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So tonight was the first dinner I cooked for Anthony and intern Stephanie. I made a creamy chicken lasagna! I thought it tasted fabulous. Anthony was a little skeeved by the mushrooms and thinks spinach would be better. You could really toss whatever veg you like in this. Its the creamy mixture and the tomato sauce that really made it taste fabulous. This recipe is from one of the fabulous people of the internet. http://tinyurl.com/6mxfpo Creamy Chicken Lasagna 9 no-boil lasagna noodles (I actually used regular noodles and boiled them while the chicken breasts were boiling) 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts 1 package baby bella mushrooms (I used more like a half a package but it was a big box) 1 sweet onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 boxes cream cheese (room temperature) 2 cups mozzarella cheese, divided 1 chicken bouillon cube 2 teaspoons dried basil 1 teaspoon garlic powder ground black pepper 1 jar favorite sauce Boil the chicken until no longer pink, about 20 minutes,...

From Martha Stewart of course! Martha Double Chocolate Cookies Ingredients * 1 cup all-purpose flour * 1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder * 1/2 teaspoon baking soda * 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt * 1/2 pound good-quality milk chocolate, 4 ounces coarsely chopped and 4 ounces cut into 1/4-inch chunks * 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter * 1 1/2 cups sugar * 2 large eggs * 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Directions 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside. Melt 4 ounces coarsely chopped chocolate with the butter in a small heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water; let cool slightly. 2. Put chocolate mixture, sugar, eggs, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until combined. Reduce speed to low; gradually mix in flour mixture. Fold in chocolate chunks. 3. Using a 1 1/2-inch ice cream scoop, drop dough...

We are invited to a game night and I said I'd bring taco dip and a dessert. I have made the taco dip several times before. The first time I ever ate it was at a nest get together and I got the recipe from the host. I HATE cottage cheese, but I like this dip :) Taco Dip from Stephanie Palmer 8 ounces small curd cottage cheese 8 ounces softened cream cheese small bottle taco sauce (not salsa) handfuls of cheddar cheese chopped lettuce chopped tomato chopped onion (Use whatever taco like toppings you want) Mix the cream cheese and cottage cheese together and smear into the bottom of a pie plate. Pour the bottle of taco sauce on top of the cream cheese mixture Add handfuls of cheddar cheese on top of the hot sauce Top with whatever taco like toppings you want! Chill in the fridge before serving. It makes the flavors blend For dessert I decided to try a recipe I've had for years and have never made. It seemed like it would be more summery than a bunch of chocolate stuff. Cool...

So one of Anthony's coworkers invited us to join them for her husbands birthday dinner. We had never been to Levante's before and it sounded like food we'd like. We had a semi large group of about 8-10 people but the waitress seemed good Anthony and I ordered this appetizer Levante’s Cigars Cheese pastries of Feta and dill wrapped in phyllo and deep-fried It was yummy and came with a cucumber yogurt sauce for dipping. There were 4 cigars on the appetizer and it was perfect to share between two people. I ordered a special that was beef and lamb with tomato sauce and some garlic white sauce. It came on top of cubed bread. I thought it was weird to have just a big pile of meet for the entree and no sides, no rice, or vegetable. The presentation was not so great. You couldn't tell what meat was where, it was all just thrown on the plate. The meat was good enough, it was just like shaved gyro meat, and we have a favorite Greek restaurant for that. Anthony ordered th...