"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:59:32 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
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>>"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.
>
>
> No. The no boil noodles require no sauce at all. They absorb liquid
> from anything near them while baking.

Not when I tried them in the past, they didn't!