Country Lifestyles
Lacey’s Pantry

By Lacey Vilhauer
Ingredients
1 pound (16 ounce) ziti noodles
2 Tablespoons olive oil
4 cloves garlic, pressed
1 medium yellow onion, diced
1 pound ground beef
1 pound mild Italian sausage
5 cups marinara sauce
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
1 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
½ cup grated parmesan cheese, divided
3 Tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, divided
¼ teaspoon black pepper
2 large eggs
Instructions
Cook ziti pasta according to package directions. Once cooked, drain and set aside.
While pasta is cooking, heat a large skillet with olive oil over medium high heat. Saute garlic and onions in hot skillet for 2 minutes. Add beef and sausage and continue cooking until browned. Drain off excess fat and return meat to the skillet.
To the skillet, add marinara sauce. Use your favorite pasta sauce or make your own. Add Italian seasoning, salt, and red pepper flakes. Simmer on low heat until pasta noodles are done cooking. When noodles are done cooking, add half of the meat sauce to the noodles. Reserve the remaining sauce for layering.
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Lacey’s Pantry: Chicken Wings

By Lacey Vilhauer
Hot Honey Chicken Wings
Ingredients
Wings:
1 tbsp olive oil
1 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 lbs. chicken wings, split into flats and drumettes
Hot honey butter:
1 stick of unsalted butter, melted
1/3 cup hot sauce
1/2 cup honey
3/4 tsp kosher salt
Directions
In a large bowl whisk together olive oil, paprika, onion powder, salt and pepper. Add wings and toss to coat fully. You can also put wings and coating in a ziplock bag and shake to coat.
Heat air fryer to 400 degrees. Arrange wings in an even layer in the air fryer basket. Cook for 12 minutes.
While the wings are cooking, make hot honey butter sauce. In a medium bowl, whisk together butter, hot sauce, honey and salt, taste and add more salt if needed.
To read more, pick up a copy of the March issue of NTFR Magazine. To subscribe call 940-872-5922.
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When a City Girl Goes Country

By Annette Bridges
Most of the time I’m all about not simply following the crowd. I’m a fan of thinking outside the box. I love creative folks who are always coming up with unique ideas and new ways of doing things. I’m especially tickled when someone comes up with a fresh idea that implements the smarter-not-harder philosophy.
Those folks that inspire me the most know themselves very well and stay true to their desires and passions even when that makes them different from the majority of popular opinion or fads, but are there times when having a herd mentality gets a bad rap? Our cows certainly seem to believe so.
Is there more than one trail that leads to water? Perhaps, but why not simply follow the well-established path that has proven to be reliable in the past? Why should you follow other cows making their way toward a gate that leads to a different pasture? History tells us that when others are moseying toward or waiting at a closed gate, it is very likely the gate will soon be opened and access to fresh grass can be reached.
To read more, pick up a copy of the March issue of NTFR Magazine. To subscribe call 940-872-5922.
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