3 lasagnas

And completing some of the unfinished posts from July.  :)  Have I mentioned it's been a crazy summer?

I know I am not the first to think of this.  I know it's something that more organized, disciplined moms have been doing for decades.  But for me...this was groundbreaking.

I made 3 lasagnas at one time.  Yes I hear your jaw dropping, so impressed with me right? 

I've never actually made lasagna from scratch before.  It always seemed like so much work when Stouffer's makes a perfectly good one.  But when I considered making 3 at once and freezing a couple, suddenly it seemed worth the effort.  It really wasn't that bad.  I just tripled the recipe, bought those little foil baking pans, then cooked one and froze two.  Tonight I plan on doing the same thing with a favorite chicken casserole recipe and Conor has requested a triple recipe of Shepherd's pie later this week.  Again, I know some of you do this all the time, but the idea of making the mess just once and having the night off later in the month is what finally motivated me to get it together.  PLUS a few days after making my lasagnas one of my friends needed a meal - so I just grabbed it out of the freezer and brought it to their family.  So easy.

But I must add that the best part of all?  Being able to say "I made three lasagnas today." It's an amazing trump card.
"Oh honey, no you don't have any clean work shorts to wear tomorrow.  But I made three lasagnas today."
"The playroom's a disaster and I'm not at all in the mood to clean it.  But I made three lasagnas today."

See how that works?  It's pretty great.  I'm going to defrost some chicken now so I can play the "I made 3 chicken casseroles" card tonight....and maybe tomorrow too.