mondays always get me down

not really, but they are hectic...Greg and I bowl in a league every Monday...tho, I knew I wasn't going today, I still had a lot to do...like to make dinner before we are supposed to go...today I made:

mock lasagna and you should try it...

for the sauce you need
1 can (1lb 12 oz) can of stewed tomatoes
1 can (16 oz) tomato sauce
2 cups of water

mix sauce ingredients heat to boiling and let simmer for 15 minutes...

then I add cooked hamburger and I also add cooked italian sausage...

layer sauce with uncooked wide egg noodles, ending with sauce and cheese...

I sometimes also layer ricotta cheese in with the other ingredients...

sooooooo good...

then I also made sweet potato cake and took one to Sam's preschool for their staff mtg...they all said that they loved it, even without frosting as I took to them still hot out of the oven...

sweet potato cake

1/2 cup melted butter
1 1/4 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 cup nuts
2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg
1/2 cup baby food (yes I said baby food) sweet potatoes (it is one of the small jars, stage 2??)
1 can (8 3/4 oz) crushed undrained pineapple

this cake was made to be made completely in the baking pan...you melt the butter in the pan, and add the wet ingredients and the egg...then add in the flour, salt, soda, and cinnamon...fold in the nuts...

bake at 325 for approx 45 min...

this makes an 8 inch pan...


Bake at 350 for approx 45 min...

soooooo delicious...it is like carrot cake, only without grating all those annoying carrots...our cake for home only has like 3 pieces left and I doubled the recipe...Sian even called after Chris took some to her and said it was the best cake she ever had...so, there you go, a good review from a 5 year old...

Zoe helped with the cakes and it goes toward home schooling also...for the math, etc...her home school teacher likes to read her recipes each time she comes...we are filling up her cookbook, every time we make something, we type and print it and she will have a nice recipe file for later with all of our family' s favorites...
a couple of Christmas' ago, I typed up all of our favorites and gave a cookbook to Sam Tim and Chris...I even gave one to Zoe's pre K teacher...she loved it...

so, I am waiting for Greg to come home from bowling...when we first started bowling, we were doing it for the fun of it...but, I am horrible at it...I do not even understand all the bowling terms, but I do good if I get to the 80's or 90's and I don't get gutter balls...for half of this time, Greg and I were the only ones on our team, and then 2 guys joined us and Randy has really been showing me some good tips and I have done better...last week, I even got a 150 !!!!! wow, everyone incl me were surprised...I didn't go tonight cause Greg said he doesn't want my knee to get worse...so, I am waiting on pins and needles to see how many games we won without me...