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I had spaghetti again with a side of sugar snap peas.
For dessert, I had a peach with a touch of ice cream.
Congrats on your wedding anniversary, BA!
I've been thinking about lasagna but didn't want to make a large batch so I started thinking about what kind of pans I have. Finally decided on a 3x5 loaf pan. I went on youtube and saw all kinds of videos for using a loaf pan; I really just wanted to get some idea on how long it needs to bake.
So yesterday I made it. I started by making a sauce from some Roma's and cherry tomatoes. I used the no bake lasagna noodles, Ricotta cheese and parm, topped with mozzarella. I made it with 5 layers of noodles with a minimal amount of filling between each layer. Covered it with foil and baked it in the toaster oven. It's a simple lasagna but it came out good.
The youtube videos led to believe it would need about 30 minutes in the oven covered and then about 15 minutes uncovered. Mine took about 20 minutes longer than that. Since I was using no boil noodles, I made sure to use plenty of sauce and it's a good thing I did since most of it got absorbed.
Your dinner looks wonderful, Joan. A very attractive dinner plate too!
Fewer bowls for me too, in fact make them paper bowls if I can!
Yesterday I made pizza with leftover pork tenderloin. I'm trying to perfect my method in the toaster oven. After I formed the crust on a parchment circle, I shredded some parm on it and baked it on the pizza pan for 3 minutes, this time using the middle shelf. That fully melted the parm. Then I removed the parchment and applied the toppings. Returned it to the oven, middle shelf, for 12 minutes. It came out pretty good, the bottom of the crust was golden. I think this is it.
The crust was 40% white whole wheat and 30% each of semolina and bread flour. I used milk instead of water, a dollop of honey and a splash of olive oil.
I was able to make it perfectly round because I formed it entirely by hand, no rolling pin involved. Sometimes you get lucky.
I have dough for one more pizza, maybe tomorrow.
For tonight I will make a stir fry with the rest of the pork tenderloin, green beans, sugar snap peas, carrot and mushrooms. Probably will have it over rice.
