Lasagna, which was hands down AMAZING!

Okay, this post is really not supposed to be about my relationship with Emmett, but it just so happens that we cook a lot of meals together. He's a killer cook and has mastered a ton of different types of cuisine. I definitely benefit! So, that's where this lasagna was cooked. Thanks to my grandma for providing a great clear glass baking pan. You could see the layers in the lasagna and it made it all the more exciting.

I've never been a huge fan of lasagna. I'm not really sure what it was about it that I didn't like. I love tomatoes, love noodles, love any and all kinds of meat, and love cheese. It really makes absolutely no sense that I don't go crazy over lasagna. Well, that ended when I took a bite of this lasagna. Instead of a tomato-based sauce in between the layers, we went with fresh chopped tomatoes, italian sausage, spinach, basil and a cream sauce that included (appropriately) cream, garlic, a few onions, chopped hot chile peppers, and a handful of parsley. Note: the basil we used was fresh, none of that dried herb basil stuff. We did three layers, each one topped with the cream-sauce mixture. We also grated a little mozzarella on each of the layers. We topped it off with a hefty amount of mozzarella and some scoops of ricotta cheese.

The lasagna was in the oven for about 30 minutes. We took it out once the cheese on top was crusty and mostly golden brown. It was thoroughly delicious. It was creamy and complex inside but the top was definitely the best part. The cheese on the top layer was crusty (so much so that you needed a knife to cut through it) and literally mind-blowing. One of the most enjoyable meals of the year!