Monday, June 30, 2008

Make do lasagna

So I was running around quite a bit today. Trying to help my sister with transfering to a new college and the other sister's car broke down. Kind of a hectic day and on top of that I told my mom I would have dinner ready when she got home. We have been eating together, the whole family I mean, a lot lately and it's been nice. It reminds me of being younger when we all still lived here. So she said lasagna or mac and cheese. Well I can't complete with her mac and cheese but I do a decent lasagna. 

I stopped at the grocery store and got what I needed and really just wanted to cook and be done for the night. Things were going great and dinner was right on schedule until I went to cook the pasta and there were mealworms floating in the water with the pasta! We had no more lasagna noodles, so I improvised. 

Make- do Lasagna

1 lb. of penne pasta 
1 lb. ground beef
1 and a half jars favorite sauce
16 oz. ricotta
2 eggs
10 oz. mozzarella
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
garlic salt

Saute ground beef, season with 1/2 tsp garlic salt.
Boil pasta, 10-12 minutes, al dente.
Mix ricotta and eggs. 
Mix meat and sauce.
Drain pasta pour back into pan and mix ricotta mixture.
Layer large casserole dish with half of the meat mixture, all of pasta, the remaining meat mixture. Top with parmesan and mozzarella. 

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. 

It was good, like goulash, but not. 

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