Noisykid Kitchen - A Friday Night Dinner

Vegetable lasagna with green beans:

File photo with the still-missing Captain Merrill Stewbean in happier days. Stewbean is presumed to be lost at sea.

Chefs:

Lasagna: Wifeofdadwithnoisykids, 15-year old girl noisykid - made previously and frozen; pulled out and baked today.

Vegetable, Bread: 16-year old boy noisykid

Fish: dadwithnoisykids

The Meal:

Fish: Grilled Mahi-Mahi filets, seasoned with seafood/vegetable seasoning; butter

Starch: Mushroom Lasagna(see recipe below)

Vegetable: Microwaved frozen green beans, drizzled with Italian or raspberry walnut vinaigrette

Bread: Honey Whole Wheat Bread(recipe below)

Beverage: Water or Gevalia medium roast coffee

Mushroom Lasagna by Wifeofdadwithnoisykids

Ingredients:

20-24 oz fresh sliced mushrooms

½ t garlic powder or fresh garlic to taste

3 tbsp Olive oil

Salt and pepper to taste

1 (24 oz.) carton cottage cheese

2 eggs

3 T parsley

¼ t salt

12 oz. lasagna noodles

1 ½ cups grated Monterey Jack cheese

1 ½ cups grated Mozzarella cheese

1 cup parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. Sautee mushrooms and garlic in olive oil; add salt and pepper to taste.

2. Combine cottage cheese, eggs, parsley and ¼ t salt in bowl.

3. Cook and drain lasagna noodles.

4. Combine Monterey and Mozzarella cheese in a bowl.

5. Place a layer of noodles in the bottom of a 9”x13” pan.

6. Spread a layer of cottage cheese mixture over noodles.

7. Add a layer of mushrooms, then Monterey and Mozzarella cheese, then parmesan cheese.

8. Repeat layers until all ingredients are in, ending with cheese.

9. Bake covered at 350° for 30 minutes or until hot all the way through.

10. Uncover the lasagna and bake for another 10 minutes to brown cheese.

Honey Whole Wheat Bread

Ingredients:

3 cups Whole wheat flour

½ cup Nonfat dry milk

1 tsp Salt

2 pkg Dry yeast

3 cups Water

¾ cup Honey

2 Tbsp Oil

4-5 cups White flour

Directions:

1. Mix whole wheat flour, dry milk, salt and yeast together.

2. In saucepan on low heat, mix water, honey and oil until warm.

3. Pour warm mixture over flour mixture

4. Beat for 3 minutes

5. Add white flour and knead for 5 minutes

6. Place in greased bowl, cover and let and let rise

7. Punch down dough and divide into greased loaf pans

8. Cover loaf pans with towel and let rise until it reaches top of bread pan

9. Bake at 375 degrees for 40-50 minutes

Makes two large or three small loaves