Favorite Recipe Blog Hop!!!

Ohh...I can't wait to "hop around" to all the fun blogs with favorite recipes on them!! I've decided to post 2 of my favorite recipes, both of them are courtesy of my Aunt Cathy!! She makes the best lasagne and the best Butterfinger Cake. After the first time I made each of them they became favorites around our house and now my family requests them! So, here ya go.....

Lasagne

16 oz. grated mozzarella cheese

2 lbs. ground beef (I usually also add a package of Italian sausage, but I partially cook it first)

2 cans stewed tomatoes

2 envelopes spaghetti sauce mix

1/4 tsp. minced garlic

8 oz. box lasagne noodles

1 cup cottage cheese (I really like ricotta cheese in it too so I'll mix 3/4 cups cottage cheese with just a little more than 1/4 cup ricotta cheese)

Brown the meat, spoon off excess fat. Add the next 4 ingredients. Cover and simmer for 40 minutes stirring occasionally. Cook noodles according to box directions. Drain and rinse in cold water. Place half the noodles in dish, cover with 1/3 sauce, add half the cheese and half of the cottage cheese (or cottage/ricotta cheese mixture). Repeat layers ending in sauce. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes to 1 hour. I will let it bake for about 45-50 minutes, pull it out and top with some more grated mozzarella cheese then continue baking for about 10 minutes.

It's absolutely delicious and one of my family's favorite meals!!!

Butterfinger Cake

1 yellow cake mix

1 can Eagle brand milk

1 tub Cool Whip

1 jar caramel topping

6 Butterfingers

Mix cake as directed and bake at 350 degrees. Poke holes in cake while hot. Mix caramel, Eagle brand milk and 3 crushed Butterfingers and pour over cake while hot. Cool completely and top with Cool Whip and sprinkle with 3 crushed Butterfingers.

It's better after it's been refrigerated for a while so it's cold through and through and you can use fewer Butterfingers depending on how much you like!!

Ok, so there are 2 of my favorite recipes and I'm excited to check out everyone else's!!! If you try either of mine let me know what you think!!!

Favorite Photo Blog Hop!

Man, I am telling you, this blog world is happening! There is always something going on and I love it! You meet such wonderful people from all over the place and it's just neat! I was reading Kelly's blog earlier and she, along with several several others, are participating in the "Favorite Photo Blog Hop" so I thought "what the hay?" I might as well join in the fun!

So...here are 3 of my favorite photos. All of them I've posted before but oh well, you can just enjoy them again!!

Colt & Grace's "love"

Gene & I on Valentine's Day 2009

And my kiddos at the pool for our first swim of Summer 2009!!!

Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to checking out everyone else's favorite photos!!!

You can add your link to your "Blog Hop" post on any blog you read that is participating and then copy and past the "MckLinky" code into your post and voila! it's added to yours too!!! So go....have fun!!!