Lasagna Delight! Oh, yeah, for tonight.
So much cheese, 3 flavors, gooey!!
Rich multi-ingredient sauce
Meat cooked just right and laced with extras..
Let's boil the noodles and get the Delight assembled!
Okay, the lasagna noodles are boiling in my pasta pot.
Browned meat in the skillet, so let's add some diced herbed tomatoes.
Stir them together, add more thick sauce -- it's beginning to smell good.
The lasagna noodles are ready, so let's assemble:
Olive oil the bottom of the baking pan, and add a little sauce.
Four noodles long-way in the pan, sprinkle some shredded cheese,
Add generous meat-sauce combo and top it GENEROUSLY with more cheese.
Okay, build another layer on each noodle --
And, another layer, and another until
5 layers high, rich with cheese and meat sauce!
Now, into the pre-heated oven.
Set the timer for 40 minutes.
I quickly wash and dry the cookware.
Wow! that smells good -- let's peek:
Bubbly sauce and melty cheese --
Let's wait for the cheese to brown just a little.
I close the oven door, step back and bump into my family.
Each one with a plate and fork in hand,
big hungry smiles and gleaming eyes.
Okay, maybe it IS ready. Let me check
again - Quickly!
Turn off the oven, put on oven mitts and pull out the pan.
Cheesy aroma floats into the kitchen and the family sighs.
I sit the pan down, get a knife and spatula and fill each plate.
My family hurries to the table and sits.
As they relish the first bites, happy
smiles are quickly formed framed by tomato sauce.
Forks dive into the hot lasagna and grins stay on their faces.
I turn to get my glass of iced tea;
as I look around those plates are EMPTY!
But, their eyes are full of love for
Lasagna Delight and they pat their full tummies.
Now the sink is full of dishes to wash;
but, my family's praise for Lasagna Delight makes it worthwhile!
