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Hey everyone I have seen this website http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/. It is awesome! I found this recipe for Macaroni and Cheese. I HATE mac and cheese, always have until now. This stuff is heaven in a bowl... try it out!!http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/04/macaroni-cheese/

World's best lasagna

This recipe is from Allrecipes.com and it is on there top 20 recipes. I have made it a couple of times and it is the best lasagna I have ever had.

1 pound sweet Italian sausage
3/4 pound lean ground beef
1/2 cup minced onion
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
2 (6.5 ounce) cans canned tomato sauce
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil leaves
1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1 tablespoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
4 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
12 lasagna noodles
16 ounces ricotta cheese
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 pound mozzarella cheese, sliced
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. In a Dutch oven, cook sausage, ground beef, onion, and garlic over medium heat until well browned. Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water. Season with sugar, basil, fennel seeds, Italian seasoning, 1 tablespoon salt, pepper, and 2 tablespoons parsley. Simmer, covered, for about 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.

2. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles in boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes. Drain noodles, and rinse with cold water. In a mixing bowl, combine ricotta cheese with egg, remaining parsley, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.

3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

4. To assemble, spread 1 1/2 cups of meat sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. Arrange 6 noodles lengthwise over meat sauce. Spread with one half of the ricotta cheese mixture. Top with a third of mozzarella cheese slices. Spoon 1 1/2 cups meat sauce over mozzarella, and sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Repeat layers, and top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Cover with foil: to prevent sticking, either spray foil with cooking spray, or make sure the foil does not touch the cheese.

5. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil, and bake an additional 25 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes before serving

* The sauce makes enough for 2 lasagnas. So you can either make 2 dishes of it (you would need double everything else except for the sauce) or put the sauce in your freezer and make it another time.

Fudge Ice Cream Dessert

1 box Betty Crocker SuperMoist chocolate fudge cake mix

1/3 C butter or margarine, melted

3 eggs

1 can or jar (16oz) hot fudge topping, heated

2 C chopped oreos

1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream, slightly softened

1. Heat oven to 350. Line bottom and sides of 13x9 pan with foil, leaving foil overhanging at 2 opposite sides of pan. Spray bottom only of foil lined pan with baking spray.

2. In large bowl, mix cake mix, butter and eggs with spoon until blended (batter will be very thick). Spread or pat in pan with greased fingers.

3. Bake 17-19 minutes or until surface appears dry and is no longer shiny. Cool completely in pan, about 1 hour.

4. Spread warm fudge topping over cake. Sprinkle with 1 cup of the chopped oreos. Freeze about 30 minutes or until firm.

5. Spread ice cream over cookies. Cover; freeze at least 4 hours or overnight until firm. Sprinkle with remaining 1 cup of oreos.

6. Before serving, let dessert stand 15-20 minutes.

I think this cake would be yummy if you used mint chocolate chip ice cream and mint oreos if you like mint! This cake was super easy and really good.