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I have always loved Italian food and I was looking for a great new dish to try and add to my recipe collection. I stumbled across this baked ziti recipe one day and decided it didn’t look too hard .
I am not a super big cook or chef so I found this recipe pretty easy to make and it didn’t require too many steps or ingredients.
I ended up having some left over spaghetti sauce so I froze it and used it for spaghetti another night. This is a great way to extend your ingredients and make many meals out of the sauce. We even added a can of fresh tomatoes and more sauce to make stuffed peppers for a third meal out of the left over sauce.
The recipe turned out wonderful and we have since made it into one of our favorite meals! What meals would you make if you had extra sauce?
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add ziti pasta, and cook until al dente, about 8 minutes; drain.
In a large skillet, brown onion and ground beef over medium heat. Add spaghetti sauce, and simmer 15 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9x13 inch baking dish. Layer as follows: 1/2 of the ziti, Provolone cheese, sour cream, 1/2 sauce mixture, remaining ziti, mozzarella cheese and remaining sauce mixture. Top with grated Parmesan cheese.
Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cheeses are melted.
This Recipe is courtesy of All Recipes.com below is the original link to the site recipe.
I embarked on my journey of the Magic in the beginning of April.I was not sure what to think of this book but decided to give it a shot. The first lesson of the Magic was the practice, count your blessings. Everyday you make a list of ten blessings and write why you are grateful for them. You read them out load or in your head and say the magic words “thank you” three times after each one as you say them.
This process was hard for me to stick with 100% I will admit due to the fact I was not on a regular schedule and not a morning person. I did however manage to do this most days and found that this practice alone was a very powerful one for me.
On day two you add your nightly practice of the magic rock. This is where you find an object (a rock) and keep it in a place that you will see often. Every night before you go to sleep you grab your magic rock and think back over your day and say “thank you” for the best thing that happened to you during the day. I really liked this practice and I still practice this one daily. I found this one to be a very easy and enjoyable one to do.
The next 26 days you continue to do your morning routine and night routine coupled with a daily exercise. This process really made me think and feel different levels of gratitude and really opened my eyes to how much I took for granted. The fact that I am healthy, have a roof over my head, have a very supportive family and great group of friends. I have so many blessings that I never even think about or even realize how much of a gift they are to me everyday.
There were several lessons that deal with being thankful for the air you breathe, the water and food you have and all the people who make it possible for you to eat. This was powerful and it made me think of all those people in third world countries who do not have a grocery store to go to. They have to hunt and work to find clean water to drink, so the fact that we can go to the store and have so many options to choose from is a major blessing. We often take going to the store as a chore and not a blessing many of us take for granted everyday. So now when I drive up to the grocery store and walk the aisles of clean fruit and veggies, I say “thank you” to the universe that I have food available to me to buy and eat.
There were so many different lessons in this book that really opened my eyes and some I still do. I really liked the lesson magnificent Outcomes that deals with manifesting positive outcomes and having situations come out better than expected before they happen. Learning this really has helped me be more positive and also helped with coupling the law of attraction and gratitude together.
This is a very powerful combination that speeds up manifesting abundance and I personally can tell you that it works! I used this practice for a job interview and it really worked, I was less stressed and it went really well. I manifested it going a certain way, less traffic, getting a good parking space and a good energy with the person I was to meet. All that I manifested and thought about while driving there happened. To me that was priceless and very powerful, so I was very pleased with this lesson and still use it everyday.
Overall I really enjoyed this book and I feel more at peace inside. I have witnessed some positive blessings in my life, have more love and support from family and friends and overall have grown I feel as a person. I have become a bit more humble, less selfish and learned to be thankful for the world I live in, the people I am surrounded with and the love from above that shines on me everyday.
Life has been tough for me this past year but honestly this was a very positive experience and I will continue to practice gratitude in my daily life. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in manifesting love, abundance and blessings into their life.
For more info you can watch all of the 28 days of magic on my youtube channel and also read the additional blog posts for every day of the magic.
Today we embark on the last day of the 28 day journey of the Magic and the practice of incorporating gratitude into our lives. This has been a wonderful journey of self discovery and small blessings along the way. I have truly enjoyed this process and look forward to my continued journey of doing the Magic on a daily basis.
The Magic is a big committment and I was not perfect but I have noticed a change within me. I am more at peace, calmer. happier and more blessed than I was 28 days ago. I really recommend this book to anyone who is need of blessings and some positive change in their life.
Below is the final lesson of the Magic– Day 28 Remember the Magic.
1.) make a list of ten blessings and write why you are grateful for each one. Write why you are grateful for each one and say the magic words Thank you for each one.
2.) Remember the magic of yesterday by counting your blessings and writing them down. Ask yourself the questions of what are the good things that happened yesterday”?
3.) As you remember each one say the magic words “thank you” for each one.
4.) After today you can contine to do this list either written, outload or in your head.
