Bolognese Spaghetti!

When I was in Paris I had the best meal of my entire life. It was spaghetti bolognese. So I decided to make it! Here's the recipe... It is missing a little something, so if you have suggestions, let me know.

Ingredients:

1 small onion chopped

1/4 cup of zesty italian dressing

1 lb. of ground beef

1 can (15 oz.) of tomato sauce

1 can (14 oz. ) diced tomatoes, undrained

3/4 lb. Spaghetti

2 tbsp. cream cheese

Parmesan cheese for topping

Directions:

Cook the onions with the Italian dressing until they are crisp and caramelized. At the same time, brown the meat and then drain the grease. Stir those two together, and add in the tomatoes and sauce. Boil, then simmer for 15 min. stirring occasionally.

At the same time, cook the spaghetti.

When both are done cooking, remove from heat. Add in the cream cheese to the sauce and wait until mixed and melted. You will know it's melted because it will be significantly lighter than before. Add sauce and spaghetti and top with parmesan cheese.

:] Hope you like it!

Mexican Lasagna. AKA Heaven on Earth

The finished product minus the weird layer..

The nasty burnt tortilla layer... Not so attractive..

Right before cooking. This is a good time to point out how it would have helped to have a square pan. *Cough* Christmas Present. *Cough*

The salsa, seasoning and meat.

The ingredients! Minus the meat.. Because I always start cooking before I remember to take pictures.. sorry!

I lately have been getting so tired of eating the same foods. This happens to me about once a month and then I find a nifty recipe, like this one here. It was delicious and I am definitely going to make it instead of my usual tacos because it has more vegetables (thanks Dad!) and is a better switch up.

Ingredients:

1 lb. ground beef

3/4 cup thick and chunky salsa (I went with Medium and it was amazing)

Taco seasoning mix

Tortillas - either three big ones or six little ones

15 oz. of pinto beans - rinse these first

1.5 cups of Mexican cheese - mix in a bit of cream cheese and it's phenomenal. Just saying.

Direcciones!

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees, pronto!

First, brown the hamburger and drain the grease (ewww). Then mix in the seasoning and the salsa. I also added green peppers and onions, but that's up to you. Simmer on low for dies minutos (that's 10 minutes for those of you that are not in the Spanish mood yet). Spray a square pan. I used a 9x13 and it was a hot mess, so use a square one unless you want burnt things stuck into your pan everywhere.

Next, put some tortillas into the bottom of the pan. This depends on size, but if you're using little ones, then use 2 per layer, and big ones would be one. Then, spread the meat, cheese and beans. Repeat this until all the ingredients are done. The recipe told me to put tortillas on top, but mine burnt and were gross and made the dish look weird. So... with that in mind, it contains and cooks the bottom layers that way by trapping the heat, but I luckily caught mine before they were crusted onto the top. All a matter of preference.

Pop that into the oven for thirty minutes and enjoy!

Sidenote: Mine was kind of delicious and amazing, but I felt like spanish rice would have gone really well on the side. Yes, Dad, I said rice. And I said I wanted to eat it. In the same sentence. Be proud.

Sidenote 2: I hate this website sometimes because it always uploads pictures backwards. So sorry for all the confusing pictures!