Giada De Laurentiis opened a jar of marinara, dumped the ricotta out
of a carton and didn't pretend to grate cheese.... mmmmm it looked
better than good!
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci..._30333,00.html
http://tinyurl.com/zpfse I'm going to make something similar to this
soon, of course I'll eliminate the prosciutto (because I don't like
it).

If someone made the fried zucchini for me, I wouldn't turn it down -
but I don't like to fry.... so although it looked really good too; I
won't be making it.
--

Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> Giada De Laurentiis opened a jar of marinara, dumped the ricotta out
> of a carton and didn't pretend to grate cheese.... mmmmm it looked
> better than good!
> http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci..._30333,00.html
> http://tinyurl.com/zpfse I'm going to make something similar to this
> soon, of course I'll eliminate the prosciutto (because I don't like
> it).
>
> If someone made the fried zucchini for me, I wouldn't turn it down -
> but I don't like to fry.... so although it looked really good too; I
> won't be making it.
> --
>
> Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.

I've made the linked recipe for lasagna rolls several times, we like it.
The prosciutto is a strong flavor component of the filling, so if you don't
care for prosciutto you would be right to eliminate it. I like her marinara
sauce recipe as well. I think you'll enjoy it. Have fun.
Janet

sf wrote:
> Giada De Laurentiis opened a jar of marinara, dumped the ricotta out
> of a carton and didn't pretend to grate cheese.... mmmmm it looked
> better than good!
> http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci..._30333,00.html
> http://tinyurl.com/zpfse I'm going to make something similar to this
> soon, of course I'll eliminate the prosciutto (because I don't like
> it).
>
> If someone made the fried zucchini for me, I wouldn't turn it down -
> but I don't like to fry.... so although it looked really good too; I
> won't be making it.


One "sautes" lightly in butter or olive oil (or oil of choice) the
lightly seasoned & egg and floured thin zucchini slices for zucchini dore.

Use a seasoned flour if you wish.

Small whole mushrooms are nice this way also.

Serve with a dipping sauce. Tartar or aiole is nice but many people
like a tomato based hot sauce.
--
JL

On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 08:07:38 -0800, sf >
wrote:

>Giada De Laurentiis opened a jar of marinara, dumped the ricotta out
>of a carton and didn't pretend to grate cheese.... mmmmm it looked
>better than good!
>http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci..._30333,00.html
>http://tinyurl.com/zpfse I'm going to make something similar to this
>soon, of course I'll eliminate the prosciutto (because I don't like
>it).
>
>If someone made the fried zucchini for me, I wouldn't turn it down -
>but I don't like to fry.... so although it looked really good too; I
>won't be making it.

I saw that show and thought 'I'd like to make those'... I've done my
own version twice and it's delicious but it takes a LOT longer than 25
minutes to prepare... also, if you use regular ham the taste of it
kind of disappears - I used stacks of ham and you couldn't even taste
it!

Last time I made my own tomato sauce with mushrooms, onion and garlic
in it and put it in the bottom of the pan, then laid the rolls in it
and poured white sauce on top. Delicious! The only bad thing was that
it took me at least two hours to make 20 rolls so we ate dinner very
late.

Thanks, karen... you're right, it's not fast food!, just quicker - but
it still looks really good!



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On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 18:04:42 -0500, Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:

> On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 08:07:38 -0800, sf >
> wrote:
>
> >Giada De Laurentiis opened a jar of marinara, dumped the ricotta out
> >of a carton and didn't pretend to grate cheese.... mmmmm it looked
> >better than good!
> >http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci..._30333,00.html
> >http://tinyurl.com/zpfse I'm going to make something similar to this
> >soon, of course I'll eliminate the prosciutto (because I don't like
> >it).
> >
> >If someone made the fried zucchini for me, I wouldn't turn it down -
> >but I don't like to fry.... so although it looked really good too; I
> >won't be making it.
>
> I saw that show and thought 'I'd like to make those'... I've done my
> own version twice and it's delicious but it takes a LOT longer than 25
> minutes to prepare... also, if you use regular ham the taste of it
> kind of disappears - I used stacks of ham and you couldn't even taste
> it!
>
> Last time I made my own tomato sauce with mushrooms, onion and garlic
> in it and put it in the bottom of the pan, then laid the rolls in it
> and poured white sauce on top. Delicious! The only bad thing was that
> it took me at least two hours to make 20 rolls so we ate dinner very
> late.

--

Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.

On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:29:50 -0800, sf >
wrote:

>
>Thanks, karen... you're right, it's not fast food!, just quicker - but
>it still looks really good!
>
>

Believe me, it IS good... even DH liked it and he's fussy about 'new'
foods The longest part of the process is cooking the lasagna
noodles because you can only do them in small batches - the
box-and-a-half of noodles I had had 20 noodles in them, but I could
only fit four at a time into my pot or they'd stick to the bottom! And
I cooked them for ten minutes each according to the box instructions -
you do the math! But it was all worthwhile in the end, and to make
sure it was I made two little foil trays to freeze, and a big dish to
eat...