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Craig

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I'm cooking for 6 people at the cottage in a couple of weekends. I won't have much or any time to prep on sight, so I was thinking I'd do up a couple of Lasagnes to take and just toss in the oven whenever. Normally I just toss more or less random stuff in mine, but I was wondering if anyone had any favourite recipes that are a little different I could try. The only key is it has to survive a night or two in the fridge and a couple hours in the car.
 
More interesting versions include sausage, meatballs and hard-boiled eggs in addition to the usual Bolognese sauce, bechamel sauce, pasta and cheeses.

I also make what I call white Bolognese sauce with garlic, onions, celery, dried porcini mushrooms, ground turkey, chicken stock, white wine, salt and pepper and finished with cream and fresh thyme.

Are your friends seafood lovers? You could make a seafood lasagna with spinach pasta, bechamel sauce, dill pesto, shrimps and scallops.

Or you could do a veggie lasagne with marinara sauce, eggplant, zucchini, peppers and olives with a couple of layers of spinach and ricotta cheese.
 
I really like this artichoke lasagna from Marcella Hazan, it's quite simple, just noodles, artichokes and béchamel sauce. Cook the arties until browned a bit and combine with most of the sauce, saving some for the top and bottom.
 
Pancetta and portabella white lasagna (bechamel) with plenty of parmigiano reggiano.
 
butternut squash, hazelnuts, brown butter, sage, fresh mozz, parm, bechamel
 
I am certainly not a proponent of vegetarian cuisine, but I made one using lentils and porcini mushrooms instead of meat because I had a few meat phobics visiting, and I actually liked it. The butternut squash one also sounds nice.

Stefan
 
Good ideas guys, thanks. I think I'll do one bechamel and one other. The Artichoke, squash and turkey ones all sound good.

I've been wondering about doing a sort of mushroom/walnut pesto for one, possibly with bechamel.

I am certainly not a proponent of vegetarian cuisine, but I made one using lentils and porcini mushrooms instead of meat because I had a few meat phobics visiting, and I actually liked it. The butternut squash one also sounds nice.

Stefan

I was thinking about lentils earlier. What do you do to them? Just rehydrate and add? I was thinking about maybe trying to make a semi-paste and spreading that between noodles or something.
 
Canned lentils are ready to use, you could make a paste with olive oil in your food processor or blender. Dry lentils in a bag will require an overnight soaking and simmering in liquid (perhaps chicken stock or tomato sauce) and a teaspoon of baking soda for 30 minutes or so.
 
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