My least favorite part of the day
is trying to decide what to make for dinner. There are those times where this hour becomes especially bothersome, where there seems to be a severe lack of ingredients in the pantry. Rather than give up and demand that we go out for dinner, I decided to use the meager remains of a few random items in the fridge before they went bad (I hate wasting food.)
Here's what I had:
a handful of wilted baby spinach
about a cup of cottage cheese
a half-jar of spaghetti sauce
shredded cheese
parmesan
4 broken gluten-free lasagna noodles
What I did:
Cooked the noodles to al dente.
Layered the ingredients in the following order in a muffin pan (oiled)-
piece of noodle
spoonful of sauce
spoonful of cottage cheese
a few spinach leaves
sprinkle of cheeses
piece of noodle
spoonful of sauce
sprinkle of cheeses
Cooked 'em at 350 degrees for 20 minutes
Scooped 'em out and ate 'em!
While this may seem like a lot of work just to make what came out to be the equivalent of a 2-person lasagna, there were just not enough ingredients to use even an 8"x8" pan.
...and they're just plain adorable, no?
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