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Lasagna

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This is an easy to make ahead and in quantities dish. Lasagna First I assemble my toppings And noodles. I use the oven ready noodles as they are easier and less messy Then I chop up my vegetables And add them to the pan with my meat. In this set, I have onions, peppers, zucchini, and hamburger I then fry them together until hamburger is well cooked and mixed with the cooked vegetables Next I start by putting a thin layer of sauce on the bottom top the sauce of my baking dish.    Then put a noodle on that sauce and spreading another generous bit of sauce on top of the noodle. Step 1 Next I spread cottage cheese on top of the sauce and mix it together, spreading it as evenly as I can over the noodle. Step 2 Now I sprinkle a scoop of my cooked meat and vegetable mixture on top. Step 3 Then comes the cheese. I usually use a mixture shredded Italian blend and Colby Jack Step 4 then you cover with another noodle
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Glass Blowing

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In January I got the chance to go to Seattle with Dale, Scott, and Melody and we took a glass blowing class at Seattle Glass Blowing. I thought I would share with you a bit of what we did. First our instructor had us get to know the equipment we would be using for projects. These pictures are all of the first thing we did, which was a paper weight  Then the instructor got the beginning blob of molten glass from a special furnace with nothing but melted clear glass in ti. Then after he showed me how to heat it in an other oven, he let me try it my self. You always had to keep the pipe level and turn it. The glass looked a little like red taffy. If you were turning to slow it started to sag down and then you had to turn it until that piece leveled back out.  When it was molten enough we brought it over to these scoops filled with tiny glass pieces that looked like glitter. you pressed the hot glass into these glass pieces turning it so that they covered a
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Layered Chicken

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So today's blog is a cooking one. My family called it chicken cordon blue, but it is just a layered chicken dish First let's assemble our ingredients, you will need; 10 pieces of Canadian bacon one box stove top stuffing 3 chicken breast 10 slices of provolone cheese  mushrooms, if desired 3 to 4 cups heavy whipping cream 3/4 c sour cream 1/3 c milk 2 tsp nutmeg  paprika  pam seasoning Now arrange your baking pans. I am using a square 8x8 and three other glass pans that I will cover and freeze for another day. Be sure to use oven safe pans. I cut my large chicken breast into 4 pieces about 3 to 4 inches and 1bout 1/2 thick. I used a smaller pan, but any size frying pan will do. Spray it with Pam. Season the chicken (I like the garlic sat, but regular sat and pepper works great) Then I start to cook them in the frying pan over a med. low heat until just cooked through. While the chicken is cooking, start the  layering by
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