My mom was hungry for vegetable lasagna while I was home so I decided to make it for her and make some for the freezer. It is a fairly easily recipe to make but it does take quite a bit of time due to all of the steps involved.

First you want to make a cream sauce and add monterey jack to it to taste. I made about 10 cups for a 9 x 13 pan and 3 8 x 8 pans.

I also used a head of cauliflower, a bunch of broccoli, a pound of carrots and a large bag of frozen spinach for my vegetable mixture. You want to blanch of the vegetables first and then mix together. I added enough of the cream sauce to bind it together. Set aside.

I then added to a bowl about 30 oz. of cottage cheese, 2 cups of parmesan cheese, 3 eggs, salt and pepper. I seasoned the mixture with some basil.

Boil your lasagna noodles, I used 1 1/2 packages. To assemble the lasagna, layer the noodles, the vegetable mixture, cottage cheese mixture, cream sauce and some additional cheese. I did 3 layers total.

Heat the oven to 350. Bake for at least an hour. Mixture will be bubbly and lightly browned.

I’ll post a single recipe the next time I make it. This is one of those dishes I make without a recipe so I have never written amounts down.

I signed up for a recipe scrapbooking class at a store near my house and not only do I bring home 4 great scrapbook pages, I bring home great recipes. We even get to taste the dishes at the end of class. I’m not sure which is the best part. So tonight I made 2 of the dishes we had at class the other night. I’ve had different versions of the corn casserole but I really like the creamy texture of this one. I did change the recipe a tad and added an egg.

Corn Casserole

One 15 1/2 oz. can whole kernel corn - drained
One 14 1/2 oz. can cream style corn
One 8 oz. box Jiffy Mix
1 cup sour cream
One egg
1/2 cup butter - melted

Preheat oven to 350.

Add all of the ingredients listed in a mixing bowl. Mix until combined. Pour into a greased 8 x 10 inch casserole dish.

Bake for about 60 miniutes. Start checking at 55 minutes. Center will set and edges should be brown.

The other dish we had was a potato casserole.We also had 2 desserts and a pinto bean casserole that I am going to make later this week. The pinto bean casserole I had never seen before and I loved it. It would make a great pot luck casserole this winter. Here’s the recipe for the potato casserole I did make…

Potato Casserole

4 large baked potatoes
1 stick butter - the original recipe called for 2
3/4 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cups sharp cheddar cheese
chives
salt and pepper

Bake potatoes as you normally would. When the are cooked cut into bite size chunks, leaving skins on. Place in a greased casserole dish. (I used a 9 x 9)

Add butter, sour cream, cheese, chives, salt and pepper.

Bake at 350 for 60 minutes.

Serves 8

Enjoy!