I'm Back With a Time Saving Tip!

It's been a week since the knife incident and my thumb is healing nicely!  We have continued to eat from our commods this past week, but my husband threw most of the meals together so I don't have any new recipes.  Now that the thumb is back in action you can expect a full return! 

And now for a time saving tip:

I made lasagna the other night.  I don't do anything fancy with my recipe, just the usual ground beef, cheese, cottage cheese, noodles, pasta sauce and seasonings.  I like to throw in whatever vegetables I have on hand which happened to be spinach this time.

Lasagna can be rather time consuming to make, but it feeds a lot of people, my family loves it, and we usually have leftovers for lunch the next day.  Tonight I doubled the recipe and made two pans: one to eat tonight and the other to freeze.

Wrap the lasagna to be frozen with plastic wrap, pressing the wrap against the sauce to squeeze out any air.

Cover the plastic layer with foil and label it, date it with the current date then post a use by date.  The lasagna noodles I used said they would last 2 months in the freezer, but they were the no-cook noodles and have a far shorter freezer life than regular noodles.  In general anything that is frozen should be used within 6 months, but check the package of the items you're putting in the dish to see if it notes any differences in freeze time.

When you remove the lasagna from the freezer to bake it, don't forget to remove the plastic wrap layer before putting it in the oven!  I'll sometimes write myself a note on the foil so I don't forget!

So there you have it, two for one dinner.  I made this from commod ingredients except for the cottage cheese and noodles which cost me $4 for the both of them.  That means I got two dinners for $2 a piece!  Steal of a deal!