5.) Just before you go to sleep tonight grab your magic rock and think back for the best thing that happened during the day. say the magic words “thank you” for the best thing that happened.
If you would like to purchase the book the Magic you can here:
Day 27 of the Magic, the Magic Mirror deals with self-love and learning to love and respect yourself. So many times we are so hard on ourselves and very critical. It is very toxic to have a negative self image and negative dialogue running through our head.
The magic mirror focuses on accepting yourself completely and having gratitude for your special uniqueness. This practice shows you ways to incorporate self appreciation into your life so you can manifest more abundance by having gratitude.
Day 27 the Magic Mirror Lesson:
1.) Count Your blessings make a list of ten blessings , write why you are grateful for each one. Say the magic words “thank you” three times for each one.
2.) Each time you look at yourself in the mirror today, say thank you and mean it more than you ever have before.
3.) If you’re really brave, while looking in the mirror say three things you’re grateful for about yourself.
4.) Just before you go to sleep grab your magic rock and hold it in your hands. Say the magic words thank you for the best thing that happened to you during the day.
If you would like to buy the book the Magic you can here:
Today’s lesson deals with transforming mistakes into hidden blessings. Everyone makes mistakes,so instead of concentrating on the negative outcome of the mistake. You focus on the lessons learned or the hidden blessings of the mistake instead of all of the negative outcomes of your past choices.
We learn a lot about ourselves when things go wrong, when things are good we tend to be satisfied and content. When things fail, we become depressed and focus on the bad instead of looking at the mistake or problem as a way to learn and grow.
This lesson day 26 Magically transform mistakes into blessings, shows you how you learn the most about yourself and actually grow when you are down. Failure and mistakes are considered learning tools in the east and are not looked upon as a bad thing.
By embracing and taking ownership of your mistakes, you can move forward with a feeling of positive blessings in the silver lining. By choosing to embrace and acknowledge your choices you are taking responsibility but also making room for more blessings to come.
Day 26 of the Magic by Rhonda Bryne– Magically Transform Mistakes into Blessings.
1.) Count your blessings– make a list of ten things that you are grateful for, write why you are grateful for each one. As you read aloud say the magic words three times “thank you” after each one.
2.) Choose one mistake that you have made in your life.
3.) Find a total of ten blessing that you are grateful as a result of that mistake and write them down.
4.) Ask yourself questions about the mistake like “what did I learn from this”
5.) Just before you go to sleep tonight grab your magic rock and think of the best thing that happened to you during the day.
If you would like to buy the book the Magic by Rhonda Bryne you can do so here:
The Magic lesson for day 25 Cue the Magic, deals with finding magic cues everywhere along the day. When you see things that cue the magic and remind us to be grateful for our health, wealth, relationships, jobs etc you start to see and find the cues everywhere.
This chapter deals with being grateful for things the the universe reminds us of by sending us cues. As I mentioned before you hear an ambulance run by and say “thank you for me being healthy and not being rushed to the hospital”. The ambulance was the universe sending you a cue that this is not you and you are blessed to be healthy.
So as you go about your day look for the clues and cues from the universe sending you messages of how you should be grateful for what you have around you.
The Magic Day 25 daily lesson– Cue the Magic:
1.) Count your blessings, make a list of ten things that you are grateful for. Write why you are grateful for them. As you read them out load say thank you three times for each one.
2.) Today be alert to what is all around you, make notice of at least 7 cues of gratitude during the day.
3.)Just before you go to sleep tonight grab your magic rock and hold it in your hands. Think of the best thing that happened during the day and say thank you.
Today is day 24 of the Magic called the Magic Wand. This is a very nice lesson that embraces helping others around you and not focusing all on yourself. By coupling gratitude and the law of attraction for manifesting abundance for people you care about. You are magnifying the magic of abundance and blessings for not only the people you are focusing on but also on yourself.
The magic wand lesson teaches you to visualize making things go right for the ones you care about and how you can bring them happiness, improved health and more. I liked this practice because you focus on people around you that are their for you and in return you give them the gift of love and abundance.
Below is the detailed lesson for Day 24 of the Magic– The Magic Wand
1.) Count Your Blessings, make a list of ten things that you are grateful and write why you are grateful for them. As you read them out load, say the magic words thank you three times.
2.) Choose three people that you care about and who you would like to help improve or give more health, wealth and happiness or all three to.
3.) If you have a photograph of each person collect them and keep them with you today while you do the magic wand today.
4.) Take one person at a time and hold their the photo in your hands. Close your eyes and visualize the person’s health, wealth and happiness fully restored and received the good news.
5.) Open your eyes and look at the photo, Say the magic words three times thank you thank you thank you for ________________________ health, wealth and happiness .
6.) As you finish with one person move on to the other people on your list and follow the same steps.
7.) Just before you go to bed hold your magic rock in your hands and say thank you for the best thing that happened to you during the day.
