For supper I made a common household dish (one of Wes' favorites), a rigatoni Italian sausage bake. It has in it: Italian sausage, rigatoni pasta, mushrooms, green peppers, onions, crushed tomatoes, dry red cooking wine, and several cheeses. It takes a while to cook... about 75 minutes total, but it is not difficult. We ate it with a Caesar salad and it was all delicious. Plenty of leftovers.
For dessert, I found a recipe for strawberry cake. It uses a strawberry cake mix. You add 1/4 cup of flower and 3 eggs. After baking and cooling, you mix sliced strawberries with sugar and 2 tbsp. of cognac and let sit for 20 minutes. Meanwhile I poked holes in the top of the cake with a straw and prepared one package of strawberry jello by only letting it chill in fridge for 20 min. Just until thickened, not solid. I ended up putting it in the freezer for a few minutes because the fridge did not seem to thicken it enough, and I was pressed for time. Anyways, the jello is then poured on top and I covered the cake with the sliced strawberries topping it with whipped cream. It also is suppose to chill for at least 4hrs. after that so that it will not be soggy. Very yummy!!
