My first shot at lasagna from scratch

[Jessie]

I made a really tasty lasagna this weekend for my company.  I've made lasagna before, but I always just use Ragu or something.  This time I made sauce and all. 

Sauce:

2 lbs ground chuck, browned
1.5 onions, diced and sauteed (the onions were fairly small)
4 or 5 big cloves of garlic, chopped and sauteed

Dump all of that in a pot with:

2 cans crushed tomatoes
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce

Plus the following, to taste:

garlic powder
onion powder
salt
pepper
basil (lots)
oregano
Italian Seasoning (more of the same, but hey, why not?)
parsley
bay leaf
sugar (just a little)

Simmer for about an hour, adjust seasoning as needed.

I layered that into a 9x13 dish using about 16-20 lasagna noodles, 1.5 lbs of mozzarella, and half a small container of Ricotta mixed with an egg and parmesan.

It was fantastic! 

[Jessie]

Oh I forgot 1/4 of a green bell pepper, diced small and sauteed.

[Gamplayerx]

If you're going to use all those cans of tomatoes and sauce, what's the difference?

[ReBurn]

about 100 dollars.

[Jessie]

If you're going to use all those cans of tomatoes and sauce, what's the difference?

What's the difference in what?  Cans of tomatoes vs Jars of sauce? 

I think there's a big difference, personally.

I mean, I didn't can my own tomatoes, sure, but I'd still consider the sauce homemade.

[Gamplayerx]

I like lasagna.

[Jessie]

So do I, and so did my guests.  My super cute little niece ate two big servings!

They did not love the oatmeal cinnamon muffins that the kids and I made later, though.  I still have about 10 left.

[manosax]

I once made tomato sauce from tomatoes that i grew... I was impressed with myself that day...

[Dry then Catch]

take a picture jessie

[Jessie]

I once made tomato sauce from tomatoes that i grew... I was impressed with myself that day...

I'd like to do that, but I'd need a big bunch of fresh tomatoes first.  Well, first, I guess I need a yard, then a garden, then tomato plants, then tomatoes.

[Jessie]

take a picture jessie

You didn't specify what I should take a picture of, so I just winged it.  If you meant the lasagna, I'd have to get some sort of medical device to see what's left of it inside our bodies, because we ate it all.


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[manosax]

I once made tomato sauce from tomatoes that i grew... I was impressed with myself that day...

I'd like to do that, but I'd need a big bunch of fresh tomatoes first.  Well, first, I guess I need a yard, then a garden, then tomato plants, then tomatoes.

and you don't live in the best tomato growing part of the world. 

[Jessie]

I once made tomato sauce from tomatoes that i grew... I was impressed with myself that day...

I'd like to do that, but I'd need a big bunch of fresh tomatoes first.  Well, first, I guess I need a yard, then a garden, then tomato plants, then tomatoes.

and you don't live in the best tomato growing part of the world. 

My mom grew some good ones this year.  She grew them right where her pig used to live. 

The other day I sauteed some pork chops and onions and garlic and then simmered that with a jar of mom's homegrown tomatoes that she canned.  Holy cow, it was fantastic.

[Gamplayerx]

I once made tomato sauce from tomatoes that i grew... I was impressed with myself that day...

I'd like to do that, but I'd need a big bunch of fresh tomatoes first.  Well, first, I guess I need a yard, then a garden, then tomato plants, then tomatoes.

and you don't live in the best tomato growing part of the world. 

What's the best tomato growing part of the world?

Speaking of Jessie's part of the world, I watched an episode of Three Sheets - which is a very funny show - last night that was in Louisville.  Mostly at a place called the Bourbon Bistro or something like that.  The food looked insanely good.  I didn't see any tomatoes.

[Gamplayerx]

The other day I sauteed some pork chops and onions and garlic and then simmered that with a jar of mom's homegrown tomatoes that she canned.  Holy hog, it was fantastic.

FTFY

[manosax]

I once made tomato sauce from tomatoes that i grew... I was impressed with myself that day...

I'd like to do that, but I'd need a big bunch of fresh tomatoes first.  Well, first, I guess I need a yard, then a garden, then tomato plants, then tomatoes.

and you don't live in the best tomato growing part of the world. 

What's the best tomato growing part of the world?

Speaking of Jessie's part of the world, I watched an episode of Three Sheets - which is a very funny show - last night that was in Louisville.  Mostly at a place called the Bourbon Bistro or something like that.  The food looked insanely good.  I didn't see any tomatoes.

I live on the edge of the san joaquin valley and they grow just lost of them here.  When I lived in Pleasanton, we would have HUGE crops of them...

[Jessie]

I once made tomato sauce from tomatoes that i grew... I was impressed with myself that day...

I'd like to do that, but I'd need a big bunch of fresh tomatoes first.  Well, first, I guess I need a yard, then a garden, then tomato plants, then tomatoes.

and you don't live in the best tomato growing part of the world. 

What's the best tomato growing part of the world?

Speaking of Jessie's part of the world, I watched an episode of Three Sheets - which is a very funny show - last night that was in Louisville.  Mostly at a place called the Bourbon Bistro or something like that.  The food looked insanely good.  I didn't see any tomatoes.

Never heard of it.  Also, I saw that holy hog joke coming.  Set it right up for someone.

[Gamplayerx]

I once made tomato sauce from tomatoes that i grew... I was impressed with myself that day...

I'd like to do that, but I'd need a big bunch of fresh tomatoes first.  Well, first, I guess I need a yard, then a garden, then tomato plants, then tomatoes.

and you don't live in the best tomato growing part of the world. 

What's the best tomato growing part of the world?

Speaking of Jessie's part of the world, I watched an episode of Three Sheets - which is a very funny show - last night that was in Louisville.  Mostly at a place called the Bourbon Bistro or something like that.  The food looked insanely good.  I didn't see any tomatoes.

Never heard of it.  Also, I saw that holy hog joke coming.  Set it right up for someone.

I figured as much.  Didn't want to disappoint.

Never heard of Three Sheets or Bourbon Bistro?  http://www.mojohd.com/mojoseries/threesheets/episodes/view/kentucky

[Jessie]

I once made tomato sauce from tomatoes that i grew... I was impressed with myself that day...

I'd like to do that, but I'd need a big bunch of fresh tomatoes first.  Well, first, I guess I need a yard, then a garden, then tomato plants, then tomatoes.

and you don't live in the best tomato growing part of the world. 

What's the best tomato growing part of the world?

Speaking of Jessie's part of the world, I watched an episode of Three Sheets - which is a very funny show - last night that was in Louisville.  Mostly at a place called the Bourbon Bistro or something like that.  The food looked insanely good.  I didn't see any tomatoes.

Never heard of it.  Also, I saw that holy hog joke coming.  Set it right up for someone.

I figured as much.  Didn't want to disappoint.

Never heard of Three Sheets or Bourbon Bistro?  http://www.mojohd.com/mojoseries/threesheets/episodes/view/kentucky

All of the above.  I bet Carroll has, though.  That's more his neck of the woods.

[sapphirehart]

there's a tomato farm about a mile from my house

[Dry then Catch]

take a picture jessie

You didn't specify what I should take a picture of, so I just winged it.  If you meant the lasagna, I'd have to get some sort of medical device to see what's left of it inside our bodies, because we ate it all.

awesome, this is totally going into the spank bank.

i don't want Info to murder me out of jealousy.  jessilousy.  no, that just sounds like jessie lousy.