So many thoughts floating through my head. So many things I want to write about; Posts I’ve been wanting to follow-up on. One of which is a reminder to call-out for participation for my Recipe Showdown…amongst other things!
Saying I’m busy is just a lame excuse. So I’m going to go with having to prioritise the madness of life as I try to party along in the hamster’s wheel and away from blogging in the last one week.
There was however a constant recurring theme. I see it more often in my kids (despite their occasional temper-tantrums) and people around me; even if it only means to make other people’s life a tad better. It makes my heart swell.
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We really should be sprinkling such shit more often than often. In every nook and cranny you could find.
Since we are on the topic of kindness, could you ever be so kind to spread a little kindness in letting people know of our Recipe Showdown Challenge? I’m still looking for more recipes with SAGE to feature at the end of this month and I’ve been on a prowl to collect submissions!
Mucho Gracias. Dankuwel. Terima Kasih. Shukryah. Xie Xie Nie. Danke. Merci. Khop khun kah. Thank you.
Bored with making the regular tomato-based lasagna? I hereby recommend you to toss out the tomato altogether and make your lasagna without it.
Yes, really! It works.
You see, one fine day, I got bored with the same old shit recipe. I must have opened and closed my drawer of stashed ingredients a hundred times and each time I closed the drawer, I was left feeling very uninspired. I’m sure you understand those moments.
And like every other day I am at a loss of what to cook to feed the hungry tummies in our household.
Asking Silver Bullet and the kids what they want to eat was met with “I don’t knows”. Squirt, on the other hand, was happy to have hagelslags (chocolate sprinklers) and cheese for dinner.Every day if he could. But that’s just not done.
I then thought of lasagna but I did not have any tomatoes. So what’s a bored, uninspired mom to do with only lasagna noodles, minced beef, creme fraiche and cream cheese as the main ingredients with no tomatoes to speak of? She gets creative!
A little bit of this, a little bit of that, a splash of something and a dash of that…and we have a fantastic meal to feed the hungry!
White Sauce Lasagna
2016-09-12 23:07:08
Serves 4
A delicious slab of oven-baked lasagna noodles, meat and creamy white sauce
Brown onion, garlic and minced meat in a skillet over medium heat with about 1 teaspoon of butter or oil and fry till the liquid from the meat is dry
Mix in basil, oregano and brown sugar. Stir well.
After about 3 minutes, add in capsicum and paprika powder. Mix thoroughly and simmer for about 5-8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Meantime, pre-heat oven to about 190 degrees Celsius
For the white sauce
Melt butter over medium heat then stir in the flour and gradually add milk
Mix in creme fraishe and cream cheese, then add the bay leaf with salt and pepper to taste.
Simmer for about 5 minutes then add the white sauce to the meat.
Stir well
In a separate bowl, mix in egg, ricotta, half cup Parmesan cheese, parsley and 1 teaspoon of salt. Set aside
In a baking dish, lay a few noodles to cover the bottom. Then layer it with the meat in white sauce and then the egg-ricotta-parmesan mix. Top with mozzarella and put more noodles on top. Repeat
Top with remaining sauce and sprinkle additional mozzarella and Parmesan cheese as desired
Bake in the pre-heated oven for about 30-40 minutes or till the top turns golden brown
Let stand for 10 minutes before serving
Notes
Feel free to add in more milk if you need to dilute the sauce in case it gets too thick
If you got 3 minutes and 55 seconds to spare, you really have to watch this prank video.
Back story: When calling a random number to see if they’ll be a strangers’ job reference, 2 Australian comedy duo, Hamish and Andy accidentally found the best mate in Australia anyone could ever hope for!
So hilarious and I couldn’t stop laughing. The best line from James was really, “What you see is what you get!”. Too brilliant!
Here’s wishing you a wonderful week blessed by your bestest mates in the world.
