A Lasagne Extravaganza

Lasagne is a crowd-pleaser in our house.  The problem with store bought lasagne is that it is almost always disappointing - all pasta and sauce with very little meat or cheese and very rarely vegetables of any kind.  The problem with homemade lasagne is that it is so time consuming to make.  It involves so many ingredients that all need to be cooked and layered and then cooked again...ugh.

So, today Seamus and I undertook a lasagne extravaganza in which our goal was to make several lasagnes for the freezer.  We would do all the work upfront for benefits spread out through the winter.

We began by pre-cooking our onions/celery mix, eggplant/sweet peppers/carrot mix, garlic/kale mix, sauteed mushrooms, homemade sausage, and goose/pork combo.  We boiled our canned tomatoes to reduce them down to a thicker sauce and got out our cheeses (mozzarella, marble, cottage), noodles, and spices (basil, oregano, salt and pepper).

We were on track until I talked myself into buying the "jumbo extra deep" lasagne trays from the store.  It seemed like a good idea at the time but, in hindsight, who needs that much lasagne at once?!  Smaller trays would have made much more sense.

Seamus and I ended up making three absolutely gigantic lasagnes - two for the freezer and one for the oven.  There will be leftovers for the next week or so, at least, from the one I cooked today.

On the bright side, the boys devoured their dinner with absolutely no fuss and this is one more job done that will make life a bit easier once baby #3 makes his appearance.