Lasagne

I didn't get a chance to do my usual Sunday cooking because I was stuck at the 22 nm CMOS short course at IEDM in San Francisco. Yeah, it really was that exciting. Anyhow, I hit the store tonight and got ingredients to make lasagne. I got a pretty good recipe out of Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything.

Here's how to make it:
Heat the oven up to 400 F.
Get a big ol' pot of water boiling.
Brown up your favorite ground meat with some fresh spinach and minced garlic.
Put a jar of red sauce in a sauce pan and season it with Dave's Insanity sauce, thyme, Italian seasoning, garlic powder and anything that sounds good. Add the ground meat mixture when it's done and heat it up slightly to get the flavors to mix.
Boil up lasagne noodles a few at a time and slightly undercook them.
Butter or grease up a baking pan.
Put down enough noodles to cover the bottom. Spread on some ricotta cheese, some of meat sauce and top with grated parmesan and mozzarella.
Repeat to make three full layers of this and then put another layer of noodles down and top with parmesan.
Cook for 20-25 minutes until the top layer crisps up and the lasagne bubbles.
Let it cool, freeze overnight, thaw it out the next day and reheat. It'll firm up that way and taste "better," but that's just my opinion.

You also make a layer of grilled bell peppers or mushrooms or eggplant or whatever. This recipe is pretty flexible and should turn out without too much trouble.