White Cheese Chicken Lasagna

I try to make an extra special supper each Friday night; this often means that we eat a bit later on Friday night but every one seems to be okay with that around here.  This last week I made White Cheese Chicken Lasagna as our main course.  I added buns, a salad and made two desserts - store bought frozen apple pie (lol) and Dr. Oetkers' Chocolate Cake and Sauce.  (I figured since I worked so hard to make the main course, I could cheat on the desserts.)

Jason and I loved the lasagna!  I would say this was a very rich and creamy recipe.  Well worthy of the 5 star rating.

The kids said it had too much spinach in it.  I think though I can solve that problem (and another) by using a bigger pan.  And Cora, who isn't a milk lover, said she didn't feel really well after eating it.  The other problem was that there were too many ingredients.  I don't measure and I don't skimp on cheese.  Jason was "helping" (read: watching and directing) and kept telling me to pile things on.  I have a bigger pan - my roaster - so I think I will use that next time.

The desserts were flops all around apparently.  Jason said the pie was the worst apple pie he'd ever tasted!  Thankfully, I didn't make the pie.  lol.  And most of the kids didn't like the chocolate cake and sauce.  I, however, loved the cake.  I think I might go buy another, just for me.  I love finding desserts that the children don't like.

Anyway, all in all, a very wonderful meal.

Striving to learn and live God's purposes,

Dr. Oetker Winner

And the winner is:

DIANA

Diana said:  Ok I think my fav. holiday food has to be turkey sandwhiches/and leftovers. They seem to taste better the next day..

Diana, please respond to the email (if you haven't done so already) so I can get your prize sent out to you.



Striving to learn and live God's purposes,

Our Dr. Oetker experience and a giveaway

*****Giveaway closed*****


Well, we have decided that we like Dr. Oetker!  Until December I had never really tried them; I never bought them from the store, so if they came to the house it was by another method (probably a gift).  I never took much notice.  However, I will be on the look out for good sales and coupons in the future!



My girls love to bake and create and serve our family.  The three oldest girls are 9, 8 and 5 years of age.  K (9) can follow almost any basic recipe with verbal directions and help.  She finds baking from a box really easy, too easy almost.  So these weren’t really a challenge for her.  However, she thought they were really cool.

Some of the things we tried were a pancake shaker, muffin shaker and a number of flavors of mousse.  Our #1, top of the list, super duper favorite was the Chocolate Mousse.  To. Die. For.  The other mousses were good but Dr. Oetker did something amazing with the chocolate one.  I liked the pancake shaker because even though there wasn’t quite enough to go around for a supper, the pancakes were a great afternoon snack for my kids that they could make themselves.



I love to foster independence in my kids and Dr. Oetker allows for that.  I guess the “slogan” in our house could be: “Dr. Oetker: The Do-It-Yourself Food”

So, can you tell that we liked these products?  Well, we think you will too and Dr. Oetker is offering a giveaway for one lucky Canadian reader.

TO ENTER: Tell me your favorite holiday food.
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GIVEAWAY CLOSES:  January 12, 2010.  The winner will be contacted by email, so make sure it’s on your profile or in your comment.

Striving to learn and live God's purposes,