Hannah Morrison

DF/GF Baked Pasta

I grew up on mom’s famous spicy spaghetti sauce (no, really, all of my siblings’ friends/high school soccer team asked for it!) and it’s become a staple in my own family. The key is spicy Italian sausage, y’all. Today, as promised, I am sharing a recipe for baked spaghetti/lasagna that was a hit on my reels the other day. The notable part of this recipe is that it’s gluten free AND dairy free!

Cashew Ricotta “Cheese”

1 cup unsalted raw cashews

1 tbsp EVOO

2-3 tsp Fresh Lemon Juice

1 tbsp Full Fat Coconut Milk

A dash of salt

Boil on high the cashews for 35 minutes. Blend in a food processor until grainy. Add EVOO, lemon juice, and salt. Blend until smooth. Add coconut milk and pulse until creamy.

Lasagna/Baked Spaghetti

**I often make a larger batch of sauce for freezer- note you may not use all of this sauce depending on the size of pan/people to feed. I have a fully homemade sauce recipe but when cooking a typical weeknight meal, I go the easier pre-made marinara sauce!

This recipe is all exactly the same process other than the noodles of choice

1-2 packs of GF lasagna noodles (Spaghetti if doing baked spaghetti!) *My favorite is Cappelo’s Lasagna Sheets!

1 lb. spicy Italian sausage

1lb. chicken sausage

1 tbsp EVOO

2 16 oz. marinara jars *I like Rao’s at Costco!

Salt

Pepper

2 cups fresh spinach

Cashew Ricotta “Cheese” (See above recipe)

Instructions

Prepare the noodles as instructed on box. (Cappelo’s sheets don’t require any prep!!) Brown the meat together in large skillet with 1 tbsp of EVOO. Add in sauce once browned and spinach. Place a lid on top over a low simmer until the spinach is wilted. Mix together and set aside.

Place a layer of sauce on the bottom of a cooking dish to begin. Start layering noodles (if doing spaghetti, think just enough to cover the sauce evenly), add a dollop of ricotta every 2-3 inches, layer more sauce, repeat process until all noodles and ricotta are gone, finishing with a thick layer of sauce on the top. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes (or edges golden brown)

January’s Favorite Five

Hello and WHOA! We are half way through January?! I hope this month has been refreshing and life-giving for you as you’ve pressed “restart” on your routines and getting back into the swing of life post-holidays. Today I have a list of my favorite five items I am using in my life that I think you’ll love, too!

  1. Against All Grain, Meals Made Simple: I love Danielle Walker and have slowly added all of her cookbooks to my shelves. She has great allergy-friendly family meals for us to make that everybody loves, and this cookbook in particular is family-friendly and QUICK.
  2. Cusinart 15 pc. Knives Set: We’ve needed new knives for ages, but I haven’t wanted to spend $500 on a “good” set. I have kept coming back to this one though, because the amount of reviews is mind-blowing for the star rating it has earned! I bought them and LOVE them. I cut through a large carrot the other day and had forgotten this is what it is supposed to feel like cutting vegetables.
  3. Foam Activity Set: We bought this for Rory for Christmas and it’s the best thing we have for the boys to play with currently. It basically just stays in my living room right now because they play with it all day together. We build castles, we build ramps and drive our bikes off of it… it’s the best.
  4. Studio Mcgee x Threshold Artwork for Living Room: I have been so afraid to hang things on my walls out of fear there’s something else out there I would love more. Sorta like #fomo but for home decor? But I am starting to commit and hang things to fill the walls of my home! I found these two pieces from Target in the Studio Mcgee line and I love them. They added so much to my living space for such great prices!
  5. Matte Liquid Lipstick: Without fail, any time I wear this lip color, I will get asked what I have on. It’s so beautiful and it goes on easily + smudge-free! You can’t go wrong with any of the shades, but I own

