4 summer friendly Recipes

tomato and basil pasta sauce, lasagna noodles (i used the no boil type by barilla), grated carrot, broccoli floret, chopped, zucchini, sliced thin, summer squash, sliced thin, onion, diced, mushrooms, sliced thin, chopped sweet bell pepper (i used orange and yellow combined), sliced ripe olives, baby spinach leaves, fresh basil, chopped, lowfat mozzarella cheese, if you like a bit of spice you can sprinkle the layers of pasta sauce with crushed red pepper flakes

black beans, drained and rinsed well, corn, drained, roma tomatoes, diced, lime juice (more if desired), garlic cloves, minced fine, dried cilantro, dried parsley flakes, cumin, avocado, diced, onion salt, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper (more if desired), red bell pepper, diced (optional)

ritz crackers (or nilla wafers if you don tsp want the saltiness), sugar, butter or margarine, nonfat milk, instant vanilla pudding, vanilla ice cream, slightly softened, cool whip or any whipped topping