On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:58:48 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Evelyn" > wrote in message
.. .
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> Suggested fixes.....
>>
>> Heat the sauce separately and put a scoop of it over each serving at
>> the time you serve it. We do that anyway around here. Hubby likes
>> the extra sauce on his.
>>
>That won't work because it is needed to cook the pasta.
>
>> Next time, if you use the no boil noodles, don't boil them. They will
>> swell to softened perfection during the baking process.
>
>There will be no next time! They simply don't work for me.
>>
>> An alternative is to buy freshly made pasta sheets for lasagna which
>> are often sold in a specialty store. They are also ready to use
>> without pre-boiling them. The juices of the vegetables and cheeses
>> and sauce will steam them nicely as they bake.
>>
>> Since there are only two of us, I often use a square glass baking pan.
>> It takes exactly two no boil noodle sheets to make a layer. I leave
>> extra room around the sides to make room for them to swell. It serves
>> a small family nicely. Those square baking dishes are sold
>> everywhere. You just use less layers so it doesn't go over the top
>> when baking.
>>
>These are gluten free noodles. It would take far more than two to cover
>that sort of pan. And my pan that is that size is not nearly deep enough.
>
>> Hope some of these suggestions might help. If not, forget about it.
>
>Okay...


Those noodles will "cook" without the sauce. The liquid in the cheese
and vegetables is sufficient.

I can't make any suggestions about the pan size. You'd have to figure
that out.

Evelyn