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I slept *hard* last night, y'all. I passed out and if we had any of the storms they were talking about, I was 100% unaware. It was nice. Of course, it meant I didn't move between like 9am and 5pm, so when I got up, I was seriously achy. Or maybe that's because I kind of overdid it cooking yesterday.
I worked til 12, then went to the pharmacy to pick up both our prescriptions. Then I stopped by the house which is annoyingly still standing, and grabbed the mail. Then back home to relax for a moment. At around 1:30, I started cooking, secure in the knowledge that it was going to take awhile to cook and assemble and bake. I started off by chopping onions. Then, it was time to cook them, with a bit of olive oil. Then, add a copious amount of garlic, and sauté them as well. Last for that pan, spoon some of the onion mix into the sauce and add in the spinach to wilt. I had gotten a big bucket of spinach from Sam's club. It was enough that I had to do them in two batches.
The sauce was plain cans of tomato sauce, so I doctored that with a lot of basil and garlic and oregano. In the end, it had a lovely flavor. The Five cheese mixture came together easily. Ricotta, mozzarella, asiago, Romano and parmesan all mixed together.
Finally, it was time to boil some water and cook the noodles. As they finished, I began to assemble. By the end, I had a lasagna that weighed about 8 lbs.
Once that was done, we popped it in the oven for about an hour, and got out this:
It was really tasty, and I was very pleased with it. Next time, I might do two giant buckets of spinach and more garlic, but overall, it was really good.
After dinner, I was so freaking tired that I needed to lay down for half an hour.
I was really pleased witht he outcome, but it's definitely not an every night type of meal. Next time, I may try cooking some stew meat and shred it to be a meat layer. Jess has texture issues with ground meat, but I can work around that.
Today will be corned beef, potatoes and cabbage in some permutation. Still haven't decided between making colcannon vs separate. Definitely doing mashed potatoes.
Debating on what to make tomorrow. Jess has requested brussel sprouts, so we'll see what we want to do with that. No clue what'll go with them. I'm thinking maybe pork chops of some sort.
Okay, time for me to go forth and put on pants. Everyone have an the very best Monday one can possibly have!
I worked til 12, then went to the pharmacy to pick up both our prescriptions. Then I stopped by the house which is annoyingly still standing, and grabbed the mail. Then back home to relax for a moment. At around 1:30, I started cooking, secure in the knowledge that it was going to take awhile to cook and assemble and bake. I started off by chopping onions. Then, it was time to cook them, with a bit of olive oil. Then, add a copious amount of garlic, and sauté them as well. Last for that pan, spoon some of the onion mix into the sauce and add in the spinach to wilt. I had gotten a big bucket of spinach from Sam's club. It was enough that I had to do them in two batches.
The sauce was plain cans of tomato sauce, so I doctored that with a lot of basil and garlic and oregano. In the end, it had a lovely flavor. The Five cheese mixture came together easily. Ricotta, mozzarella, asiago, Romano and parmesan all mixed together.
Finally, it was time to boil some water and cook the noodles. As they finished, I began to assemble. By the end, I had a lasagna that weighed about 8 lbs.
Once that was done, we popped it in the oven for about an hour, and got out this:
It was really tasty, and I was very pleased with it. Next time, I might do two giant buckets of spinach and more garlic, but overall, it was really good.
After dinner, I was so freaking tired that I needed to lay down for half an hour.
I was really pleased witht he outcome, but it's definitely not an every night type of meal. Next time, I may try cooking some stew meat and shred it to be a meat layer. Jess has texture issues with ground meat, but I can work around that.
Today will be corned beef, potatoes and cabbage in some permutation. Still haven't decided between making colcannon vs separate. Definitely doing mashed potatoes.
Debating on what to make tomorrow. Jess has requested brussel sprouts, so we'll see what we want to do with that. No clue what'll go with them. I'm thinking maybe pork chops of some sort.
Okay, time for me to go forth and put on pants. Everyone have an the very best Monday one can possibly have!
