Italian Chicken Pasta Bake

Olive oil cooking spray
1/4 c frozen chopped onion
2 garlic cloves, crushed
8 oz sliced mushrooms
2 small zucchini, diced
2 cans crushed tomatoes
1 Tbsp Italian seasoning
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1/2 tsp sugar
1 rotisserie chicken, deboned/chunked (I used the leftover chicken legs we cooked on the smoker)
8 oz mozzarella or Italian cheese, divided
9 oz whole wheat pasta, cooked al dente

Preheat oven to 400. Spray 13x9 baking dish with cooking spray. Heat large skillet over medium-high heat, spray with cooking spray. Add onion and garlic, saute one minute. Add mushrooms and zucchini and saute for 5 min. Add crushed tomatoes, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper and sugar, stir. Remove from heat, add chicken and 1 cup cheese, stir. Spread pasta evenly in bottom of baking dish. Top with chicken/veggie mixture, making sure all pasta is covered. Sprinkle remaining cheese over top. Bake uncovered for 20 min until cheese is bubbly. Let stand 5 min before serving.

Creamy Baked Ziti- from Allrecipes

4 cups ziti or penne pasta, uncooked
2 cups pasta sauce
1 can (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes
185 grams cream cheese
1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese
3/4 cups parmesan cheese

Cook pasta according to package directions. Set aside. In large saucepan, combine the pasta sauce, diced tomatoes, and cream cheese unil heated through and cream cheese is blended in. Put pasta in the saucepan and combine with sauce. Pour half of the mixture in a 9x 13 pan. Sprinkle 3/4 of the mozzarella cheese over it. Then pour the rest of the pasta mixure on top. Top with remaing mozzarella cheese and parmasan cheese. Bake at 350 for 20 min. or until heated through.

Baked Spaghetti

8 oz. spaghetti, cooked
1 Tbsp. Worchesershire sauce
1-1/2 to 2 lbs. ground beef
1 large onion, diced
1 can tomato soup
Juice from 1 can of green or black olives(save olives and slice for top)
1 tsp. chili powder
1 Tbsp. Worchestershire sauce
1/2 tsp. garlic salt
pepper to taste
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 lb. grated mild cheddar cheese
Tomao juice or V-8 juice ( optional)

In saucepan, brown ground beef with onions. Or you can just add some onion powder. Add tomato soup and juice from olives, chili powder, Worchesershire sauce, garlic salt and pepper. Simmer for 1/2 hour. Prepare 8 ox. spaghetti according to directions. Combine wih sauce in casserole dish. Spread mushroom soup on top and layer with cheese and sliced olives. (in that order) Bake a 350 degrees covered for 30 min. This is really good served with a green salad and French bread.

Taco Soup

My sis-in-law Emily always has the best recipes and this is one of my favorites.
Brown some meat, dump in the cans, stir.

1 lb ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion (unless you have a husband that cries about it)
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can kidney beans with juice
1 can corn with juice
8 oz tomato sauce
2 cups water
1 package taco seasoning

Mix and simmer for 15 minutes. Serve with cheese, chips and sour cream.

Cool Lime Pie

Got this recipe from our Girl's Recipe Night a few weeks ago:

1 can sweetened condensed milk
6 oz frozen lime juice concentrate
8 oz cream cheese, softened
4 drops green food coloring, if desired
1 tub of cool whip
1 graham cracker crust
1/2 lime or other garnish

Beat milk and cream cheese until smooth. Add food coloring and lime juice. Fold in 1/2 of cool whip. Pour in crust. Refrigerate for 2 hrs. Garnish with rest of cool whip and fruit. Enjoy!

Turkey Loaf

This is a great way to use up leftover chicken or turkey. I happened to have leftover turkey from a turkey breast I made for Sunday dinner.

1 loaf frozen bread dough, thawed. Or you can make your own dough, which is what I did in my breadmaker on the dough cycle.
1 cup cooked turkey or chicken
one 8 oz cube of cream cheese

Roll out the dough into a rectangle about 12" by 18" or so. (If you roll it out on tin foil then it is easier to transfer to a pan. Also, then you don't have to wash the pan. haha)
Then cut strips on both sides of the dough, leaving an uncut section in the middle. Spread the cream cheese on this and sprinke the turkey on top of the cream cheese. Then fold over the strips row by row like you are braiding the bread. It will look like this when you are done:
Melt 1/4 c. butter and brush over the dough. Sprinkle parmesan cheese, garlic powder and rosemary over the top.

Bake for 20-30 min, or until browned, at 375 degrees.

While it is baking, make up the following sauce:

1 can cream of chicken soup

1/2 c. sour cream

Little bit of milk to thin it.

Slice the loaf and serve with sauce poured over it:

Easy Clam Spaghetti Sauce

It doesn't get much easier than this:

1 small can chopped or minced clams, drained
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/4 c. milk
1/4 c. parmesan cheese
garlic powder to taste, or small amount of fresh crushed garlic

Heat in saucepan. Serve over pasta.

I poured it the over cheese ravioli the other night. I served it with those cool little Italian breadsticks and a green salad. I got home from work and dinner was ready in 15 to 20 min.