"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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> 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.

Not if it's the no boil. I have found the key to that kind is using waaaay
more sauce than I would want to.