Today I’m going out on a limb and doing a recipe that takes a bit of time. I know, I know, don’t panic. It’s all still very easy, and the results are Mwah! fantabulous.

Microwave Lasagna

1lb ground beef
1 jar Ragu
9 Lasagna noodles
12 oz. carton cottage cheese
16oz package mozzarella cheese

Pick a glass pan as big as your microwave will hold. Grease the bottom a bit with oil and set it aside. Boil 9 lasagna noodles according to directions. While they are boiling, brown a pound of hamburger, then drain and put back in the pan with a jar of Ragu. Heat to bubbling.

In the pan, put down 3 noodles. Top with 1/3 the meat mix, 1/2 carton cottage cheese and 1/3 mozzarella cheese. Repeat two more times, with the top layer being just meat and cheese. Cover with a Saran Wrap type of cover, venting at two corners and cook for 13 min on high.

If you like your lasagna browned on top, toss it in the oven on broil for a few minutes before serving.

While your lasagna is in cool down mode, let’s make some Italian Margaritas.

1 shot Amaretto
1/2 shot triple sec
small splash lime juice
Sweet and sour mix
In a shaker combine the liquors and lime juice and 2 shots of sweet and sour mix. Shake it shake it baby, then pour into a tall glass.

Ready? Scoop up your lasagna, get a sip of your margarita, put your fuzzy pink slippers up and lets learn to speak Italian – complete with hand gestures!

Buon appetito!

Carrie Spencer Author - Smart Ass Romance

I am a firm believer in all things cheap and fast. Just like I like my men. heheh. =) Ok, nobody tell my husband I said that k?

So for our meal today we’re having Ha-Cha-Cha Chicken. Simple as a dimple.

1 pre-cooked chicken breast or leftover rotisserie chicken
chopped onion
chopped green pepper
3-4 Tbsp hot sauce
Toss all in a microwaveable bowl and well..microwave. 3 minutes or so til veggies are a little soft.
Add in macaroni and cheese – either prepare it yourself, or buy the Bob Evans already done stuff. (Yeah, guess which one I go for….=) ) Toss in 1 Tbsp sour cream and stir.
Microwave another 3 minutes or so and top with crushed Doritos. Spicy ones! If you’re really talented and know how to turn your oven on? You can bake it at this point for extra crispiness.

While you’re baking away like the Naked Chef, let’s have a little something to cool down the chicken heat. Something like say, oh a Maui Volcano

Maui Volcano
½ shot Blue Maui
½ shot Malibu Coconut Rum
fill with Pineapple Juice
lime garnish

Now gather your goodies and lets enjoy a last bit of summer!

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Carrie Spencer Author - Smart Ass Romance

Jack Daniels has introduced a new whiskey – this time made with honey. Can we say it’s the bee’s knee’s and not get mocked?

=)

Luckily, this is one of the easiest drinks you’ll ever make. Super simple, and something you can even make by the pitcher.

Fill a particularly pretty glass with
Ice cubes
1 shot of Jack Daniels Honey
Lemonade
Add a mint sprig if you so desire.

I suggest this be sipped while sitting leisurely in either a hammock or a rocking chair. Think happy thoughts of lazily droning bees and orange butterflies.

Enjoy!

carrie

Carrie Spencer Author - Smart Ass Romance

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I used to dream of being a flair bartender. Unfortunately I have a problem with depth perception, which I didn’t realize until I got beaned on the nose with a half-full bottle of Bacardi.

Nowadays, I’m not sure if I’d be thrilled at watching such an event taking place right in front of my eyes by a bar full of pretty men? or would I just say something obnoxious like hey, can I just have my drink pleaaaaaaaaaase? Does that make me old?

How about you? Give me my drink, or spin it again baby?

=)

carrie

Carrie Spencer Author - Smart Ass Romance

Oh Carrie. Where oh where do you come up with these ridiculous names for drinks?

Trust me, you don’t wanna know. It involves chocolate, sacrificial goats and vodka. That’s all I’m saying.

This drink however, does have a little basis in what kind of wine I’m using – the Bing cherry. You can probably find a wine similar to what I’m using Bada Bing Cherry from Santa Maria Winery in Carroll, Iowa. It’s a luscious dark red, with an excellent cherry taste.

Simple and refreshing.

Fill a wine glass half full of ice and half full of Bing Cherry Wine. Fill the other half half-full of lemonade and the remaining half of lemonade.

That’s it. No, seriously, I’m not pulling your leg. Go try it. Sit on a lawn chair and watch the possums play in the yard. What? No possums? Just ask, I’ll Fed Ex you one.

=)

carrie

Carrie Spencer Author - Smart Ass Romance