BIZZY BAKES

I have made a variety of spaghetti pies, over the years, and I like this one a lot because I can get my veggie into the one dish dinner.  I guess pasta is always going to be a popular meal in our home so I have to find ways to healthify it. Spaghetti Pie Adapted from REC(ession)IPES 8 ounces gluten-free spaghetti 2 large eggs ½ cup parmesan cheese 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 teaspoon olive oil 1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes with roasted onion 1 small onion , chopped 1 teaspoon oregano 3 cups baby spinach 12 ounce container part skim ricotta ½ cup shredded mozzarella Black pepper to taste Method: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put water on to boil. Lightly grease a 10 inch pie plate with olive oil or cooking spray and set aside. Dice onion. Cook in 1 tablespoon olive oil until onions are just translucent, approx. 5-8 minutes. Add diced tomatoes with their juice, along with oregano. Place ricotta in bowl and combine with spinach by removing small clump of spinach from colander, squeezing...

Often, we have salmon instead of gefilte fish for the fish course on Sabbath night. I look for those not made with matzah meal and this week, it turned out, I could only find salmon gefilte fish. It is a little more expensive but it is tastier.  One of my sons was coming with his family and I know he likes when I make patties out of the frozen loaf so I planned to do so with the salmon gefilte fish. Jamie from Joy of Kosher has an interesting recipe on here site and I made a few changes to make it gluten-free and I baked it instead of frying and it was delicious. I think, we will be indulging in these loaves more often. This is cheaper than salmon fillets as well. Gefilte Fish Cakes (Joy of Kosher)  Adapted Serving : 8 Ingredients: 1 loaf frozen salmon gefilte fish, defrosted (22-ounce)  ½ cup diced red bell pepper 1 small red onion, diced 2 celery stalks, diced ½ cup light mayonnaise 4 tablespoons drieddill ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 egg 1 cup c...

It is almost midnight and we just walked in after a Chanukah party and as a result of the time, I am skipping my meatless recipe.  I will just jump into some of the wonderful ones from last week.  This is something one of my daughters makes quite often so I know just how good it is. Cranberry Apple Crisp from the On the Home Front shared this with us. This is  a dream come true plus some. Drunken Bananas with Spiced Ice Cream from Simple Living and Eating. Cranberry Crunch Cake - another great way to use cranberries and love eating them.  This is from Flavors by Four. Please link up for this coming week and thanks for all the inspiration you give us. An InLinkz Link-up

What is the best baked good to make for a new class?  My answer would have been chocolate chip cookies but I had little time before school and could not envision making enough cookies for the class in that time.  Second best would be chocolate chip cake.  This blog is brand new to me and I kind of stumbled over it looking for the simplest recipe, "in the world." Truthfully, I did not expect a lot from this cake.  It was too basic but it would go quickly and the ingredients were easy to come by.  I was surprised that it was very good.  I admit, I filled it with chocolate chips and that certainly made it delicious and I would make it again. Chocolate Chip Cake adapted from Chichos Kitchen Ingredients: 2 sticks butter or margarine, at room temperature 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 4 eggs, at room temperature 1 teaspoon baking powder a pinch of salt 1 bag (10 ounce) chocolate chips 2/3 cup sugar and cinnamon (1 teaspoon cinnamon) M...

I had pulled out the Family Circle Annual Recipes for 2009.  I had gotten the book for $5 at a local store,  My thinking was that if I got three good recipes from the book, I have gotten my money's worth.   As I sat, listing the recipes, I wanted to make, I was pretty sure I would do well with the book.  Many recipes stopped me and as I looked more closely, I was happy to add them to the list. I saw a recipe for Spaghetti Pie.  I have made, over the years, a number of spaghetti pies and I thinkm, we loved every one of them.  This one was completely different from those so I had to give it a shot. Hubby and I made this together.  I enjoy cooking but sharing it with my best friend is loads of fun.  Hubby really enjoyed this.  I did not like the crumbs for a coating.  I do like crumbs mixed in with pasta though. Spaghetti Pie  (adapted from Family Circle) Ingredients: 1/4 cup  tortilla chip crumbs 1 cup shredded mo...

I haven't been making kugels for quite a while, opting for vegetables in their natural state, more or less.  This week, a vision of a potato kugel with broccoli popped into my mind and I was determined to make it happen. Broccoli Potato Kugel (makes a large kugel plus 4 kugel muffins( Ingredients: 6 large potatoes 2  onions 2 box frozen broccoli 2 tablespoons dried chopped parsley 1 cup tortilla chip crumbs or potato chips 1 teaspoon salt black pepper to taste 2 tablespoons olive oil 6 egg beaters Method: Preheat the oven to 475 degrees. Place potatoes, onions, broccoli and parsley in a food processor.  Use the shredding blade. In a large bowl mix t the dry ingredients. Add potato mixture.  Mix together. Add eggs and oil and mix these in. Grease a large baking pan and a number of muffin shapes (4-6) Pour the mixture into the pan and the muffin tin. Bake about 45 minutes.  The top should be golden and turning brown. Serve hot....

If you don't mind baking a squash and adding a little jelly, you have the easiest,creamiest sweet side dish that goes with almost anything.  I have been in love with kabocha since I came across it. It has this natural sweetness and wonderful texture and like all squash is versatile in its use. When I bought this kabocha, I had planned to fuss with it, but at the last minute, I had little time to do something with it. I stuck it in the oven and figured if worse came to worse, I would mash it and serve it plain. Plain kabocha squash is delicious. As it turns out, I made one change to this, I added two tablespoons of apricot jelly to the squash, mashed it and served it. How easy can you get? I baked it for an hour at 350 Degrees.   Looking back:   Hot Deviled Turnovers by We Like to Cook   I think, I could eat a dozen of these.    Chocolate Mousse from The Scent of Orange If you knew how much I like chocolate mousse you wou...