A couple of weeks ago, a few homeschool Moms and I decided to have a casserole/soup exchange. Each of us would make 5 entrees and swap at a designated spot on a designated day. The day will arrive tomorrow so that meant I needed to get cookin' today.
I actually couldn't wait. I love to cook for other people. As usual, I picked a recipe that I hadn't made before... but one I had been eyeing for quite some time.
The recipe was from "From Our House to Yours" Comfort Food to Give and Share. The cookbook was created to benefit Meals on Wheels in San Francisco. I have found some delicious recipes in it and I believe that this one is just as tasty as the others.
I needed to adapt the recipe to ingredients that I could easily find in this area - all but one was found so that one was left out.
There isn't anything like making sauce from scratch...it is one of my all time joys in cooking.
The smell filled the house. This one contained red wine in it and it would "intoxicate" your senses as you walked through the kitchen. I ended up making 3 pots of sauce. It had pork sausage and lean hamburger in it along with various veggies and herbs.
I didn't realize how much it made.....
nor how big the lasagna would be by the time I had finished BUILDING it.
I grated 6 1/2 pounds of mozzarella cheese
and by the time I was done....
I had 32 pounds of lasagna casserole on my hands. That was just between 4 of them! That wasn't including the one I got to keep (and ate for dinner tonight).
It was a wonderful day filled with anticipation of sharing a little bit of what I love to do with others.
Yeehaw! to sharing with others!
You never cease to amaze me! Is there anything you can't do?!? :):)
Posted by: Joan | January 23, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Now, that sounds like fun!...and your lasagna looks amazing!
Posted by: maritez | January 24, 2009 at 12:48 AM
That looks delicious!!! YUMMMM!!!
Posted by: Karrie Baker | January 24, 2009 at 06:14 AM
WOW! My mouth is watering!
Posted by: Sonya Gala | January 24, 2009 at 01:55 PM