Baked Ziti

Ingredients:

1 box of Ziti pasta cooked and drained (penne pasta is good, too)
1 jar of chunky Pasta Sauce of your choice
1 small container of lg. curd Cottage Cheese
1 lb of ground beef or turkey browned and drained
2 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese
Italian Seasoning to taste

Combine all ingredients except cheese. Place in a 9X13 pan and sprinkle cheese on top. (note: meat can be omitted for a meatless meal)

Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes or until cheese is completely melted.

This also freezes very well!

Cream Cheese Chicken

Ingredients:

Appx 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts (more or less depending on what you'd like)
1 pkg of dry Italian Seasoning
1 stick of butter (I used half and that was plenty)
1 pkg of Cream Cheese (I use either the lowfat or the non-fat depending on what I have)
1 small can of Cream of Chicken Soup

Combine chicken breasts, Italian Seasoning and butter in your crock pot. Cook on low roughly 4-5 hours (High about 2 hrs)

In the last 30 minutes add the Cream Cheese and the Cream of Chicken Soup. Mix and continue cooking.

Serve with pasta of your choice. We have used angel hair and egg noodles. I hear this is also great stuffed into shells with stove top stuffing on the top along with some cheese.

This is the one recipe EVERYONE in my family continually loves! :)