For tonight my household is having lasagna.
Ten Thousand Italians saw the cheddar and shuddered....
this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2023
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Well it’s Colby jack and I’m too broke to get mozzarella
Call it Tex-Mex lasagna and I bet people will stop giving you trouble, haha
Tex-Mex is good, but not sure about a Tex-Mex lasagna, might be interesting to try out.
The thing I love about cooking is you can experiment like that, take things out of the norm, after all that’s is what a chef who makes his/her own recipe does.
Not even the store brand?
It’s not a simple as you think. I am on a fixed budget due to being on disability. I get paid a $1200/month after rent, utilities, medicine co-pays etc I’m lucky to be able to afford to get to the store for groceries, mid month like now, I have no money to be able to just run and get something. I get food stamps, but I don’t get them until the 24th of every month, so I have to make sure my food supplies last until the 1st so I can afford to go to the store, which is 20 mins away.
That’s what I was thinking, lol. To me, cheddar is for casseroles!
Colby jack works well on lasagna. Gives the cheese a little zing. I’ve even used pepper jack one time and the dish was empty in 5 minutes with only 3 people eating it
It's making chicken fried steak, but using actual chicken because you couldn't afford steak.
Chicken fried steak is called that because it is steak. If you can’t afford cube steak, you don’t need to eat it.
The key here is to realize the cheese does not define the name. The cost factor I’m talking about is because of limited budget thanks to the ridiculous price of everything including gas to get to the store. I live rurally so my stores pretty much consist of gas station prices or dollar stores, which suck here they don’t carry half the stuff you might need.
I'm just a bit of a purest, things need to be a certain way for it to be a certain thing, not saying you aren't doing a good job making dinner you do what you can with what you have. I get triggered every time I see anything put into a martini glass called a martini, you made a new thing give it a new name.
It could also be that my mother made six different casseroles all called Susie's special, she had five kids to feed on a limited budget, she also procrastinated a lot so dumping things together and baking it was quick and easy.
I usually do use mozzarella for my lasagna. This was a case I had to use what I had since the mozzarella got eaten by my grandson and making the pizza the night before.
If it hadn’t been for the cheese hound that is my grandson, I would have been okay 😂. We buy him a package of string cheese sticks and he kills them in 2-3 days, then starts in on my shredded cheese.
Oh and btw, I only buy certain name brand things such as Philly cream cheese for my cheesecake, or Ragu spaghetti sauce for spaghetti or lasagna. Otherwise it’s either generic/ store brand or homemade. I even try to make homemade bread over store bought, but it tend to last a day versus a loaf from the store.
Lasagna IS a casserole. Pasta, meat, cheese, sauce mixed together and baked. The MidWest has claimed it and Italty will never get it back.
The dish in the picture should be classified as Lasaga, not Lasagna! le-sog-nah
You are obviously critical of my cooking to the point of being offended for some reason.
What was done wrong with this lasagna that offends you so much? Was it because I used a different cheese? Or something else?
All in good fun, I apologize if I offended you.
I’m sure it turned out great with the cheddar, and if u have kids I’m sure they loved it!
LASAGA was a reference to Garfielf
I wasn’t offended, I honestly thought you were. Lol
The thing is the lasagna we have here is not even the original recipe created by the Italians in the 1200’s. Like everything else, we Americans have bastardized the dish.
The traditional lasagna alla bolognese is a first course consisting of layers of thin pasta dough made with flour, egg and spinach; between each layer are ragù sauce and béchamel. The top layer is lightly sprinkled with Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese; the preparation is then baked.
I>I’m sure it turned out great with the cheddar, and if u have kids I’m sure they loved it!
It is good with the cheddar, please try it sometime and let me know what you think. I do have kids, although they are all grown now, but my step-daughter and my 2 year old grandson are living with us for the time being and the kids eats cheese like there is no tomorrow. It’s actually a wonder I had enough cheese to make this.
I’ve never made lasagna, but I think I will in the near future. I’ll make half with mozzarella and half with cheddar to easily compare and contrast.
I would suggest two things.
First don’t follow the instruction on the lasagna noodle boxes, if you want my recipe just ask. It’s better imho.
Second don’t use the ready to bake lasagna noodles, they don’t cook right, the texture is very dry making the pasta crunchy as well as making the lasagna very bland.
Remember don’t expect it to taste like frozen lasagna from the store, it may take a little longer due to prep time, but at least you know exactly what’s in it and you don’t have to worry about freezer burn or worry about it defrosting and being refrozen which alters the taste quite a bit.
DM ME THAT RECIPE! I’ll be hitting the store in a few days. Always need stuff to spice up the meal rotation
Will do. You’ll have by this afternoon
I’d devour that!
Thank you, it was delicious