Lasagna is one my comfort foods. It’s been raining cats and dogs in California lately, so I’ve been wanting something warm and cozy. Growing up, Mom’s lasagna was doctored spaghetti sauce with ground beef and cottage cheese with mozzarella.

I thought it was time for me to learn to make real lasagna and the Lasagna Bolognese recipe at Simply Recipes intrigued me. Bechamel? Cooking milk isn’t my forte, but it was worth a try. I’ve also never made sauce from scratch. I usually jsut buy whatever sauce is on sale and add spices and a tiny bit of sugar.

It took two days for me to make this recipe. Probably my fault, since I started at 2 p.m. and the Bolognese had a ways to go by the time I wanted dinner. I finished cooking it, and went to dinner. I stashed the bolognese sauce and bechamel in the fridge and put it together the next day. The bechamel was perfect, although I didn’t have quite enough so the top layer was more sauce then bechamel. I’ll make more next time. I also made mine with reconstituted powdered milk (I don’t usually drink it, so I keep powdered on hand for cooking) and it came out well, if a little thick.

When all was done, it was perfect. Rich, gooey, filling. Next time, I’ll also top the lasagna with foil, since the top layer was a bit too crunchy for my taste. — Kim B.

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