Lasagna

I'm a certified Norwegian attempting to understand California Cuisine. I did
not know how to cook French. I went, page by page, through Julia Child's
Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and learned the basics. I would suggest
you go to Marcella Hazan's Classic Italian Cooking, and do the same thing.
Start, however with Julia before you go on to Marcella!
If you're Cambodian you already know more about cooking than any of us!!
Don't be concerned, just do it!
Kent

BTW, as you may know, many excellent French restaurants in the US are
conceived and run by Cambodians. The native French usually don't know how to
do this successfully.
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Help me please. I am from Cambodia and do not know how to cook
Italian. Does anyone have a tasty and easy recipe? Thanks!

Bun

kim said:

Help me please. I am from Cambodia and do not know how to cook
Italian. Does anyone have a tasty and easy recipe? Thanks!

Bun

If you are wanting something totally easy & seems like it took all day
to make, then make "easy" Parmesan chicken & serve pasta and garlic bread

You may have to double the recipe depending on how many people you are
serving. You will need some sauce heated up for pouring over the pasta.

I don't really have measurements because I just dump it in & bake it.

Frozen breaded chicken tenderloins (I believe the brand I buy is Tyson)
1 large jar of spaghetti sauce
Mozzarella Cheese, grated.
"grated" Parmesan Cheese (not the "powdered" kind)

In a cassarole dish, spray with cooking spray
Spoon in some of the spaghetti sauce in the bottom
Layer frozen breaded tenderloins (they can touch, but not doubled over
each other completely)
Sprinkle a generous layer of Mozzarella cheese over the chicken
Pour more spaghetti sauce to cover the cheese & chicken completely
Sprinkle a little more Mozzarella cheese and also some Parmesan cheese
on top of the sauce.

Bake covered at the temp & time noted on the package of chicken, but I
always add some more minutes just to be sure it's cooked through and
that all the cheese is melted & bubbly.

I like to serve with pasta that is the curly kind or the small tubes.
You can also spruce up the "extra" sauce by adding in more garlic &
herbs (oregano, rosemary, basil) and maybe also cooking some chopped
yellow onion in a little oil first (until translucent) before adding and
heating up the sauce (try not to burn & don't use a "sweet" onion).

Garlic bread is easy. Buy some french bread. Soften some butter (or
"spread" of your choice) and mix with some powdered garlic (1 or 2 Tbsps
per 1/2 cup). Layer the buttered slices, wrap in aluminum foil and bake
for about 10 minutes along with the chicken. The butter should be
completely melted & baked in when given the "peek check" test

Good luck!

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Help me please. I am from Cambodia and do not know how to cook
Italian. Does anyone have a tasty and easy recipe? Thanks!

Bun

Here's mine.

-= Exported from BigOven =-

Helen's Favorite Lasagna

Recipe By:
Serving Size: 24
Cuisine:
Main Ingredient:
Categories: Points, Pasta

-= Ingredients =-
2 pounds Lean ground beef
2 large Onion ; s
4 medium Garlic clove ; s
60 ounces Canned tomato sauce
2 cups Canned tomato juice
2 teaspoons Basil
1500 grams 1% low-fat cottage cheese
3 large Egg ; s
1/2 teaspoon Black pepper
1 pound Dry lasagna noodles
1/4 pound Parmesan cheese
6 cups Whole milk mozzarella
Cheese
4 cups Mushrooms

-= Instructions =-
This makes 4 8X8 aluminum cake pans of lasagna with 6 servings each.
Spray the pans with olive oil pam. DO NOT COOK THE LASAGNA NOODLES! 1.
In a large skillet over medium heat, cook meat, stirring until lightly
browned. Add onion and garlic and cook 3 minutes. Stir in Tomato sauce,
mushrooms, tomato juice and basil. Bring to boil. reduce heat and simmer
5 minutes. 2. In a small bowl combine cottage cheese, egg, 1 1/2 cup
parmesan and pepper. 3. Spoon 1 1/2 ladle of sauce into each of 4
pans; top with 1 layer of UNCOOKED lasagna, 1/2 the ricotta mixture, 1
cup of mozzarella, 1 1/2 cups sauce, then repeat ending with remaining
lasagna. Top with remaining sauce, mozzarella and parmesan. 4. Cover
tightly with foil. Bake in 350 oven 45 minutes. Remove foil; bake 15
minutes longer or until lightly browned. Let stand 15 minutes before
serving. POINTS per serving | 8 Categories: Pasta Recipe & MM by H
Peagram November 18, 2001

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Help me please. I am from Cambodia and do not know how to cook
Italian. Does anyone have a tasty and easy recipe? Thanks!

