Lasagna!

Week One, Tuesday

Tonight's dinner tasted wonderful, but I'm not sure how often I'm going to make it. This was the last dinner of the first week, and I wanted to finish up some of the foods. Spinach, mushrooms, mozzarella cheese. I've never made lasagna before, but it seemed like a good idea.

This recipe said it would take 35 minutes of prep work. Ha! It took me two hours. I had to grate the cheese and wash the mushrooms, which wasn't part of the recipe of course. Also, I didn't take advantage of multi-tasking. I could have started boiling some water as some other things were going on, so it would be ready when I needed it. Instead, I worked sequentially. It never got stressful, but it sure took a while. I will not be making this on a weeknight again.



This is mixed ricotta cheese, romano cheese, an egg, spinach, onions, garlic, mushrooms, salt, pepper, and some dried herbs.

I used fresh pasta. I thought it would save time, because I wouldn't have to cook the lasagna noodles first. It did save time, but everything else took so much longer than I thought.


Just before I added the last layer of pasta.

It cooked for an hour. We had plenty of time to prepare and eat a salad.


Here's the finished product.



I thought it turned out so well that I sent an e-mail to the other people in my condo building saying I had leftover lasagna for them. I live in a three-unit building, and neighbors from both of the other units came up. I gave them food, we talked about Fair Shares and food vacuuming, and we hung out talking for about an hour. I've only cooked for a few people before - Roy, my parents, Roy's mom, Roy's brother, and my best friend from back home. It's nice to see that my effort brought about a little get-together.