White Cheese Chicken Lasagna

This is super yummy! I found it on allrecipes.com. Next time I make it, I'm going to omit the ricotta cheese and I'm going to mix the spinach into the sauce when I add the seasonings. Just my own personal preferences.

9 lasagna noodles

1/2 cup butter

1 onion, chopped

1 clove garlic, minced

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups chicken broth

1 1/2 cups milk

4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided

1 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided

1 teaspoon dried basil

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

2 cups ricotta cheese

2 cups cubed, cooked chicken

2 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles in boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes. Drain, and rinse with cold water.

Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook the onion and garlic in the butter until tender, stirring frequently. Stir in the flour and salt, and simmer until bubbly. Mix in the broth and milk, and boil, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Stir in 2 cups mozzarella cheese and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Season with the basil, oregano, and ground black pepper. Remove from heat, and set aside.

Spread 1/3 of the sauce mixture in the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. Layer with 1/3 of the noodles, the ricotta, and the chicken. Arrange 1/3 of the noodles over the chicken, and layer with 1/3 of the sauce mixture, spinach, and the remaining 2 cups mozzarella cheese and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese. Arrange remaining noodles over cheese, and spread remaining sauce evenly over noodles. Sprinkle with parsley and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese.

Bake 35 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven.

Very Chocolate Cookies

I came across this recipe the other day as I was looking at recipes on my AllRecipes Dinner Spinner app. Apparently I was having a sugar craving as all I was looking at was desserts! :) Tonight I was making some dough up to make Valentine sugar cookies which had to chill in the fridge for an hour. I guess I had a bee in my bonnet and decided to make these as I was waiting. I think they are rather delicious, but Malcolm my non-chocolate lover, thought they were too chocolaty. I've never heard of anything having too much chocolate! So chocoholics, enjoy!

Very Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients
1 1/4 cups butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips


Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt, gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Fold in chocolate chips. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto unprepared cookie sheets.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Do not overbake. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

*My first batch came out with VERY flat cookies. I ended up adding maybe another 1/2 cup of flour and then they were beautiful and round after that. I think maybe it has something to do with where I live, as I ended up having to add a little bit more flour to my sugar cookies as well, as they were coming out the same as usual. So if they come out flat, add a little bit of flour! Mine cooked for exactly 10 mins. It's hard to tell when chocolate cookies are done.