Top 10 items from this year

This year I moved into a new home, so naturally a lot of my top items purchased by me/you are related to the home! It’s been so fun as I really step into my love for home design to define my personal style and hone in on what that is. Modern and Coastal Transitional is where I see I lean toward. When you hear coastal, it’s not seashells. It’s California “cool”. The neutral spaces with natural elements mixed with metals and some more industrious accents. Studio Mcgee is my main inspiration for all things design, and you can find a lot of their pieces in my home! The Target line with Studio McGee is the best thing that came in 2020 with our new home! 😉

As for the rest, my platform converse with my Madewell jeans are a consistent pairing. They just lay perfectly together! The popular back massager you’ve seen everybody post about … I can now assure you it’s worth the hype. I use my Always Pan daily, my quilted jacket from Target (comes in tons of looks and colors) feels lux for less, and my Chloe perfume has been my scent for 3 years now. I added their new Nomade scent to my line-up and I love it!

Shop all my favorites below from 2021!

Top Items:

Amazon’s Popular Back Massager | Always Pan | Sam Edelman Boot | Platform Converse | Madewell Vintage Straight Jean | Casa Luna Comforter and Sheets | Quilted Jacket from Target (Luxury look for less!) | Chloe perfume (My hands down favorite scent still three years later!) | Beaded Chandelier for Dining Room | Side Tables for Master Bedroom

5 Things for Fall

Last week we had our first real cold front and it got me giddy. I love cooler weather. I love the change of seasons. With it rolls in a new hope for what’s to come in the months ahead. New dreams, new perspectives, new adventures. With the official coming of fall, I have slowly been prepping my home and closet for the season and I wanted to share my top 5 favorite purchases so far!

  1. Mauve Hat (Also available in 3 other neutral colors): I love a good hat, and this one is just so pretty! If you have a smaller head, try wearing a headband underneath to keep it in place.
  2. Matte Liquid Lipstick: I own “Sell Out” and it’s the perfect deep toned pinky burgundy. I love it and it lasts for hours. ZERO smudge. It’s the perfect addition to a fall look.
  3. Pumpkins for the fireplace! I lined my mantle with an assortment of these and love it! Instantly adds a touch of the season without an overkill or feeling gimmicky.
  4. Chunky Neutral Yarn Throw: My besties saw this on my wishlist and included it in a gift basket for me after our loss. I love it so much, and I think it’s so beautiful. It can be added to the corner of literally ANY style of living room and look great. It’s a cozy autumn touch.
  5. Mary Jane Flats: These are very in this season, and I am so here for it. I love the prep fall trend for the season and low-key hope it never goes away. I love girly, chic style and there’s so much available this year! I have two very different price points below for you to shop!

My Table Top Books

Decorating the top of my dresser was a first endeavor for me as it’s my first true dresser I have ever owned in my adult life. [I know… haha]. I actually really didn’t even know how to decorate a dresser and had to sift through a ton of Pinterest photos before I felt confident. I ended up going with table top aka coffee table books as my focal points and I sifted through dozens before landing on what I did. I saved tons to my cart that I loved and then narrowed down the selections aesthetically and topically that I felt paired best together/matched our lives best.

If you don’t know this about me, I love Lucille Ball and grew up watching I Love Lucy. I had I Love Lucy memorabilia and have definitely seen every episode more times than anybody out there, I am certain. I even wrote my Texas college entry essay about how Lucy was the impactful person in my life, and I guess it worked because I got into every Texas school I applied to. I had my AP English teacher in the back of my head when I received my prompt saying “Whatever you do, if you get “Write about somebody who impacted your life”… don’t do your mom or dad or a grandparent.” So, I chose Lucy. Putting her as a focal point on my dresser just made sense. The others I chose aesthetically more than anything, although I love Liz Marie Galvan and have followed her for years! Blush and natural tones were the main lure to all the ones I went with! I would look at my options in the cart side by side, making sure everything went well together.

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