Zucchini lasagna

Mama Maria posted a veg lasagna and I didn't even read the recipe, I just ran with the idea and made my own version.

1large zucchini sliced in even width lengthwise
1 cup sauce of your choosing
1/2 head broccoli chopped
1/4 green pepper
1/4 red pepper
1 large carrot sliced into even slices or shredded
1/4 small diced onion
1 small container of part skim ricotta cheese- or make your own- find my recipe on yumeeemama
1/2 tsp olive oil
1/2 egg
3 tbsp minced garlic
Bag of mozzarella cheese -will use 2/3

Sauté broccoli, peppers, carrots, onions and garlic until crisp tender.
Put into cheese cloth and drain liquid
Add to bowl with ricotta cheese and egg
Mix


Put 2 tblsp of sauce on bottom of pan
Layer zucchini then a layer of ricotta
Layer of zucchini
Layer of mozzarella cheese
Layer of zucchini
Layer of ricotta
Spread 2 tbsp sauce on top
Cover with mozzarella cheese
Bake 40 mins on 350

YUMEEE

Enjoy!!

Dawn

Protein soup

1lb stewing beef
Garlic minced
Handful of baby carrots cut or not - whichever you prefer
2 stalks of celery chopped in half moons
1/2 red onion julienned
Salt
Pepper
1/2 cup farro
1/4 cup lentils
1 package tortellini of your choice - I used spinach and cheese
3 cans of LOW SALT BEEF broth.


If pieces of beef are large, cut into bite size pieces and salt and pepper one side.
Brown beef on both sides- if you like beef well then leave it in the pot the entire time. If you like it medium then take beef out of the pot after it is browned and set aside.
Add carrots, celery, and onions.
Sauté for 2 mins
Add 2 cans of beef broth and scrape any meat bits from bottom of pan
Add farro
Add lentils
Bring to a boil THEN
Cook for 7 mins
Add 3rd can of broth and tortellini
Cool 7 mins
(If you removed meat add it back in with the tortellini)


ENJOY!!

YUMEEE

Dawn

Homemade Sloppy Joe

Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef

1 small to medium pepper diced small

1 small red onion diced small

1/2 small can petite diced tomatoes

2 tsps brown sugar

2 tsp minced garlic

2 tsp tomato or veggie paste

salt and pepper

Brown the ground beef with garlic, onion and pepper. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Drain 95% of fat.

Add tomato paste and brown sugar and tomatoes.

Mix thoroughly until brown sugar is dissolved.

simmer for 5 mins.

Serve on potato rolls :)

Enjoy!!

YUMEEE

Dawn

Pancakes

Based on a recipe for lemon poppy seed pancakes found online


1 cup flour
1tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
2-3tsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 egg
1/4 - 1/2 cup water (for thinning)

Mix all ingredients together. Add water to thin out batter but not too thin.


Add blueberries or mashed bananas if you wish.


I will never buy Box mix again. These were sooooo yumeee!!!!

Enjoy!

Yumeeemama

Dawn

Our Garden

This is our first harvest of the season. We have a balcony garden at our condo. It has been a challenge keeping a garden this way but this year so far is good.
They are micro tomatoes but there are MANY more tomatoes still growing. We have flowers on the eggplant plant and cucumber plant. We have TONS of basil and oregano as well. While we got 6 strawberries already, I think the plant will not produce more because of the downpours of rain. Perhaps they were over watered :( .
I am so excited that we are getting fruit/veg this year. Last year was sparse!

Do you have a garden? Where? What are YOU growing?

I will use the micro tomatoes in my beef stew tonight.

Yumeee

Enjoy!!

Dawn

Pork Lo Mein

Hey I just realized I never posted my lo mein recipe. OMG this is SOOOOOOO yumeee!! I could eat it everyday!

2-3 pork chops ( or chicken breasts or lb of stewing beef)
1/2 pack rice noodles
1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce
1-2 cans chicken broth
2-3 tbsp fresh garlic
1 tsp fresh ground ginger
oil
salt
pepper

I like to use my wok but a regular pot is fine as well as long as it has a lid.

cut protein of choice into bite size chucks and brown in oil

remove from pot and set aside

add one turn of oil to pot

add garlic and ginger

This would be the time you can add veg if you want to--I have added broccoli or snow peas

when garlic and ginger are fragrant add soy sauce

add in rice noodles

add chicken broth enough to cover noodles

add protein back to pot

cover with lid until noodles are soft

SERVE

YUMEEE

ENJOY!!!

Dawn

Buffalo chicken risotto

1cup arrborito rice
2cans chicken broth
1-3 tbsp franks hot sauce
2-3 chicken breasts
2 tbsp butter
2 oz blue cheese crumbles
Olive oil
Salt
pepper
Garlic powder

Chicken
. Put salt pepper garlic on each breast on each side.
Add 2 tbsp oil to pan and brown chicken breasts
Remove from pan
Cut into cubes
Melt one tbsp butter and add 1 tbsp franks in a large bowl
Add cubes of chicken to butter and hot sauce and let marinate


Risotto

Add four turns of the pan of oil.
Add one cup of risotto and allow it to soak in oil
Brown risotto for a few minutes
Add enough broth to cover rice and cover
Add 1 tbsp franks hot sauce
Stirring every few minutes
Add one oz of blue cheese, mix in
When liquid is almost evaporated, add more to cover rice
Repeat this until rice is plumped up and tender --- about 25 mins

When rice is plump, add chicken and another oz of blue cheese is wanted ans another tbsp franks hot sauce if wanted.
Mix and serve!!!!

Yumeee


Enjoy!!!


Dawn