Julie Bove > wrote:

: "W. Baker" > wrote in message

: Oh, okay. Not sure anyone would like that. Eggs would not be an issue
: because I couldn't eat it. But... I also don't have any egg noodles in the
: house and that is probably what would be needed for this. I mentioned to
: this person that I had a lot of pasta to use up because once I stocked up on
: it, we all got sick of eating it. I also mentioned cottage cheese and said
: that if I made pasta and Angela didn't want to eat it, she would just go get
: a bowl of cottage cheese. Husband will usually eat something even if he
: doesn't particularly like it and although he is Italian, pasta has never
: been a favorite food of his. And then it went from there. She asked me if
: I had ever tried the dish made of pasta and cottage cheese and stammered
: around, trying to find the name of it. Said it was Jewish and not a kugel.
: I did try looking it up but got nothing.

: I did try some sort of kugel many years ago that my MIL made. She didn't
: tell me what it was, just told me to try it. I really liked it and just
: kept helping myself to more and more. Finally she gave me a dirty look and
: pulled the dish away from me, telling me that it was a dessert. I wondered
: why then she had set it in front of me. It was breakfast time and I had
: assumed that we were supposed to eat it then. It was sweet and although I
: did like it, I don't think anyone else in the house would.

: Angela is weird about pasta with cheese. She will eat macaroni and cheese
: but for some reason prefers the boxed kind. Is not thrilled with the one
: kind of whole wheat pasta one that I can buy but does like the Kraft that is
: a mix of regular and whole wheat. That's hard to find though. I always add
: as much real cheese as I can get away with when I make it though. She knows
: no different because I have always made it like that. She does not like the
: kind that I make from scratch, nor does she like most lasagna because it has
: too much cheese in it. Also will not eat anything with Alfredo sauce but I
: can't blame her there. That stuff is so rich that I can't stand it myself.

: Am not at all sure that she would like such a dish of pasta and cottage
: cheese but was curious because it would be one way to use up some pasta and
: good to make on a day when have cottage cheese that is about to go bad.

I see no reason not to try it with pasta, particularly if you have
linguini or even interesting shaper. You coul dtry Angela with either
some sweet or savory addition depending on her taste. cinnamon and
sweetener, or small aounts of dried apricots(less carby than raisin) or
fresh friuits, or , for savory, black pepper, herbs, salty stuff lke
Parmesian cheese or onions, lightly sauteed is you like. Kind of anything
but eggs for your sensativities. You could also use cheddar cheese(sharp)
to zip up a savory unkugel. You husbank might like some of these as well
so you can get your pasta used up.

A thought on the lasagna, instead of topping with mozzarella, just use
some parmigan sprinkled over the last tomato sauce or tomato/meat sauce.
(I , of course, don't use meat as I woudl not mix it with a dairy product
for Kosher reasons).

Wendy