Christmas Notes 4

With my kids all grown up, I get to let them help me out in my little projects. Actually, it's more like forcing them than letting them; that's just one of the benefits of being The Mom. And that's how the boys and I set up our little lasagna factory at my Mom's on the eve of Christmas.

Making lasagna is one major production. I never attempt to do it unless I am physically and mentally prepared. I've got to have lots of time on my hands and my mind has to be in the right place, the I-want-to-cook-my-ass-off place.

For starters, there's a lot of slicing and dicing of the ingredients for the red sauce. Then you've got to storm up the white sauce while cooking the lasagna. Afterwards, you've got to combine all the components together, layer after layer. Whew!

Fortunately, I had three pairs of hands to help me out. While K and I took care of the slicing and dicing, S prepared the lasagna. Afterwards, K cooked the white sauce. Together, the three of us made our own lasagna assembly line. Because F had a bit of a cough, he was relegated to covering the trays with foil.

That afternoon, we were able to make a dozen trays of delicious lasagna. We could have made more but we ended up eating some of the pasta splashed with globs of the two sauces while putting them all together. It was good!





F wrapping 'em up





Part of the lasagna assembly team





Baby S nibbling on the pasta