Place me in the "no spinach" camp. Meat, cheese, basil, garlic, cinnamon. Plus a good sauce!

Any spinach is just going to take up space that could otherwise be used for meat (or cheese).

Well, that may be the first argument ever used against spinach because of a space limitation. :D

I would say hold the lasagna and the spinach.

Then grill the meat.

I remember jfe used to have a signature saying "I didn't climb my way to the top of the food chain to eat vegetables"

You're thinking of telling your husband he's 'incorrect' because people in FT say so? :D

Unless you're a native Italian cook who has learned from generations of lasagna makers before you, add some spinach next time.

And if you are that native Italian cook I mention above, add some spinach next time. :p

It's the little things that can make a husband happy. Then he'll do some nice things for you! ;)

And we know how much space that spinich can take up, especially when cooked.

No spinach.

this might or might not work depending how clued in he is on food - just tell him you put some in. I'm not sure adding spinach would be noticeable tastewise.

Or alternatively, suggest that if he wants to control what goes into the food, then he makes it himself... you don't put spinach in your lasagne recipe, but you'd be very happy to taste his take on the same dish ;)

Actually, I told him he was wrong because one of my coworkers who is Italian said he's wrong. :)

He does nice things for me without me having to do things like include spinach in meat lasagna.
LOL, he insists it would give it a different taste (contrasting flavors or some such is what he said).

Suggesting that he cook lasagna with spinach if he wants it would only be opening myself up to food poisoning, or some sort of disaster in the kitchen. :D

I do think the solution here, since I'm not going to win when he grew up with spinach in meat lasagna, is to make half with spinach and half without. :)

Any space that spinach takes up is space that would be better served by being empty.

The spinach should stand alone, not the cheese.

Great...then why not do a nice thing for him and make it with spinach if that's what he prefers?

Ahhhh and that's the winner especially if YOU don't like spinach. ^

My preferences:

Meat Lasagna = lots of Italian (Flat Leaf) Parsley, herbs, Choice of meat, cheese, and tomato based sauce.

Vegetable Lasagna = Spinach, Broccoli, GARLIC, Carrots, cheese, fewer herbs, but add nutmeg for richness, and a cream based sauce.

Because I'm not his mother. If he wants meat lasagna with spinach, he can visit her. :)

Honestly, I don't care for cooked spinach. Raw spinach, I love. Cooked, not so much. So, to some extent, I don't care to contaminate my perfectly good meat lasagna with something I don't like. :)

Doing something nice for your husband like cooking something he requested is like being his mother? Wow. I guess my husband is like his mother given your definition and I'm like his mother too given your definition. ;) I cook things for him that he likes and does the same for me. I think that's part of being a good spouse—doing things for each other. :)

That's the crux of it right there.