Still Week 5: Tomato and Mozzarella Lasagna

There are reasons why I never make lasagna because it usually takes roughly two-three hours to cook and another hour to set and who wants to put that much time into something that?s really bad for your health? But, this recipe from nine years ago Tomato and Mozzarella Lasagna only took an hour to cook and no time to set given the status of our hunger.

I made tomato sauce for the first time. It?s real easy- just some canned tomatoes, onions, garlic and a touch of OJ. The recipe called for a ¼ cup of orange juice but I thought it was a cup so instead of salty tomato sauce, it was tangy.  Wade took a bite and said, ?We sure got our dose of vitamin C today.?

Week Five was roommate reunion night. I came home and started dicing onions immediately.  You’d think I’d know how to cut onions by now but nope.  See all the different sizes and shapes? I gotta learn to cut an onion.

Ange and La came over around 8:30 with garlic bread and it was the best garlic bread we ever had.  They kept it wrapped up in tin foil to keep the flavors in, and then put it in the oven at 350 degrees F. It was a good thing we didn?t go out after because Ange was very generous with the garlic.  It was crispy on the outside but the dough was really soft and easy to chew.

Nick, (Steph?s BFF from fifth grade), came over and made a Greek salad.  It looked simple to make and it was tasty.  I have to admit that I?m not the biggest fan of Greek salad usually, but this one was just perfect- it had the right amount of oil and vinegar, feta cheese and the stars of the dish- cucumbers and tomatoes.   Perhaps, I?ve never been a fan because the Chef has always over done it with the feta or the olive oil- and if it?s too much of one thing- it?s soggy and gross.  You have to be careful because feta is a very acquired taste.

Finally, the lasagna was ready and we were starving! No one cared about the set time at that point in the night.  All we wanted was our food.  Serving it was quite a challenge- I did my best to serve perfect squares but instead it looked like tomato cheese mushy pudding.

I think we all agreed that we?ve had better lasagna- even if Steph wet up for more.

Rating: 1=bad, 5=good

Flavor: 3, should have had additional cheeses besides mozzarella- even if I love mozzarella.

Do-Ability: 1=Hard, 5=Easy

4- Very easy to make but messed up on the tomato sauce.

Guinea Pigs, what do you think?