Monday's Menu on SUNDAY!!

Sorry to mess you up, but I have 2 recipes that I'd like to share with you tonight. You see, we have family friends who are very special to us. Recently their grandaughter gave birth to twin boys who are 2 months premature. Thankfully both babies are doing well, however the arrival of the twins was not expected as it was an emergency c-section. This young family now have 4 boys under the age of 3years old!! Isn't that going to be crazy busy?? Well today Kailey had a game in St.Mary's which isn't too far from London, sooo mom and I thought it would be a great opportunity to bring their family some home cooked meals! Yep we did, I cooked all day yesterday..well inbetween caring for my sick young man. It was a busy day, but I got so much accomplished. I made 2 casserole dishes X2, which means I made them one and me one, plus I baked some homemade banana bread...that was for us! I just couldn't part with it, after our long day just me and Braden we couldn't resist the smell in our house. So we hijaked the banana bread and ate some! My mom bought 2 meals for them and also made a casserole for them to enjoy! She also bought the mommy of four some comfy pants and two tops, mostly for comfort while travelling back and fourth to the hospital..oh how comfy pants are the best!!
So below is one of the recipes that I must say tasted amazing...we had it for dinner tonight after our long day of travelling.


The picture isn't really the best, I apologize...if you look close enough you can see the mushrooms, greenpeppers and italian sausage.
ITALIAN SAUSAGAE AND RIGATONI CASSEROLE

what you need
2 lb. Italian sausage
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1 Green pepper, diced
1 can (680 mL) spaghetti sauce
4 cups Penne pasta or rigatoni, cooked
2 cups Kraft 4 Cheese Italiano Shredded Cheese
3/4 cup Kraft 100% Parmesan Grated Cheese
make it
BROWN sausage; breaking up slightly while cooking. Place in a large saucepan with mushrooms and peppers. Stir in spaghetti sauce. Bring to a boil reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Add pasta to sauce.

SPOON 1/2 of the rigatoni mixture into a 13 x 9 inch (3.5 L) baking dish. Top with 1/2 of the cheeses; repeat layers.

BAKE at 375°F (190°C) for 20 minutes
I also mad this next one which we haven't tried yet, but it looks fantastic. Both of my recipes are kid friendly, I figured with two little boys..its got to be easy stuff or they won't like it! Basically the one below is just an elaborte recipe for spagetti.

SPAGETTI PIZZA



Ingredients
1 (8 ounce) package spaghetti
1 pound ground beef
2 1/2 cups spaghetti sauce
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 eggs, beaten
3 slices processed American cheese
1 (8 ounce) package shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2.Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.

3.Meanwhile, place ground beef in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and combine with spaghetti sauce.

4.In a large bowl toss pasta with Parmesan cheese and eggs. Press into a 9-inch pie plate and spread sauce mixture over pasta. Top with American cheese and sprinkle with mozzarella.

5.Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before cutting into wedges.

There you have it, if you are looking for quick easy casseroles that taste fabulous..these are the ones for you! They are so easy and very good.

I must share with you how well Kailey and her ringette team did today during their first exhibition game. Let's start with first thing this morning. The girls were on the ice at 9am for a practice till 10am. After practice they had a potluck breakfast catered via the parents!! We got straight on the road at 11am and headed to St.Marys for a 2 hour game. Basically these girls had 3 hours of ice time today, needless to say they are all freakin exhausted!
So, we get the St.Mary's prepared to play against London which happens to be one of the number one teams in Southwestern Region. To top it off I find out that the London team this year happens to be a "power team" were they have pretty much taken the best players from some the towns around them who have decided to not have a "AA" junior ringette team. We were expecting to get a 'beat down' especially considering our girls have only had 2 practice's this season to date. They literally learned their play's during the ice time this morning.
The games started out rough with London ahead 3-0...it didn't last long though because BOOM we score. Perfect now we are on the scoreboard. This boosted the girls morale and from there it was 3-3..tie game!
OMG, talk about exciting...we were scoring, we were keeping up and we were flustering the pants off these London girls..they didn't know what hit them!
So, London moves ahead again...5-3, Cambridge pulls up two more..5-5, GO TURBO's!! The crowd is going wild, the parents are sitting at the edge of their seats...GO GIRLS!!
London scores, 6-5...Cambridge comes back 6-6, London feels the pressure but manages to sneak 2 on us...8-6 for London. Come on girls there is only 5 minutes left of this game...you can do it!! BOOM!! Cambridge scores..8-7..crowd goes wild once again!
Vision this my friends,
Carrigan takes the ring from goalie Steph, passes it over the blue line to ever so cool Kailey..Kailey see's the other girls are tied up with London players..Kailey's coming up to the blue line...passes back to Carrigan..LITERALLY 2 seconds left in the game...Carrigan takes it down, shoots from far corner with a force reckoned from above...everyone sits in silence...*Crickets heard*....BOOOOM, SHE SCORES!!! OMG....we tied this game!!!!!
Buzzer goes...game over..finally score 8-8!!!
It was beautiful, talk about us parents being so proud! Honestly this team looks great! I will be honest there was a few missed pick ups of the ring..some ring dumps and some "not so ready receiver's" who happened to have the ring sent to them. But with that said, they can only get better from here!!
WAY TO GO TURBO'S!! We are so proud!!
Great day today!! Awesome start to an exciting season!