Baked Pasta

This is one of the easiest meals in the world to make.  But it is always a crowd pleaser and can be put together in no time at all, so if you get unexpected guests for dinner, you're set!

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Baked Pasta

One box of pasta (any will do, I typically use ziti or bowties)
One jar of pasta sauce
Two cups mozzarella cheese
Parmesan cheese


Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Cook the pasta as directed, drain and return to the pot.  Pour in the sauce and also add about a third of the jar of water, because it will dry out otherwise.  Stir together and put in a casserole dish (I use a 13x9 glass dish).  Top with the mozzarella cheese first, make sure to cover evenly.  Sprinkle with grated parmesan and bake for approximately 10 minutes, or until the cheese is beginning to turn golden brown.

This would be great with roasted vegetables and some bread.

Fall Festivities!

It is a secret to no one that fall is my favorite season.  I love the colors, the cooler weather and the food and drink that it brings with it.  I try to get as much fall in as I possibly can-- which means dragging my friends and boyfriend along to Rocky Mount, one of my favorite places to go in this area, for their Harvest Festival day.

 Making fresh apple cider.  Probably one of the best-tasting apple anything I've ever had.

 Fall foliage.

 Rocking chair in the main house

 The apples used to make the cider, some picked fresh from the trees on site!

 My boyfriend, me and two of my closest friends Chris & Meredith

The main house

 Making apple butter! Yum.