Pizza Rolls

Ingredients:

• leftover bread dough
• string cheese
• pepperoni (optional)
• dipping sauce

Directions: Preheat oven to 350. Wrap a piece of bread dough around a piece of string cheese(cut into half or thirds) and pepperoni. Pinch closed. Place on greased baking sheet. I brushed mine with an egg wash(egg white + 1 teaspoon water) and then sprinkled with garlic sauce. Bake at 350 until lightly brown. Eat, or cool then freeze.

Vegetable Lasagna

Prep time: 80 minutes
Ingredients:

• 1 lb. zucchini
• 1 lb. squash
• ¼ tsp. Italian seasoning
• ¼ tsp. black pepper
• 2 c. tomato pasta sauce
• 16 oz. low-fat cottage cheese
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/3 c. Parmesan cheese
• 2/3 c. seasoned bread crumbs
• 2 c. mozzarella, part-skim
• 3 c. spinach
• 1 c. fresh basil
• nonstick cooking spray  

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 425° Fahrenheit (218° Celsius).
2. Coat the two smaller baking pans with nonstick cooking spray.
3. Cut all squash and zucchini lengthwise in half. Then, cut each half lengthwise into slices about ¼ inch thick.
4. Spread squash and zucchini on pans in single layer and season with Italian seasoning.
5. Bake for 25 minutes, turning over once halfway through baking.
6. Remove from oven and set aside. Reduce oven temperature to 375° Fahrenheit (190° Celsius).
7. In a large skillet, heat pasta sauce over medium-high heat. Mix trimmed spinach into the pasta sauce.
8. In a food processor, combine cottage cheese, basil, egg yolks, and 2 tablespoons of Parmesan cheese. Blend until all ingredients are combined and smooth.
9. Assembly: Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of bread crumbs over the bottom of a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan. Cover the bottom of the dish with half of the zucchini and squash slices. Next, spread cottage cheese mixture over the squash and zucchini slices. Sprinkle with 3 tablespoons of bread crumbs. Top with remaining zucchini slices. Sprinkle with the remaining 3 tablespoons of bread crumbs. Pour pasta sauce evenly over the top. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese evenly over the top. Sprinkle with the remaining 2 tablespoons of Parmesan cheese.
10. Bake for approximately 35 minutes. Cheese should be browned and bubbling. Let stand for 10 to 25 minutes before serving.

Serves: 10

BBQ Chicken Pizza with Alfredo Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1 12" round pizza crust
• 1 cup Alfredo sauce
• 1 cup shredded chicken in BBQ sauce
• 1-2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions: Roll out pizza crust. Put oil on pizza pan and sprinkle with cornmeal. Place pizza crust on pan. Top with Alfredo sauce, BBQ chicken and cheese. Bake at 400 degrees for approx. 30 minutes or until cheese is melted and starts to brown. All ingredients are depending on taste, add more or less, whatever you like.

Chicken Lasagna

Ingredients

• 4 cooked chicken breast halves (cut up)
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup ripe olives
• 1/2 cup mushrooms
• 3 cup grated cheddar or colby cheese
• parmesan cheese
• 9 lasagna noodles (cooked)
• 1/4 cup chopped onion

Directions

1. Grease 9 x 13 inch pan
2. Blend soups, olives, mushrooms, sour cream, onion, and chicken
3. Alternate layers of cheese and chicken mixture
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes or until lightly browned
5. Let stand for 5 minutes

Pizza rigatoni

1 ½ lb Italian sausage

3 c uncooked rigatoni

4 c shredded mozzarella cheese

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 sm onion chopped

2 cans pizza sauce

1 pkg sliced pepperoni

1 can pitted ripe olives drained and halved

In skillet cook sausage until no longer pink.  Drain.  Cook pasta according to pkg directions.  Drain

In crock pot layer half sausage, pasta, cheese, soup, onion, pizza sauce, pepperoni, and olives.  Repeat layers.  Cover and cook on low for 4 hours. 

Pizza Calzone

Ingredients

• 1 pkg. yeast
• 1 C. warm water
• 2 Tbs. oil
• 1 Tbs. sugar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 3/4 C. flour
• 1 jar spaghetti sauce
• 1 lb. sausage--cooked
• 1 C. pepperoni sausage--thinly sliced
• 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
• 2 C. mozzarella cheese--finely grated.
• 1 C. mushrooms(optional)

Directions

For dough:

Dissolve yeast in warm water in large bowl. Stir in salt, sugar, oil and 1 C. flour. Add Italian seasoning to dough. Mix in enough flour to make dough easy to handle. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface for about 5 minutes, or until smooth and elastic. Cover with a bowl and let rest for 5 minutes.

Roll dough into four 10-inch circles. Place sauce and toppings over half of the dough. Add 1/2 C. of cheese. Fold over and crimp edge shut. Place on foiled and greased cookie sheet. Cook for 25-30 minutes in a 375 degree over or until golden brown. After 15 minutes of cooking brush with melted butter.

Lasagna

1 jar (28 oz) Prego spaghetti sauce flavored with meat
6 uncooked lasagna noodles
1 container (15 oz) ricotta cheese
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

In 2-qt. baking dish (11x7), spread 1 cup sauce. Top with 3 uncooked noodles, ricotta cheese, 1 cup mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, and 1 cup sauce. Top with remaining uncooked noodles and sauce. Cover.

Bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour. Top with remaining mozzarella cheese. Let stand 5 min. Serves 6