Ooh La La Origin Food

OOH-LA-LA-SAGNA!

Steps:

• Pour 1/2 cup of boiling water over sun-dried tomatoes and let soak while you prepare the sauce.
• To make sauce, heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a large pot. Add onions and garlic. Cook and stir until onions have softened, about 4 minutes.
• Add ground turkey and sausage, breaking up any large pieces. Cook until meat is no longer pink. Add zucchini and cook for 2 minutes. Add all remaining sauce ingredients, except fresh basil. When sun-dried tomatoes are soft enough, drain and chop them (fine) and add to sauce. Bring sauce to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes. Stir in minced basil and remove from heat.
• Combine all filling ingredients in a medium bowl and mix well. Refrigerate until ready to use. Cook lasagna noodles according to package directions. Drain well.
• Preheat oven to 375ºF. To assemble, lightly spray a deep 9 x 13-inch casserole dish with cooking spray. Spoon some meat sauce over bottom of dish. Arrange 4 noodles over sauce and layer as follows: 1/3 meat sauce, 1/2 4-cheese blend, 4 noodles, 1/3 meat sauce, all of the ricotta/spinach mixture, 4 noodles, 1/3 meat sauce, 1/2 4-cheese blend. Cover loosely with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
• Uncover and bake 10 more minutes. Let lasagna stand for 10 minutes before serving.

CHICKEN OOH LA LA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Sprinkle the chicken with seasonings to taste. Brown well in the butter on both sides. Place chicken in baking dish. Sprinkle mushrooms and onions over chicken. Combine remaining ingredients well and pour over all.
• Bake, uncovered, for 45 minutes.
• Note: I usually baste the chicken with the sauce once or twice to keep it moist. Very good SHTUFF, as my husband says.