Baked Penne

Easy dinner and wonderfully delicious.

Ingredients
1/2 box (8 oz) whole wheat penne pasta, cooked
1/2 eggplant, cubed
basket diced mushrooms
16oz container skim cottage cheese
2 small cans tomato paste
1 can diced tomato w/ chiles
seasonings to taste - generous ground pepper, generous basil, oregano, parsley, crushed red dried onion flakes, dried garlic flakes and chili peppers.
Parmesan
mozzarella

steps
1. spray 9"x13" baking dish and preheat over 350.
2. mix in bowl cottage cheese, tomato sauces and seasonings.
3. add veggies and pasta.
4. pour into baking dish and sprinkle top with Parmesan and mozzarella.
5. bake about 50 min. top with fried onions 5 min before done (optional).

Baked Cinna-Cranberry French Toast

So yummy and easy. I made this for New Year's Day brunch.

INGREDIENTS
French bread, cut diagonally in 1 inch slices
8 eggs
2-1/2 cups skim milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoon Splenda

DIRECTIONS
1. Spray 9"x13" baking dish. Arrange the slices of bread in the bottom. Do not overlap bread.
2. Sprinkle with cranberries.
3. In a large bowl, beat eggs, milk, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon. Pour over bread slices, cover, and refrigerate overnight.
4. The next morning, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake in preheated oven, uncovered, for 40 minutes.