Project: Eat and Live
Welcome Year Twenty-Twelve! YaY!
Twenty-Eleven was a real shocking roller coaster ride - scary, exciting, and on a high, and at the end of it I darn enjoyed the ride. Like real-life fairy tales - 2011 began with tears and desperation, and along the way things were patched up, fixed this distressed lass and ended with a happy ever after, the happiest she has ever been. Ah 2011, you have been unfair, but you rewarded me more with countless blessings I will cherish starting today. There is one 2011 gift though that I love the most and an answered prayer I will always be thankful for, that is giving Sleepyhead along the way.
My friend Sandy was all alone at her new apartment in Guangzhou for the holidays so we decided to do this before the new year ticked:
Ay ang gulo but fun! It is always fun doing the countdown with the family and nicest sharing it with closest friends. I got in the Video conferencing at exactly 10:29 pm, a minute before the agreed time haha! Yay, I was not late thank goodness!
Ok anyway, I took a very risky first-time shot on this delicious, mouth-watering Lasagna dish baked at home. Lasagna is one of my all-time favorite pasta dishes, so yeah, why not try this? I couldn't find fresh herbs at the grocery stores and I almost burned this dish as I was busy doing the cake frosting and garnishings for the Chocolate Fudge Cake (don't be deceived, this is instant Cake Mix lol!) we baked earlier...
but thankfully this pasta dish turned out uber perfect with the "purrrrr!"
Meaty Spinach Lasagna
12 Lasagna Sheets
Ground Pork/Beef
Minced Garlic
Minced Onions
Salt n' Pepper
Oil
One large red bell pepper
One large green bell pepper
Tomato Sauce
Dried basil
A bunch of Spinach, chopped
2 cups Cottage Cheese
1 egg
half a cup of butter
half a cup of flour
1 big can full cream milk
Grated Quickmelt Cheese
Cook pasta according to package directions.
Pre-heat oven at 350 F.
Boil ground pork on water and add garlic, onions, salt and pepper for 3 to 5 minutes. Drain, reserve stock.
On a pan, saute minced garlic, onion and bell peppers. Add in ground pork. Mix in tomato sauce and some of the reserved stock. Season with salt, pepper and dried basil. Set aside.
On a separate bowl, mix cottage cheese, chopped spinach and egg.
On a sauce pan, start on bechamel sauce by melting butter then whisking in flour, milk and a little of the reserved stock gradually to avoid lumps.
On a rectangular oven-safe pan, arrange dish starting on a little of the meat sauce first, then 3 sheets of lasagna, meat sauce, 3 sheets of lasagna, all of the spinach-cheese mixture, 3 sheets of lasagna, meat sauce, 3 sheets of lasagna, the rest of the meat sauce, all of the bechamel sauce, then grated cheese and sprinkle with dried basil.
Bake on pre-heated oven at 350F for 40 minutes or 'til cheese melts and browns.
Welcome Year Twenty-Twelve! YaY!
Twenty-Eleven was a real shocking roller coaster ride - scary, exciting, and on a high, and at the end of it I darn enjoyed the ride. Like real-life fairy tales - 2011 began with tears and desperation, and along the way things were patched up, fixed this distressed lass and ended with a happy ever after, the happiest she has ever been. Ah 2011, you have been unfair, but you rewarded me more with countless blessings I will cherish starting today. There is one 2011 gift though that I love the most and an answered prayer I will always be thankful for, that is giving Sleepyhead along the way.
My friend Sandy was all alone at her new apartment in Guangzhou for the holidays so we decided to do this before the new year ticked:
Ay ang gulo but fun! It is always fun doing the countdown with the family and nicest sharing it with closest friends. I got in the Video conferencing at exactly 10:29 pm, a minute before the agreed time haha! Yay, I was not late thank goodness!
Ok anyway, I took a very risky first-time shot on this delicious, mouth-watering Lasagna dish baked at home. Lasagna is one of my all-time favorite pasta dishes, so yeah, why not try this? I couldn't find fresh herbs at the grocery stores and I almost burned this dish as I was busy doing the cake frosting and garnishings for the Chocolate Fudge Cake (don't be deceived, this is instant Cake Mix lol!) we baked earlier...
but thankfully this pasta dish turned out uber perfect with the "purrrrr!"
Meaty Spinach Lasagna
12 Lasagna Sheets
Ground Pork/Beef
Minced Garlic
Minced Onions
Salt n' Pepper
Oil
One large red bell pepper
One large green bell pepper
Tomato Sauce
Dried basil
A bunch of Spinach, chopped
2 cups Cottage Cheese
1 egg
half a cup of butter
half a cup of flour
1 big can full cream milk
Grated Quickmelt Cheese
Cook pasta according to package directions.
Pre-heat oven at 350 F.
Boil ground pork on water and add garlic, onions, salt and pepper for 3 to 5 minutes. Drain, reserve stock.
On a pan, saute minced garlic, onion and bell peppers. Add in ground pork. Mix in tomato sauce and some of the reserved stock. Season with salt, pepper and dried basil. Set aside.
On a separate bowl, mix cottage cheese, chopped spinach and egg.
On a sauce pan, start on bechamel sauce by melting butter then whisking in flour, milk and a little of the reserved stock gradually to avoid lumps.
On a rectangular oven-safe pan, arrange dish starting on a little of the meat sauce first, then 3 sheets of lasagna, meat sauce, 3 sheets of lasagna, all of the spinach-cheese mixture, 3 sheets of lasagna, meat sauce, 3 sheets of lasagna, the rest of the meat sauce, all of the bechamel sauce, then grated cheese and sprinkle with dried basil.
Bake on pre-heated oven at 350F for 40 minutes or 'til cheese melts and browns.
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