Bun

Have you eaten in Italian restaurants -- what do you like that you have
eaten in an Italian restaurant.
Name it and someone will have a receipe for you.

Dee Dee

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Help me please. I am from Cambodia and do not know how to cook
Italian. Does anyone have a tasty and easy recipe? Thanks!

Bun

Here's mine.

-= Exported from BigOven =-

Helen's Favorite Lasagna

Recipe By:
Serving Size: 24
Cuisine:
Main Ingredient:
Categories: Points, Pasta

-= Ingredients =-
2 pounds Lean ground beef
2 large Onion ; s
4 medium Garlic clove ; s
60 ounces Canned tomato sauce
2 cups Canned tomato juice
2 teaspoons Basil
1500 grams 1% low-fat cottage cheese
3 large Egg ; s
1/2 teaspoon Black pepper
1 pound Dry lasagna noodles
1/4 pound Parmesan cheese
6 cups Whole milk mozzarella
Cheese
4 cups Mushrooms

-= Instructions =-
This makes 4 8X8 aluminum cake pans of lasagna with 6 servings each.
Spray the pans with olive oil pam. DO NOT COOK THE LASAGNA NOODLES! 1.
In a large skillet over medium heat, cook meat, stirring until lightly
browned. Add onion and garlic and cook 3 minutes. Stir in Tomato sauce,
mushrooms, tomato juice and basil. Bring to boil. reduce heat and simmer
5 minutes. 2. In a small bowl combine cottage cheese, egg, 1 1/2 cup
parmesan and pepper. 3. Spoon 1 1/2 ladle of sauce into each of 4
pans; top with 1 layer of UNCOOKED lasagna, 1/2 the ricotta mixture, 1
cup of mozzarella, 1 1/2 cups sauce, then repeat ending with remaining
lasagna. Top with remaining sauce, mozzarella and parmesan. 4. Cover
tightly with foil. Bake in 350 oven 45 minutes. Remove foil; bake 15
minutes longer or until lightly browned. Let stand 15 minutes before
serving. POINTS per serving | 8 Categories: Pasta Recipe & MM by H
Peagram November 18, 2001

** This recipe can be pasted into BigOven without retyping. **
** Easy recipe software. Try it free at: http://www.bigoven.com **

Do you mean the oven ready lasagne noodles or the regular. I've used
the oven ready ones and they do well....thanks....Sharon

Quoted message said:

Help me please. I am from Cambodia and do not know how to cook
Italian. Does anyone have a tasty and easy recipe? Thanks!
Bun

Here is what lasagna is and a link or two on how to make it. It's
easy. Anything you find confusing in the recipe just google it here or
on the web.
Link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasagna

Dee Randall said:

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Help me please. I am from Cambodia and do not know how to cook
Italian. Does anyone have a tasty and easy recipe? Thanks!

Bun

Have you eaten in Italian restaurants -- what do you like that you have
eaten in an Italian restaurant.
Name it and someone will have a receipe for you.

Uh... LASAGNA maybe?

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CHI-MUM said:

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Quoted message said:

Help me please. I am from Cambodia and do not know how to cook
Italian. Does anyone have a tasty and easy recipe? Thanks!

Bun

Here's mine.

