On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:36:23 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>I have a really nice lasagna pan. The only problem is that it is so large
>that it makes about 12 servings and this is not something we want. I like
>lasagna well enough to eat it maybe 2 or 3 times a year. Angela will eat it
>maybe once or twice a year. So it's not something we want in the freezer.
>
>I was determined to make just two portions of the stuff. I looked at Target
>and couldn't find a suitable baking dish. None were small enough and deep
>enough. So I decided to use my glass bread pan.
>
>I began to boil the noodles and that's where the trouble began. I couldn't
>find the cooking directions! Only to find that I had purchased the no boil
>noodles. I really HATE those things. They never seem to come out right. I
>had already boiled them for a minute so I just shut the heat off. I went
>ahead and put the whole package in because it looked to me like it would
>only be slightly more than I needed. Turns out that was wrong.
>
>I bought a small zucchini. I also had a small amount of chopped onion in
>the fridge and a red and green pepper. So I chopped the things that weren't
>chopped already and sautéed them. Prior to doing that I cooked down some
>chopped spinach. Then I began to assemble.
>
>Lo and behold I had no mozzarella! Grrr... I had some mixes of mozzarella
>and parmesan and also a four cheese blend. I opted to use the one open
>package which was mozzarella and parmesan.
>
>I decided to use a jar of pasta sauce that was old. We hadn't liked it
>much. It was a two pack from Costco. Turned out it was expired. Fine by
>me! We didn't really like it anyway. I opted to put it down the sink.
>Yeah, we are not supposed to but on the other hand, Biobags are no good for
>wet stuff. So far the sink hasn't clogged.
>
>Grabbed the jar of Amy's. Also pretty old but not expired. Began
>assembling. I had to grab the noodles with some tongs. They were hot and
>slightly soft. They were too long to fit my pan. And because they were
>only slightly cooked, they wouldn't bend over. That's usually what I do
>when they are too long. So I had to cut them with scissors.
>
>Turned out that I cooked twice as many veggies as I really needed. But I
>put them all in anyway. I always put a layer of those instead of a layer of
>pasta. So what I wound up with was a pan flush to the top with pasta. No
>real room to cover it with sauce like you are supposed to do with the no
>boil. Grrrr...
>
>I put the dish in the fridge, covered with plastic wrap. Also the remainder
>of the sauce in the jar. When it comes time to bake it, I will put it on a
>foil lined cookie sheet and hope for the best. I will put the rest of the
>sauce on it, or as much of it as I can and cover it with foil. Will not add
>the additional cheese until it is baked through.
>
>The main problem I will have tomorrow is that the stuff needs to bake for an
>hour because it is the no boil. I just hope we get home in time to bake it
>for that long. We have a hair appointment tomorrow and Angela's hair can
>take a long time to do. And then we have to stop at the mail place to send
>in our hair samples.
>
>I just hope this becomes something edible. Angela has been looking at
>Youtube videos for how to cook stuff. She thinks I need to too. Things
>were sooo much easier when I didn't have to worry about carbs or food
>allergies and had a husband at home who would eat whatever we didn't.


I cover the lasagna with foil for most of the cooking time, only
removing the foil at the end to melt the cheese till bubbly. The
sauce can be added separately by each person at serving time.

Evelyn