Meatless Wednesday

So sorry for the delay in posting, it's been one of those days blizzard, kids not napping and well complete chaos! Anyways without further delay here is today's recipe is a variation on my famous vegetarian lasagna I had to change things because my old recipe had veggie ground round in which unfortunately contains gluten!

Amanda's Amazing Gluten Free Lasagna

Ingredients

First layer
1/2 block extra firm tofu, chopped and then crumbled to resemble veggie ground
1/2 large onion, finely chopped (which I forgot tonight and it was wonderful without)
3 celery sticks, chopped
2 parsnips, peeled and chopped ( if you kids don't like them just chop them smaller)
3 carrots, peeled and chopped
1 medium zucchini, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
1 28oz can of diced no added salt tomatoes
2 1/2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
1 tbs Epicure Minced Garlic
1 pkg Rice lasagna noodles, cooked for 15-17 at a low boil then rinse under cold water and set
aside
Second layer
1 750g container of 2% cottage cheese
1 bag of baby spinach
Third and final layer
1 bag of Italian cheese blend, shredded

Directions

1. Layer the bottom of your pan 9 x 13 lasagna pan with your first layer of noodles
2. After chopping all your other ingredients for the first layer combine together in a large bowl and mix, then layer over first layer of noodles.
   
3. Then cover with another layer of noodles.
4. Next add the cottage cheese and spread evenly over the noodles and layer over top as much spinach as desired, I usually cover all the cottage cheese.
5. Add another layer of noodles, which will be your last layer of noodles.
6. Cover noodle layer with Italian cheese blend, put pan on a cookie sheet and bake in oven for 50-60 mins. When the cheese is golden brown remove from the oven and enjoy!

My husband and Son will eat this with garlic bread but I do not obviously but maybe some day I will venture into the realm of making my own bread.

Left Overs and Yah for Girl Power

Well after yesterdays crazy day things have settled down today and our new family member has surely settled in as he has now chewed two of the daycare toys one had to disposed of to the landfill as my Son would tell you. The meatballs last night weren't perfect but once I have perfected them I will post the recipe for you. I did however take some of the leftovers and made up a meatball soup to for lunch today which is smelling oh so good on the stove.

Left Over Meatball Soup

Several left over meatballs about 3-5 depending on the size (mine were massive), cut up into bite size pieces
2-3 carrots, chopped
2 sticks celery, chopped
6-8 petite potatoes red, chopped
1/2 a large onion, chipped finely
3/4 cup of frozen green beans the cut up ones
2 cups of Organic Gluten Free Chicken broth
4 Cups of Water
1 Tbs Epicure Pot Herbs (My Consultant if you want to use for purchasing is Deanna Osterbeck)

Combine all ingredients in a large pot on the stove left simmer over medium heat for an hour and turn down to low and cook till veggies are tender.

So last night disaster struck our house the dishwasher broke now I do at least two full dishwasher loads a day plus some hand washing between the daycare and our family so it is a big deal to not have it! Thankfully the missionaries were over for supper and they pitched in to help get all the dishes cleaned and put away. This morning I called my Mom to complain about our dishwasher being broken and her boyfriend was there and he asked me to check the valve under the sink which I did and wiggle it a little but no luck, then he suggested to change it's position again no luck. After that I put it back in the original position and it worked! I am so excited to say that I fixed our dishwasher with a little help, Yah for Girl Power! Also last night two of our new friends from church brought over the most wonderful baptism gift for us a bible not just one but there is a second one on route to us, how lovely and thoughtful. They truly are very wonderful people, I am so excited for our families to get to know each other better and to get to know other families in our church as well! So my next baking experiment in the works is mini pumpkin chocolate chip muffins I found some in the freezer this morning that are not Gluten free from before I was sick so now I am going to recreate them but Gluten free the kids really do love them and they are so good for them!

Other than that today we are going to be celebrating Ground Hog day this afternoon in the daycare I came across this craft on Facebook this morning and we will be doing it this afternoon so on that note Happy Ground Hog Day everyone! Also you print off a super cute ground hog picture to color here.

Oh and I also managed to get some items listed on ebay today view them here. I will adding more items too as time allows.