Tasty Tuesday Tossed Lasagne!

Donna's been cooking again, and she's come up with exactly what I've been craving lately. LOL! I even have the ingredients on hand to make it!

Just Toss This Lasagne  in the oven. It's Fast and Easy!! Even our old friend Niko can do it.

Ingredients

• 2 cups uncooked penne pasta
• 1 pound ground Italian sausage
• 1 (26 ounce) jar garlic and onion spaghetti sauce (such as Ragu® Robusto® Sauteed Onion & Garlic Pasta Sauce)
• 1 cup cottage cheese
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided

Directions

1. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 2.5 quart baking dish.
2. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Place pasta in the pot, cook for 8 to 10 minutes, until tender, and drain.
3. Cook and stir the Italian sausage in a large skillet over medium heat until browned, about 8 to 10 minutes. Drain the fat from the meat, pour the cooked pasta and spaghetti sauce into the skillet, and stir well to combine. Bring the mixture to a boil.
4. Pour half of the hot pasta-sausage mixture into the prepared baking dish, spread with the cottage cheese in an even layer, and sprinkle with half the mozzarella cheese. Spread the remaining pasta mixture over the cheese, and top with the remaining mozzarella cheese.
5. Cover and bake in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes, until the casserole is hot and the cheese is melted and bubbling. Let it stand 5 minutes to firm up before serving.

Friday April Fool Fun!

For your Friday Fun on this April Fool's Day, here's one I got from Suzy....

A woman was sitting at a bar enjoying an after work cocktail with her girlfriends when Steven, a tall, exceptionally handsome, extremely sexy, middle-aged man entered. He was so striking that the woman could not take her eyes off him.

This seasoned yet playful heartthrob noticed her overly attentive stare and walked directly toward her. (As any man would.) Before she could offer her apologies for staring so rudely, he leaned over and whispered to her, "I'll do anything, absolutely anything, that you want me to do, no matter how kinky, for $20.00...

on one condition..."

Flabbergasted but intrigued, the woman asked what the condition was.. The man replied, "You have to tell me what you want me to do in just three words."

The woman considered his proposition for a moment, and then slowly removed a $20 bill from her purse, which she pressed into the man's hand along with her address. She looked deeply and passionately into his eyes, barely concealing her anticipation and excitement, and slowly and meaningfully said.....

"Clean my house."

Whopping Weasel Wednesday!

And, now, the CBEB presents 2011's first Whopping Weasel of the Year!

Niko!

Smoldering good looks, hot bod, and best of all, he's sitting by a pool!!!! What more could you want?

Well. . . maybe he could stand a bit more furriness. . .

Sorry, Paige and Nan.

Maybe next week!

Tasty Tuesday Blueberry Buckle!

Took down my Christmas tree last night. Now I need something really tasty to get me over my post holiday blues. Hmmm.... let's see now.... This looks like just the ticket!

Donna sent me this one a while back. Maybe blueberries will help to liven up the winter doldrums!

She writes:

I decided I needed to use up some blueberries. So I'd like to share my Grandmother's recipe. And Maybe I can get some help in the kitchen.

HMM!!! I just noticed. What's that Horse doing in the background? Is he at your House?

BLUEBERRY BUCKLE

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 cups fresh blueberries
• TOPPING:
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/3 cup cold butter

Directions

1. In a small mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in the egg. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Fold in the blueberries. Pour into greased 9-in. square baking pan.
2. For topping, combine the sugar, flour and cinnamon in a bowl; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over blueberry mixture. Bake at 375 degrees F for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
   

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Sunday's Hunk of the Day!

We've seen Niko before, and we all know there isn't much to complain about as far as the whole package goes, but the eyes aren't always the first thing you notice about him, though they probably would be if you were to meet him in person.













We all say that eyes are the first things we notice about a man. But if Niko were to bring you breakfast in bed, where would your eyes be drawn?

























If you can tear those eyes of yours away for a moment, I'm blogging on Wickedly Romantic and Casablanca Authors today.

I know you're thinking that the pictures won't be as revealing there, but I do try. . . .