Stuffed Shells

This is a recipe that I was given by my mother. I was looking for something different from lasagna but still about the same. And so she gave me this Stuffed shells recipe. This recipe is time consuming but the end result is well worth it and it is great fun to get kids involved with too. After all those shells wont stuff them selves. (inless you buy the frozzen ones)

What you will need:

1 Ib ground beef

2 Eggs

1 med sweet onion, chopped

1/4 cup Parmesan cheese

2 cups crushed Ritz crackers

salt and pepper to taste

20 Jumbo shells

1 Jar spaghetti sauce

1-2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions:

Brown your ground beef in a large skillet and drain.Cook pasta shells according to directions on the package and then drain. Set aside the Jumbo Shells so that they can cool. Mean while mix your ground beef with the 2 eggs, chopped onion, crushed crackers, Parmesan cheese and add salt and pepper to taste. Next you will want to spread 1 cup of spaghetti sauce on the bottom of a greased 13x9 baking dish. Now that your shells have cooled enough to handle spoon your meat mixture into your Jumbo Shells. using a tablespoon should do the trick. place each stuffed shell into baking dish. Top with remaining spaghetti sauce and cover with foil bake for 30 min. Uncover and sprinkle with shredded mozzarella cheese and bake until cheese is melted (about 10 min) Take out of oven let rest for about 5 to 10 minutes then serve. This feeds up to 6-8 people but leftovers are the best with this dish. Also you can make this and freeze it for a rainy lazy day. Hope that you enjoy. Get the kiddos involved with stuffing the shells it will help take some of the work from you and my niece always loved helping me.

Quick Tip: To help the shells cool faster I always spread them out evenly over a cookie sheet. This also helps keep them from sticking together.

Girls Night

Tonight I went out with five girl friends of mine. First girls night I have been on like this one since before I was married. So almost four years. I may be 21 years old but I am most likely the most boring 21 year old. My husband and I are very content staying in together or just going to the movies and out to eat and occasionally we go to the pool hall most nights were in bed by 10 though.Were not much for the whole clubbing and drinking and we enjoy going places together rarely do we go anywhere apart. So tonight was odd but welcomed. This girls night was not a drinking night for me any how since I am 6 months pregnant and all.We all went to En Fuego which is a texmex restaurant/club/sports bar three places in one pretty much and there all divided. Literally there is the restaurant, the La Rumba Lounge and there is a sports bar located inside.Which is all located in the Killeen, Tx Mall. I know your thinking; in a mall?? That's what I thought also. But much to my surprise inside was quiet nice and to me it was pretty fancy ( in my opinion that is ) also the prices were relatively decent. The food was good I ordered the Cheese Enchiladas and it was plenty enough of a serving for me.They also served endless free chips and salsa it was all very tasty , I might add. All my girl friends liked there dishes as well.There alcoholic drinks were a little on the expensive side and in the reasturant part very limited choices but, the girls said they were good. Just me though Pregnant or not I'm not paying seven dollars for a shot but that is just me . All in all I have to say I will be going back there it was nice with good food, great service and a fun environment in all my total spent was 14$ after tip! What can I say I am a cheap date. I also had taken my camera to document it all and the one time I am going to use the thing it breaks on me, go figure right!! So I will have to find some pictures to barrow from a friend. So if you are in the Fort Hood Texas area looking for a fun place to eat maybe do a little dancing or see the big game head on over to En Fuegos in the Killeen Mall and see what you think.

Introductions are instore

Hello I'm completely new at this whole blog thing but I will slowly get it figured out so please don't attack me or get upset if I do not do something right advice is completely welcomed. The whole point in me starting this blog is to have somewhere to write and to post recipes and just day to day life type of things. Thank you for patience if not please just ignore and don't say anything kill me with kindness not harsh rudeness thanks. So for now I'm winging it and learning as I go. Wish me luck.