Hey girls, it's been a while! ;) I found a couple great recipes that I had to share. Hope you're all still out there! Enjoy :)

BAKED ZITI

1 pound dry mini ziti pasta
1 onion, chopped
1 pound ground turkey
1 (26 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce (I like Prego’s Ricotta Parmesan)
1 carton (low-fat) cottage cheese
mozzarella cheese, shredded
grated parmesan cheese to cover the top

DIRECTIONS
1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add ziti pasta, and cook until al dente, about 8 minutes; drain.
2. In a large skillet, brown onion and ground turkey over medium heat. Add spaghetti sauce, and simmer 15 minutes. Add the noodles and mix.
3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9x13 inch baking dish, or 2 8x8 baking dishes (one to eat, one to freeze). Layer as follows: 1/2 of the mixture, cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese, 1/2 sauce mixture, mozzarella cheese and top with grated Parmesan cheese.
4. Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cheeses are melted.

Monkey Bread

1 package of Rhode's Rolls (36 rolls)
1 box of butterscotch pudding (the kind you cook, not instant)
1/2 cup of brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon1 stick of butter or margarine
1/2 cup of pecans

Pour the pecans in the bottom of a bundt pan. Place the rolls on top of the nuts. Pour a mixture of brown sugar, pudding and cinnamon on top of the rolls and nuts. Then melt the butter and pour that on top of the entire thing. Cover the rolls and put them in the fridge over night. This lets the rolls somewhat defrost and rise. When you are ready to bake the rolls place them in a cold oven while it pre-heats to 375* degrees. Bake for about 30 minutes (after pre-heated) or until the top is golden brown.

Stuffed French Toast

Spread cream cheese on one slice of bread, top with deli ham, and another bread slice. Dip sandwich in a mixture of eggs and milk. Toast in a greased skillet until golden-brown. Serve with warm maple syrup.

You can also use cinnamon raisin bread or sprinkle cinnamon on the sandwich while it's cooking. We liked how the cinnamon tasted with the cream cheese and ham.

Crepes

Recipe:
1 1/2 cups flour
1 Tb. sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups milk
2 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla

Measure flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients. Beat with hand mixer until smooth. For each crepe, lightly butter 8 inch skillet; heat over medium heat until butter is bubbly. (or use pan spray) Pour scant 1/4 cup of batter into skillet; immediately rotate pan until batter covers bottom. Cook until light brown; turn and brown on other side. 12 crepes. (I guess it depends on how big you make them. This recipe only made five crepes for me and Kent. If you've got a few hungry teenagers to feed, I'd probably double or even triple it.)

Toppings:
Nutella and Banana, Brown sugar and butter, powdered sugar and jam, peanut butter and honey, strawberries and cool whip, ham and cheese, etc. Creativity is the key!

Italian Crockpot Chicken

This is one of my favorites! So easy, so yummy.

Frozen boneless, skinless chicken breasts (2 to 5 pieces, depending on how much you want to make)
1 package cream cheese
1 packet Italian Dressing mix seasoning
1 can cream of chicken soup.

Put all ingredients in crockpot, cook on high for 2-3 hours or on low for 3-4. 10 minutes before eating, use a fork and gently shred chicken into smaller pieces, then stir to cover chicken with gravy, and replace lid until ready to serve.

Serve over rice, noodles, or potatoes.

Easy pumpkin bread

1 small can of pumpkin
1 spice cake mix
chocolate chips

All you do is mix it all up (add as many chocolate chips as you want) and cook at about 350* for 45 min or so. You could also make these into cookies.