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May is for mothers
MEGAN CROCKETT
Senior Services Nutrition Program Director
The topic of nostalgia has come up many times in discussion around food and favorite memories.
Do you have fond memories of baking holiday recipes with your mom? Is there a special dish that she prepared for your birthday each year? Which recipes of your mother’s do you still prepare?
If you have a story or recipe you wish to share, Senior Services would love to hear it! How special to honor mom by sharing the love and memories translated through food. If you would like to share, please submit your favorite recipes from mom, a recipe that reminds you of mom, or a story of a fond memory preparing food with mom. You can mail a copy to Senior Services at the address below or email to Megan Crockett, Nutrition Program Director, at mcrockett@mccoa.org. Mailing Address: Senior Services; Attn: Megan Crockett, 4700 Dublin Ave; Midland, MI 48642. The recipe below for spinach lasagna is my favorite recipe of my mom’s. I used to request this for my birthday! Megan Crockett is pictured on her wedding day with her mother.
Spinach Lasagna
Ingredients
• Lasagna noodles • 1 small pkg frozen, chopped spinach • 1 carton cottage cheese • 1 carton ricotta cheese • 1 pkg mozzarella cheese • 1 large jar of spaghetti sauce (Prego-green pepper and mushroom) • 1 tsp. chopped garlic to taste • 1 egg
Instructions:
1.Boil noodles and let cool. 2.Cook spinach according to package directions (microwave works best) and squeeze out all excess water. 3.Mix cooked spinach, cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, garlic and egg in a bowl. 4.Layer noodles, spinach-cheese mixture, sauce and mozzarella cheese in a baking pan. 5.Top it with a layer of noodles, sauce and mozzarella cheese. 6.Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
