Meat lasagna: with or without spinach?
Jul 8, 2011 | 11:56 am
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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.
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.
Jul 8, 2011 | 12:28 pm
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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 spousedoing things for each other.
That's the crux of it right there.
I cook things for him that he likes and does the same for me. I think that's part of being a good spousedoing things for each other. That's the crux of it right there.
We do plenty of things for each other--enough that he can deal without spinach in meat lasagna.
I hardly think that's grounds for problems in a marriage. After all, if a lack of spinach in meat lasagna is his biggest problem, I'd say he has it pretty good.
LOL, true, although it probably causes it to be a bit uneven.
Jul 8, 2011 | 3:35 pm
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I'm going to jump on the without bandwagon on this one. Of course, just thinking about meat/lasagna/spinach has made me hungry. No fair! 
Jul 13, 2011 | 7:55 am
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Jul 13, 2011 | 8:07 am
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OK Maybe this can help you . In my restaurant meat lasagna is just that no spinach and it has been made that way for 30 years.
The veggie Lasagna has spinach.
Now my mother has made lasagna for 60 years and her mother for the same from Bologna. That recipe during the holidays is used with spinach pasta sheets made by hand and is a meat lasagna. I am no big fan of spinach but the spinach pasta noodles give the lasagna a very different taste.
The veggie Lasagna has spinach.
Now my mother has made lasagna for 60 years and her mother for the same from Bologna. That recipe during the holidays is used with spinach pasta sheets made by hand and is a meat lasagna. I am no big fan of spinach but the spinach pasta noodles give the lasagna a very different taste.
Aug 4, 2011 | 3:56 pm
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Aug 4, 2011 | 4:05 pm
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I kept waiting for someone to come rushing into the kitchen and throw the spinach in the garbage can, saying, "You can't use spinach in meat lasagna!!!
How about the next time I'm going to make lasagna, I post it here first, and one of you comes rushing in to save me from the spinach?
How about the next time I'm going to make lasagna, I post it here first, and one of you comes rushing in to save me from the spinach?
Aug 15, 2011 | 10:56 pm
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I haven't seen to many restaurants giving the choice of spinach in the lasagna.. we've travelled quite a bit in the states, and haven't seen such choices..
Is it commonplace to see spinach in lasagna in the US?
Aug 16, 2011 | 6:00 am
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My parents do this all of the time.. buy from a store and heat it up.. price per pound is the biggest factor.. not the quality..
I haven't seen to many restaurants giving the choice of spinach in the lasagna.. we've travelled quite a bit in the states, and haven't seen such choices..
Is it commonplace to see spinach in lasagna in the US?
I haven't seen to many restaurants giving the choice of spinach in the lasagna.. we've travelled quite a bit in the states, and haven't seen such choices..
Is it commonplace to see spinach in lasagna in the US?
Aug 16, 2011 | 10:25 am
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Traditional lasagna: absolutely not. Bolognese, besciamella, cheese. That's it.
But of course, so what? If you like spinach in it, but spinach in it. If you ike other veggies in it, put other veggies in it.
Best lasgna I ever made I included horse meat and finely chopped serrano ham. Not traditional, but so what? Everyone at the table loved it, and the women looked at me longingly (okay, it was my girlfriend).
But of course, so what? If you like spinach in it, but spinach in it. If you ike other veggies in it, put other veggies in it.
Best lasgna I ever made I included horse meat and finely chopped serrano ham. Not traditional, but so what? Everyone at the table loved it, and the women looked at me longingly (okay, it was my girlfriend).
Aug 17, 2011 | 12:29 am
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I'm wondering if Spinach is indeed a major ingredient in Meat Lasagna in the US? Because in Canada, I don't eat at establishments that do serve Spinach in its' Meat Lasagna.. nor have I frequented establishments in the States that do so neither..