-= Exported from BigOven =-

Helen's Favorite Lasagna

Recipe By:
Serving Size: 24
Cuisine:
Main Ingredient:
Categories: Points, Pasta

-= Ingredients =-
2 pounds Lean ground beef
2 large Onion ; s
4 medium Garlic clove ; s
60 ounces Canned tomato sauce
2 cups Canned tomato juice
2 teaspoons Basil
1500 grams 1% low-fat cottage cheese
3 large Egg ; s
1/2 teaspoon Black pepper
1 pound Dry lasagna noodles
1/4 pound Parmesan cheese
6 cups Whole milk mozzarella
Cheese
4 cups Mushrooms

-= Instructions =-
This makes 4 8X8 aluminum cake pans of lasagna with 6 servings each.
Spray the pans with olive oil pam. DO NOT COOK THE LASAGNA NOODLES!
1.
In a large skillet over medium heat, cook meat, stirring until lightly
browned. Add onion and garlic and cook 3 minutes. Stir in Tomato
sauce,
mushrooms, tomato juice and basil. Bring to boil. reduce heat and
simmer
5 minutes. 2. In a small bowl combine cottage cheese, egg, 1 1/2 cup
parmesan and pepper. 3. Spoon 1 1/2 ladle of sauce into each of 4
pans; top with 1 layer of UNCOOKED lasagna, 1/2 the ricotta mixture, 1
cup of mozzarella, 1 1/2 cups sauce, then repeat ending with remaining
lasagna. Top with remaining sauce, mozzarella and parmesan. 4. Cover
tightly with foil. Bake in 350 oven 45 minutes. Remove foil; bake 15
minutes longer or until lightly browned. Let stand 15 minutes before
serving. POINTS per serving | 8 Categories: Pasta Recipe & MM by H
Peagram November 18, 2001

** This recipe can be pasted into BigOven without retyping. **
** Easy recipe software. Try it free at: http://www.bigoven.com **

Do you mean the oven ready lasagne noodles or the regular. I've used
the oven ready ones and they do well....thanks....Sharon

This just uses the regular lasagna noodles.

Helen

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Help me please. I am from Cambodia and do not know how to cook
Italian. Does anyone have a tasty and easy recipe? Thanks!

there are more lasagna recipes than there are Italians

it is basically layers of cooked flat noodles (lasagna noodles, thus the
name) with cheese or sauces/ingredients in between each layer, then usually
covered with mozzarella and other cheese, and baked long enough to cook the
eggs (if used), heat the ingredients together, and melt the cheese on top.

In short, it is a way to flavor the noodles.

I prefer red sauce with italian sausage, nutmeg ricotta white sauce, and
frothed-egg-cheese sauce layers.

You can layer those lasagna noodles with eggplant, cubed or crumbled
fried meat, squid, tuna, or with just about anything you want in sauces; top
it with shredded cheeses of many kinds and amounts.

Some people like heavy, some people like fluffy layers, some like one layer.
Some like browned cheese, some like melted cheese.

You can use frozen noodles, make your own and cook them, or cook the dry
noodles in the box.

The lasagna sticks to the pan - so use "Pam" or butter the bottom and sides
of the bnaking dish before layering

I am sure there will be many suggestions for recipes posted here, so pick
one that looks good and go for it.

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Bun

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"kim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Help me please. I am from Cambodia and do not know how to cook
Italian. Does anyone have a tasty and easy recipe? Thanks!

there are more lasagna recipes than there are Italians

it is basically layers of cooked flat noodles (lasagna noodles, thus
the name) with cheese or sauces/ingredients in between each layer,
then usually covered with mozzarella and other cheese, and baked long
enough to cook the eggs (if used), heat the ingredients together, and
melt the cheese on top.

In short, it is a way to flavor the noodles.

I prefer red sauce with italian sausage, nutmeg ricotta white sauce,
and frothed-egg-cheese sauce layers.

You can layer those lasagna noodles with eggplant, cubed or
crumbled
fried meat, squid, tuna, or with just about anything you want in
sauces; top it with shredded cheeses of many kinds and amounts.

Some people like heavy, some people like fluffy layers, some like one
layer. Some like browned cheese, some like melted cheese.

You can use frozen noodles, make your own and cook them, or cook the
dry noodles in the box.

The lasagna sticks to the pan - so use "Pam" or butter the bottom and
sides of the bnaking dish before layering

I am sure there will be many suggestions for recipes posted here, so
pick one that looks good and go for it.

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Bun

Too many varities. Just make layer #1 a pasta sauce so it doesn't dry the
first layer of noodles. Also, ricotta is traditional cheese filling
(amongst other meats and veggies). Imho.

For a different slice of life try using puff pastry (poked liberally with
a fork). Use a taller-sided dish for two layers!

Andy