Tortilla Soup

This was on my friend, Halli's blog...now it is our favorite too!!
I made home made broth and boiled a 1/2 cup of brown rice in 4-5 cups till cooked then added 1 can diced tomatos and 4oz fresh green chilis, beans and chicken it was great!

Jackie James's Tortilla Soup

1 family-sized (or 3 small) can of chicken and rice soup
1 can diced tomatoes and green chile's (11.5 ounce)
1 can Ranch Style beans (15 ounce) - black label
1-2 chicken breasts cooked and shredded
3 cups chicken broth

Cook over medium heat. Spoon into bowls and add tortilla chips, shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream (we use plain Greek yogurt instead), avocados, and cilantro. Serves 4-6.

No Knead Bread

Lisa Billings in our ward taught us how to make this bread, it is super easy and always turns out great. You have to have a dutch oven or a pan or pot with a lid that can go in the oven.

in a large bowl add:
1 1/2 c water, warm
sprinkle with 1/4 t yeast
Dump on top:
3 cups flour, any kind, can use 1/2 ww
1 1/2 t salt
Then mix together with a wooden spoon just till a dough is formed, should be sticky
Leave in bowl and cover with saran wrap and let sit on counter for 12-24 hours
(dough will triple in size)

When ready to bake, preheat oven with dutch oven in it to 425( light color) 450 (darker)
remove dough from the bowl onto well floured surface and fold over a few times and form into ball. Remove pot from oven, plop dough in hot pot cover with lid.
Bake for 30 minutes, remove lid and continue to Bake for 15 minutes.
Remove from pan and cool on counter.

Baked Ziti

super easy-my kids loved it....

1 jar (26 oz) pasta sauce
2 cups water
1 cup ricotta cheese or cottage cheese( reg or low fat) I liked cottage cheese better
2T Parmesan cheese
1/2 c grated mozzarella cheese
12 ounce uncooked ziti

Preheat oven to 400. Combine pasta sauce and water in a large bowl. Stir in Ricotta and Parmesan cheese , then the uncooked ziti.
Evenly spoon in to a 13x9 pan cover tightly iwth foil and bake 50-55 minutes
Remove foil and sprinkle with mozzerella cheese
Bake uncovered an additional 5 minutes