Quick and Easy Alfredo Sauce

I have been searching for a recipe for homemade Alfredo sauce for a while. I dont buy it at the store anymore, and I miss having it. I finally came across a recipe that tasted pretty good, not like the canned stuff you can buy at the store, but it was still good.

4 servings (12 ounces of pasta)

Ingredients
1/2 C Margarine or Butter
1 C Cream
1-1/2 C Parmesan cheese
1/2 Tsp Salt
1 Dash white pepper
Romano cheese to taste

Directions
Heat cream and butter until melted. Stir in cheese, salt, and pepper.

Look how easy that is! Not to mention, it is cheaper than the store bought stuff. I omitted the Romano Cheese. And I added shredded chicken and peas to my sauce. We ate it with fettuccine noodles(made from artichoke flour). It was tasty!

Lasagna

This is my version of lasagna. I have switched some of the ingredients from traditional lasagna to incorporate some healthy additions.
Red sauce:

sauce:
-can of spaghetti sauce (if you are making a big pan and want to extend your sauce, just add a can of tomato sauce)
-grated carrots or zucchini (in the summer, when our garden is overflowing, I add fresh tomatoes, grated squash, corn...you can add any veggies you want here)
-fresh garlic
-if you dont want to pre cook your lasagna noodles, fill the spaghetti jar about 1/3 full of water and add it to the sauce mix.

white cheese layer:
-cottage cheese (you could use the original ricotta too)
-2 eggs
-spinach about 4 cups fresh or 1 box of frozen, thawed
-salt and pepper
-1 cup mozzarella cheese

layer everything in a pan. starting with red sauce on the bottom. then press uncooked noodles into the sauce. top with white cheese layer. repeat until you have a few layers in the pan. top with cheese

bake at 400 for about 40 minutes. If you want to make 2 of these and stick one in the freezer, this freezes really good. Do all the steps, minus the baking. cover it with foil and freeze for up to 2 months. It makes for a quick meal if you are in a bind. You can pull it right out of the freezer and stick it in the over for about 2 hours.

Serve with salad or french bread

Sweet n Sour Meatballs

for the meatballs:
1 1/2 lb ground hamburger or turkey
1 egg
1 Tbs. cornstarch
2 tsp salt
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp season all
mix all together form into meatballs. Brown on stove top.
Sweet n Sour Sauce:
1 cup pineapple juice (from cubed pineapple)
1 tsp soy sauce
3 Tbs. vinegar
1/4 cup sugar.
add all ingredients to pot and stir to dissolve sugar.
then mix together
6 Tbs. water
3 Tbs. cornstarch
Dissolve cornstarch in water and add to sauce mixture. Cook until thickened. Add chunk pineapple and meatballs.
Serve over rice and vegetables.

Ham and Potato Soup

5 cups peeled potatoes, cubed
1/2 cup celery, chopped
1/2 cup onion, diced
1 1/2 cups ham, chopped
5 cups water
1/8 cup chicken bullion (about 6 cubes)
1 tsp salt
Add all above ingredients (minus the bullion) and bring to a boil. Boil for 20 minutes. Stir in bullion.
Make roux and slowly stir into soup.
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup flour
3 cups milk
melt butter add in flour. slowly pour in milk and whisk while pouring so it does not get lumpy. Cook 4-5 minutes before adding to soup.