Bianca had an online cooking class with grade 7 students, put on by a teacher, it’s truly great when they take the time like this! It doesn’t happen often. Nate participated too. These kids impress us everytime! They love being in the kitchen, they love learning new things, they catch on quite quickly, they are loving being at home! They nailed these, excellent job you too. Lucky made sure there was no fighting and the recipe got done smoothly haha. Bianca had missed her first cooking class as we had a showing in the house so she could not wait to do this Mother Day Lasagna for me. Although they aren’t lasting til Mother’s Day lol. The recipe made 6 large individual lasagnas in cast iron pans, you can cut this recipe in half to accommodate a 9×13 baking dish if you prefer. 1 pound ground meat (beef, pork, chicken, turkey or veal all would be great) 2 boxes of ready for the oven Lasagna noodles (used just over 1 box) 1 large onion diced 1green pepper diced 2-4 cloves of garlic (we used 6) 1TSP each Italian spice, oregano & crushed chilis 2 cans diced tomatoes, we get the herb and spice cans Salt & Pepper to taste 6 cups grated mozzarella 2 containers of ricotta 2 large eggs 1/4CUP parmesan Chopped fresh parsley for garnish
They got up early, got everything out, and read the recipe thoroughly. They wanted to prep everything and have their work stations ready for when video call started. They weren’t too sure what was going to be done on camera or not. They have great chopping skills and were prepared.
Preheat Oven to 350F. Lucky protecting them around the stove. It’s good to have everything ready to go and have all your work areas clean. We used a large cast iron skillet with high sides. Get your pan nice and hot. Add some oil of choice and put your Hamburg in. Brown for a couple of minutes then add in your onions, peppers, garlic, salt, pepper, crushed Chilis, oregano & Italian spice. Cook that down for a few minutes. If you want you can drain the grease out from the meat. Add in your tomatoes. Cook for 5-6 minutes on a low medium heat get all those flavours cooking nicely together. While that’s cooking you want to get a small bowl and combine the ricotta containers, eggs, & 1CUP mozzarella. Mix well. Set aside. We got some cheesy pull apart bread from Costco and Ceasar Salad to go with our Lasagnas.
Now onto the real fun part. Putting the lasagnas together. You can spray your pans with non stick spray if you want, I don’t find its needed. Start with some sauce all spread around the bottom, then add a layer of noodles, then ricotta filling, top with mozza and then repeat. We put extra mozza on the very top, then top with Parmesan. Lucky saids, is it ready yet hehehe.
Bake covered 45minutes, then if you want the tops browned put them under the broiler for a couple minutes. These are excellent. Nate and Bianca we are so proud of you guys. If you try out the recipe, let us know what you think!
Who doesn’t want a pizza Quesadilla? I know Lucky does lol. This is so simple. These are made with my homemade flour tortillas but you can use store bought tortillas as well. Now spread your tortillas out and top your pizzas. We went with simple tonight. Pizza sauce, pepperoni, mozza cheese, & crushed chilis It’s pizza so anything goes. You top them with that you like. Bake 425F about 12-15minutes til nice and crisp on bottom but still pliable to be able to fold.Take out of the oven fold in half immediately and cut into wedges. I cut them in 4 pieces each. Can you see me.. I’m way back there hehehe just making sure momma is serving it up soon!
The kids love them. Super simple, they cook fast and taste great!
3CUPS warm milk (we used skim) 2TBSP brown sugar 3TSP salt, plus extra large Corse salt for sprinkling ontop 2TSP yeast 9CUPS all-purpose flour, plus more for work area if needed 4TBSP melted butter or margarine 1CUP each pizza sauce, pepperoni, & grated mozzarella 9CUPS water 1/2CUP baking soda 1 large egg, whisk
Mix together the warm milk, sugar and salt. Sprinkle the yeast on top, and wait 5 minutes for the yeast to bubble up. Add your flour to a big bowl and make a well in the centre of flour. Pour your yeast mixture in centre and melted butter all around. Mix well. Knead for 3-4 minutes til smooth. You can use a stand mixer. I just use my hands. Cover dough ball and bowl with a little bit of oil, cover bowl and let rise about 1 hour til double in size. This recipe makes 24 regular size Pretzels. We made 12 salted and 8 larger pizza ones. This recipe can definitely be cut in half.
Put the dough out onto a lightly oiled floured work surface and divide dough in half then each piece into 12 equal pieces each. Roll out each piece of dough into about 20 inch rope. Make a u-shape with the rope, then cross the ends over each other and bring them down to bottom and press them into the bottom of the U in order to form the shape of a pretzel.
Preheat oven to 450F. Line large baking pans with parchment or non stick baking sheets. Combine the water and baking soda in large pot, bring to boil and then reduce heat. I can usually get about 2-3 pretzels in pot at a time depending on their size. Light boil each pretzels about 30 seconds. After you boil them, lay out on non stick cooking sheet on a large cookie pan. Brush the egg wash on and sprinkle the coarse salt ontop. For Pizza ones, after done boiling them, put on lined cookie sheet, put pizza sauce all around them, then pepperoni then top with cheese.
Bake 450F about 10-12minutes depending on oven and depending on the color you want on tops.
We made an excellent creamy cheesy beer sauce to go with pretzels. Lucky saids, pretzel and cheese sauce gimme gimme.
3TBSP each flour & butter 1/2CUP diced red onion 1-2TBSP minced garlic Couple TBSP’s diced Chilis or jalapenos 2CUPS milk 3CUPS cheese of your choice (We used: 1/2CUP mascarpone, 1CUP Velveeta & 1 1/2CUPS mozza) I had put the flour in the pan for the picture but I didn’t cook it with the stuff right away, I took it out of the pan. Pan fry up the onions, garlic, peppers, & butter. Just til veggies become soft. Then add in your flour cook, low heat just a couple minutes.
Then stir in your milk, turn up the heat a bit. Whisking constantly til it’s nicely thickened. Then add in all your cut, cubed, and shredded cheese. Stir to combine. Shouldn’t take to long to melt away on there. I actually don’t put salt/pepper in. As my cheese’s have enough salt. But if you think yours need some, add it.
It’s nicely thickened now! This dip is great hot or cold.
The kids love this dip! Let us know what you think.
1CUP warm water 1TSP instant yeast 1TSP sugar 2CUPS all-purpose flour 1TSP salt This is my all time favorite pizza dough. I use this recipe for a lot of things! Take the water, yeast, sugar & mix. Let stand til foamed. Once yeast is activated add in the flour and Salt. Mix until soft and smooth. Add ball back to bowl toss with some oil and let double in size.
Spread pizza dough on your pan. I fill with garlic, fresh is best. Put loads of mozza and topped with some parsley. We have our oven down this week, awaiting for a part. So we have been BBqing all week.
BBQ til bottom browned and cheese melted. I serve this with donair sauce. Whole can sweetened condensed milk 1/4CUP white vinegar 1/2TSP garlic powder Some put sugar in this recipe, it’s not needed! We devour these garlic fingers fast!
