Easy Lasagna
1 lb. Ground Beef
1 Box Uncooked Lasagna Noodles
1 Quart of Spaghetti Sauce
1 Cup Water
16 oz. Cottage Cheese
8 oz. Mozzarella Cheese
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brown ground beef and drain. Add spaghetti sauce and water. Mix well. Arrange in layers in a 9×13 pan as follows: noodles, cottage cheese, sauce mixture, mozzarella cheese. Repeat. Cover with foil and place on a cookie sheet in the oven for 1 hour. Remove foil and bake a few more minutes to make sure cheese is melted on top.
This is another favorite recipe of our family. I use my home canned spaghetti sauce and I can it in a quart jar. That is why the recipe calls for a quart of sauce.
I think this recipe originally came from my aunt.
Sweet and Sour Pork
• 2 Tbsp. Oil or Bacon Grease
• 3 or 4 Cooked Pork Chops
• ½ of a Green Pepper, chopped
• ½ of a Onion, chopped
• 3 Tbsp. Sugar
• 3 Tbsp. Vinegar
• 2 Tbsp. Soy Sauce
• 1/4 tsp. Ginger
• 1/4 tsp. Garlic Powder
• 1 cup Chopped Pineapple, drained
• Reserved Pineapple Juice
• 1 Tbsp. Cornstarch
Cut the pork into bite sized pieces. I use leftover pork chops that are already cooked. Trim away the fat and bones.
Heat the oil or bacon grease in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the onion and green pepper and cook until the vegetables are tender-crisp, about 3 or 4 minutes. Add the pork to warm for a minute. Then sprinkle the sugar over top of the contents of the skillet and stir it in.
While the pork and veggies are cooking, measure the pineapple juice. Add enough water to the juice, to measure 3/4 cup liquid, total. Combine this with the vinegar and soy sauce. Add the cornstarch, and stir until it dissolves. Pour this liquid into the skillet after you add the sugar. Measure in the ginger and garlic powder. Stir it all up and allow it to boil. Cook and stir as the sauce boils for one minute. Gently add the pineapple. Serve this over hot bowls of cooked rice.
This recipe is from The Hillbilly Housewife. However, the recipe listed above shows several changes I have made to the recipe to make it work for our family.
