let’s talk about cooking.
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Can we talk about cooking for a minute? I’m tired of houses today. (side note: Had the inspection – roof failed miserably. Waiting to see what to do next.)
I had the bright idea to make lasagna tonight. Had all of the ingredients, had a partially formed recipe in my head (thanks, mom), and thought it would be pretty simple.
I can’t even freaking cook the noodles properly. After an hour, Kenny helped me tear the noodles apart and the dish is currently baking. Pretty sad. The noodles threw me off.
We’ve also decided on pizza, should the lasagna not taste right. Wish us luck. It should be out of the oven in about 5 minutes.
ahhh! Lasagna, not the easiest thing to make from scratch. I have done what you did to the noodles before. lol. Be sure to add salt to the water and stir quite a bit to keep them from sticking to each other and the bottom. Let me know how it turns out or if the pizza was any good.
The first time I made meatloaf, we ended up with a quarter pounder with cheese as our meal lol. I won’t even explain how I screwed it up!
I don’t add salt to the water, but I do lay them sideways in a large enough pot so they have room to move. That helps them from sticking together, also not overcooking. I’ve found that when they’ve been cooking over the suggested time, they tend to stick together. As for the roof thing, all hoes usually have something wrong in the inspection, including our new house. It’s just a matter of how much would be put into fixing it, the amount in the signed contract that allows you to freely back out, and whether the home owner will give a credit/fix the problem. Don’t worry yet, you have lots of options and Miriam. Things happen but it doesn’t mean it won’t work out. Besides, we’re going to see new kids!
I tried to use whole wheat lasagna noodles. Not sure if they were just too old (no idea how long they’ve been in the pantry), but some cooked all the way through, while others did not. I usually add a littl olive oil to pasta so it doesn’t stick, and I did stir these noodles often. Didn’t help.
The end result was edible.
The roof is going to cost about $5000. Eek.
I like to cook the noodles about half the recommended time. This way, some of the juice soaks into them and makes the dish a little less sloppy. Also, I like the noodles that don’t need boiling, you just prepare the dish with hard noodles and they come out perfect. Rachel Ray would have just cut the lasagna into bite size pieces and made a big mixture, sort of like hamburger Helper
Jaime: Erin uses the precooked noodles (Ronzoni), along with the recipe on the box. So delicious and a lot less mess….Aunt Linda