Wednesday, April 16, 2014

5 ways to have fun with kids (more to come)

My son isn't old enough yet to enjoy these but i will definitely trying when he gets older

  • tape glow sticks to the ceiling fan, turn off light and watch it go.
  • When you get those huge boxes in the mail. Put your kid in it and give them crayons and let them go at it with their art skills. 
  • Also with boxes, take them apart and lay them on your stairs and tada a slide. 
  • Glow in the dark bubbles??? well just cut open some glow sticks and dump it in the bubble stuff. Blow bubbles in the dark and watch them glow.
  • Grab a huge tarp, lay on grass, nail it down, put hose on it and slide away.

Olive Garden copycat five cheese ziti al forno

This is amazing and it tastes just like the dish you get at olive garden and its a lot cheaper!!!. I added meat to it and it tasted great. I forgot to add the Ricotta cheese and it tasted just fine.


What you'll need:

  • 1 jar of Alfredo sauce
  • 1 jar of marinara sauce
  • Mozzarella cheese
  • Parmesan cheese
  • Fontina cheese
  • Ricotta cheese
  • Pasta -cooked
  • Meat - I used beef
What to do:
Preheat oven at 375 degrees- grease a 9 by 13 casserole dish.

Cook pasta, while pasta is cooking cook beef if you are adding meat. Add whole jar of alfredo sauce and marinara sauce. For the cheese I just bought the Italian Blend in a bag already shredded and it was much easier. The only cheese it didnt have is the Ricotta cheese.  I got the one that has 2 cups in it and I added about half of the bag to the sauce. 

Cook the sauce till it starts bubbling, stir. Add the sauce to the pasta, stir to mix the pasta and sauce really good and put that into the casserole dish. Top the other half of the bag of cheese.

Bake for 20 min or until cheese is melted. 

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