from scratch or buy frozen? I don’t do either. I buy it from the grocery bakery (if I remember), and just stick it in the oven to warm it up.

#4. Share a recipe that calls for mozzarella cheese. That would be lasagna which I just made last week.

brown 2 lbs. hamburger in 2 T. olive oil. Add chopped onion, 2 cloves chopped garlic, 2 tsp. leaf basil.
Add 2 cans tomato sauce and 2 cans diced tomatoes. Simmer for a minimum of 2 hours.

Cook lasagna noodles according to package directions.

Mix 2 eggs into 1 c. cottage cheese.

Layer:
1 layer of noodles
spread meatsauce on top of noodles
1/2 of cottage cheese mixture
1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese
repeat
Top with 1 cup mozzarella cheese and 6-8 slices of provolone

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until bubbly. Let cool just a bit, it will make it easier to serve.

Christmas is less than two months away, 55 days to be exact. That’s 55 days to get your holiday shopping done, no pressure!

This year our budget will be much tighter than previous years and what that means is that I want to make sure the gifts I’m giving are chosen carefully and that they are gifts that can be cherished. A new idea is giving the gift of family protection. That sounds odd, but it’s really very simple.

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