The lesson for day 23 the Magical Air that you breathe, deals with learning to appreciate and be thankful for the things all around you. When we learn to appreciate and be grateful for trees, water and air we are then transcended into another plane of abundance.
Rhonda talks about how we think, “the air we breath, really?”. Yes, really being grateful for the air we have to survive, the trees that give us oxygen or how our earth is in a protected atmosphere and if moved in the slightest how this could effect us and even kill us.
We take so many beautiful and wonderful things for granted all around us and only give thanks for the material gains. Rhonda discusses in her book “in ancient teachings it is said that when a person reaches the point of being deeply grateful for the air that they breathe, their gratitude will have reached a new level of power and they will have become the true alchemist, who can effortlessly turn every part of their life into gold”.
As I am going through my personal struggles at the moment, this lesson seems to hit me at a level that I did not expect to experience. I feel as though I am starting from ground zero and working myself up the ladder of gratitude and abundance. That although I am in need and want of material gains, I am learning to appreciate the true abundance of the world, life!
Lesson for Day 23– The Magical Air That You Breathe
1.) Count your blessings, make a list of ten things that you are grateful for and write why you are grateful for each one. Say the magic words out load three times for each one.
2.) Five times today, stop and think about the glorious air that you breathe. Take five deliberate breaths, and feel the feeling of the air moving inside your body, and feel the joy of breathing it out.
3.) After you have taken the five breaths, say the magic words: Thank you for the magical air that I breathe. Be as grateful as you can for the precious, life-giving air that you breathe.
4.) Just before you go to sleep tonight, hold your magic rock in your hand, and say the magic words, thank you, for the best thing that happened during the day.
Today is Magic Day 22 Before Your Very Eyes. This lesson deals with your top ten desire list and how you can see your dreams come true and mark your desires off of your list. This lesson is a very effective one, in that it incorporates your gratitude along with the law of attraction.
By using your top ten desire list as a starting point you have what you want to achieve written down on a list. You use this list everyday to give thanks and gratitude for your desires coming true. You mentally take in how you would feel when your dreams come true and give thanks to the universe.
Rhonda describes how she felt and realized that all of her desires came true. When she started her journey, she made a huge list of desires then broke it down to her top ten list. She would take out her list and look at it everyday. She would give thanks for them coming true and in four years all of her wishes did.
Below is the lesson for Day 22 of the Magic– Before Your Very Eyes:
1.) Count your blessings, Make a list of ten blessings that you are grateful for. Write why you are grateful for each blessing and say thank you three times for each one.
2.) At the start of your day take your top ten desire list that you created.
3.) Read through your desire list and for one minute visualize or imagine that each one of your desires has come true. Feel as grateful as you can.
4.) Carry your desire list with you today and on at least two occasions, take out your list and read it, and feel as much gratitude as you can.
5.) Just before you go to bed tonight, take out your magic rock, hold it in your hands and say thank you for the best thing that happened to you during the day.
Today’s lesson of Magnificent outcomes deals with visualizing positive outcomes before they happen or occur. It a tool to use when you have a list of things to do or maybe a problem you need to have sorted out.
This lesson focuses on how we can program our thoughts and brain to think ahead and manifest a positive outcome versus a bad one. What I mean by this is sometimes we think too much or let our fears and worry take over. We make things worse or a situation go bad even before we start something.
Ever have one of those days, you wake up in a bad mood and know you have something to do or to face someone you do not want to see? You start running in your head how awful it is going to be or how it will come out even before you get there. You start telling yourself things like, “I am not looking forward to this or this is going to suck” etc. By doing that you are sending out those vibrations of “bad outcomes” .
Rhonda talks about visualizing and giving gratitude for having things go your way or for magnificent outcomes before they happen. She also talks about thinking back over your day or week and giving thanks for things that happened to you unexpectedly and giving thanks for them working out. By practicing this method of visualizing you are in fact helping things to go your way and not manifesting negativity.
Sometimes things don’t go well or happen in our benefit that is life. But my constantly looking for things to be thankful and grateful for you are telling the universe, I’ll have more of that please. Below is magical lesson for day 21 Magnificent Outcomes.
The Magic Day 21– Magnificent Outcomes:
1.) Count your blessings and make a list of ten blessings that you are grateful for. Write why you are grateful for each blessing and say the magic words thank you three times for each one as you read them out load.
2.) At the beginning of the day think of three things that you want to have magnificent outcomes for.
3.) List your three things that you want magnificent outcomes for, say Thank you for ___________ and the magnificent outcome. Do this for each one.
4.) As you go through your day, pick three unexpected things that happen to you and say “Thank you” for ________________ and the magnificent outcomes.
5.) Grab your magic rock at the end of the day, hold it in your hands and think of the best thing that happened to you during the day. Say Thank you for your day…
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I have always loved Italian food and I was looking for a great new dish to try and add to my recipe collection. I stumbled across this baked ziti recipe one day and decided it didn’t look too hard .
