My diet program doesn’t leave much space for noodly goodness, so I’ve been a lasagne slacker for the past year and some. But this past weekend I finally got off the couch and made 6 lasagnes. Each (except the vegetarian one, #5 below) got a pound of sausage in the meat layer. Each (except the no-onion one, #6 below) got a share of the 9 sautéed ( Read more... )

For all I was worried about Mists Coronet, it went really, really well. Guards and Courtiers were there to help set up the principality pavilions at 7am, by 9am we were ready to start. Lists went smoothly, the Princess’s tea had many contributions (and sugar-seeking wasps, dammit!), finals were completed well ahead of time and final court went ( Read more... )

I baked the porcini lasagne from Sunday last night and it was good, but not the best lasagne ever. I think porcini are better saved for risotto. It also needed more pesto. But it was good, if not great, and I saved a meal's worth for zoccolaro . I hope he shows up for dance practice tonight so I can give it to him.
Grandmother is still in the hospital, and ( Read more... )

I love making lasagna. I’d been idly thinking about making more the past week or two, but this morning at the farmer’s market it became imperative once I saw all that lovely basil.
Today’s lasagna is sponsored in part by zoccolaro , who brought me two bottle of sauce after I got home from the farmer’s market and discovered I had less than I thought I did.
( Here Speaks the Queen of Lasagne )

GM’s got a house full of musicians, so I’ve escaped to southern California to visit my parents for the long weekend.  Mom’s been recovering from surgery this week, so I’ve been trying to get the kitchen clean and fill the freezer with food.  Not that there was much space in the freezer (heh, at least I now know my tendency to food hoard under ( Read more... )

I'd volunteered to help with the food plan for Estrella this weekend. Fortunately, last Monday I wrote to the coordinator to ask about scheduling because (back in my day!) Estrella was a weekend event. I thought I'd be able to hand the lasagnas over on Sunday. Whoops! So instead of making lasagne on Saturday as planned, I did ingredient prep on ( Read more... )

I'm still at my mother in law's. She's a bit gimpy from back pain and I'm a little worried about leaving her on Sunday. But I want to so desperately to be at my house, with my sweetie and my cats it's (very nearly) overriding any guilt I may have at leaving.

I made ( Read more... )

Tonight’s lasagne is another attempt at a white lasagne. Based partly on
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Last Tuesday, I was working from home. One of the things I like about working from home is I can wear my most comfortable pair of jeans which, while almost passable for running errands on a Saturday morning, are no longer in the category of office wear. GM had to take one of those medical tests you have to starve yourself for, so in interests of ( Read more... )

GM and I did end up going to South Dakota last weekend. The visit to my brother's family went smoothly, and we all went to the WalMart portrait studio to get a picture taken. Mission Accomplished. We also went to see my eldest nephew in a community theatre production of Fiddler on Roof.

This weekend, GM's in Wisconsin at the Ring of Steel reunion ( Read more... )