Day 30

What's on the menu:

Lasagna
Veggie tray with dip of choice
Garlic bread
Oatmeal whoopie pies

Lasagna
1 lb. sausage
1 lb. hamburger
1 clove garlic (can use garlic salt)
1 TB whole basil
1 -1/2 tsp salt
1 can whole tomatoes (2 cups) I use my home canned tomatoes
2- 6oz cans tomato paste

Brown meat slowly, drain off fat. Add remaining ingredients and simmer uncovered for 1/2 hour; stirring often.

Cook 10 oz.package of lasagna noodles in large amount of salted boiling water about 15-20 minutes. Drain.

Cheese filling
3 cups cottage cheese
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
2 TB parsley flakes
2 beaten eggs
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 lb. mozzarella cheese

Mix first six ingredients. Place half of the noodles in a 13 x 9 x2 pan. Spread cheese filling on them. Cover with half the mozzarella cheese. Then put meat sauce. Repeat layers.

Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.

I make two pans out of this as it makes a large amount. I freeze one dish uncooked. When I am ready to cook the frozen dish, I just take it right out of freezer and put right in oven and cook.

This recipe was given to me by a fella teacher Mrs. Mercer. She and I are both retired now.

Oatmeal whoopie pies
2 cups brown sugar
3/4 cup margarine ( I use butter)
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups flour
2 cups oatmeal
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp soda in 3 TB boiling water

Cream together sugar, margarine, and eggs. Add salt, flour, oatmeal, cinnamon, and baking powder. Add soda and water last. ( very important)
Drop small amounts of dough onto pans.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or lightly brown.

Filling
2 egg whites
2 tsp vanilla
4 TB flour
2 TB milk
1-1/2 cups vegetable shortening
1 lb. 10x sugar

Beat egg whites stiff. Add vanilla, flour and milk. Beat well and add shortening and sugar. The more you beat, the fluffier it gets.
Spread between two cookies.

I got this recipe from an Amish cookbook. These cookies are a big hit wherever I take them.
They are a little time consuming to make but well worth it.

My daughter Tammy just flew in from Fl. and these are her favorite.