Four Cheese Penne Bake!!

Four Cheese Penne Bake
1 pound penne

Filling:
1 1/2 cup cottage cheese
1 cup part skim ricotta
1 cup mozzarella
1/4 cup grated parmesan

Sauce:
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 can diced tomatoes (15 oz.)
1 can tomato sauce (15 oz.)
1 teaspoon italian seasoning
Salt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Boil the pasta until al dente. Combine the filling in a large bowl. After the pasta is done, drain and add to filling.

In a pan heat the oil, add the onion and garlic. Cook for 2-3 minutes, then add, tomatoes, sauce, seasoning, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add sauce to pasta and filling. Transfer to a 9x13 cooking dish and top with additional mozzarella and parmesan cheese. Bake until heated through and cheese is melted, 20-25 minutes.

The best caramels!

Pictures added next time I make them. Probably around Christmas.

Totally Fabulous Caramels!

2 C. Sugar

1 C. Butter

2 C. Cream

1 3/4 C. Corn syrup

1 Tsp. Vanilla

Mix sugar, butter, corn syrup and 1 cup cream. Bring to a boil at medium heat. While boiling slowly add the remaining cup of cream. (Add slowly enough that the boil isn't hindered.) Cook until firm ball. Take caramels off the heat and add the vanilla. Pour into a buttered 9x13 pan.

This recipe ends up being much faster that other caramel recipes because you bring it to a boil with only half the cream. Making it so important to keep the boil going. The corn syrup also helps to create faster boil and hard ball times, and it also helps the caramels to set up more firmly. So far this recipe seems to be fail proof and has turned out every time we've made it!

Lemon Broiled Orange Roughy

Roughy is a yummy flaky white fish and the sauce complimented it well. This was our first time preparing it and it was a hit.

Lemon Broiled Orange Roughy

3 Tablespoons lemon juice

1 Tablespoon Dijon mustard

1 Tablespoon butter, melted

1/4 Teaspoon course ground black pepper

4 Orange Roughy filets (each should weigh about 4 ounces)

Lemon wedges

Turn on oven broiler. Mix first four ingredients well, and divide in half. Rinse fish and pat dry. Coat a broiler pan with cooking spray. Put the fish on the broiler pan and brush with half the lemon juice mixture. Broil 5 1/2 inches from heat for five minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Drizzle with the rest of the lemon juice mixture. Serve with lemon wedges.