
(Lasagne noodles are somewhat different over here. They're not long and ruffle edged. They are flat edged, and about 4 by six inches in size.)
I had some cooked chicken and some cooked ham that needed using up today. I could have made a cordon bleu type of casserole, but I wanted something different. I was craving pasta . . . which as you know Todd hates. I think I finally found a pasta dish he sorta likes though.
Chicken and Ham Lasagne. I found the recipe in a cookbook I love. Rachel Allen Home Cooking. I didn't follow it exactly . . . I rather adapted it a bit, but then again . . . that's what I like to do. I find a recipe that works for me and then I adapt it to our tastes and my rather lazy way of cooking.

I have always loved Rachel Allen's recipes and her cookery shows. The food she cooks is real food. Nothing artsy fartsy there. You don't have to run out and buy special ingredients or equipment. That's my kind of cooking. Simple and wholesome ingredients. Simple cooking methods. Economical use of what you have in the larder . . .

I added some frozen spinach to the recipe I like to get veggies in wherever I can. I also added extra cheese to the top . . .
. . . because we like cheese, and that's how I roll. You can never have too much cheese to my way of thinking. Its like bacon . . . more is . . . delicious. Things just taste better if there's cheese and/or bacon involved.

This was quite simply fantastic! It helped me to use up my leftovers. It was cheap to make. The Toddster loved it. Ok, so maybe love is a bit of an exaggeration. I LOVED IT . . . he just kinda liked it . . . a lot. That's as much as he would concede.

I think he's afraid that if he actually ever admitted to loving anything with pasta in it . . . that would open a dam or something . . . pasta would start raining down on him like cats and dogs . . .

And for someone like Todd . . . that just wouldn't do. (He did really really like it though . . . trust me on this. He had two servings.)
I have always loved Rachel Allen's recipes and her cookery shows. The food she cooks is real food. Nothing artsy fartsy there. You don't have to run out and buy special ingredients or equipment. That's my kind of cooking. Simple and wholesome ingredients. Simple cooking methods. Economical use of what you have in the larder . . .
I added some frozen spinach to the recipe I like to get veggies in wherever I can. I also added extra cheese to the top . . .
. . . because we like cheese, and that's how I roll. You can never have too much cheese to my way of thinking. Its like bacon . . . more is . . . delicious. Things just taste better if there's cheese and/or bacon involved.
This was quite simply fantastic! It helped me to use up my leftovers. It was cheap to make. The Toddster loved it. Ok, so maybe love is a bit of an exaggeration. I LOVED IT . . . he just kinda liked it . . . a lot. That's as much as he would concede.
I think he's afraid that if he actually ever admitted to loving anything with pasta in it . . . that would open a dam or something . . . pasta would start raining down on him like cats and dogs . . .
And for someone like Todd . . . that just wouldn't do. (He did really really like it though . . . trust me on this. He had two servings.)
*Chicken and Ham Lasagne*
Serves 4 to 6
8 cubes of frozen leaf spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
400g of cooked chicken, diced (scant pound)
this is on my to do list, but I think I would change the sauce to a super thick cheesey type sauce mmmmmm.
ReplyDeleteThis is pretty good just the way it is Vicky, but let me know how you like a super thick cheesy type of sauce! I could possibly be converted!
ReplyDeletePeter and I would love this Marie! I've never had frozen spinach though, I really must buy some and try it!
ReplyDeleteI hope you, Todd and Mitzie are all well, xx
I hope that you make it Pat. I have found that unless you are serving it raw, like in a salad, etc. frozen spinach is really quite good! I always have a bag of it in the freezer.
ReplyDeleteI've make this regularly as well as a nice alternative to the more traditional lasagne. I sprinkle parmesan cheese between each layer and also add chopped hardboiled eggs. It's a lovely meal.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds really nice Marie!
ReplyDeleteI keep frozen cubes of spinach too now..So handy for dishes like these..never had this combo..looks good..Oh he is so lucky:)
ReplyDeleteAnd he knows it Monique! ;-) lol
ReplyDeleteWhat is a cube of spinach? I get it in 10oz and 16oz bags
ReplyDeleteNancy, our spinach is frozen in little cubes. You just shake out what you want. Each cube is about 2 inches square I guess.
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