The Anatomy of Lasagna...

...also known as "teach your munchkin how to make dinner at a young age so she can start pulling her weight around here."

Step one: brown some delicious sausage

Or ground beef...

Hey, get your paws out of there!

I told you it was hot! Tsk, Tsk, they never listen

Mix red sauce with meat of choice.

No, I do not make my own sauce.

I am primarily of Irish decent.

Potato and whiskey flavored sauce would not taste right in lasagna.

Although I am sure I can find someone who would disagree with that last sentence...case in point, Scott would disagree.

I ONLY use Barilla Marinara.

Let the mini-Chef deal with cracking the eggs

Mix beaten eggs together with Ricotta,
Mozzarella, and Parmesan cheeses

As Alton Brown says, "Now we build."

First in the dish: plain sauce

Then the pasta sheets.

I do make my own pasta.

Wow, I typed that with a straight face.

OK, OK, I use Barilla Lasagna sheets, of course.

Then add meat sauce, Mozzarella, pasta sheets,
cheese mixture, meat sauce...

Hmm, getting tired are we?
We have two more layers to go, sister, so get a move on.

Are we done yet?

Ready to bake

Mangi!

Buono!

Continuing the Pop Art Conversation

While discussing Eliza Grace's recent foray into Pop Art, she asked if I had ever created anything that would be considered Pop Art.

As the answer to that one would be a big, fat NO, I decided to give it a try.

Not bad, if I do say so myself. Of course, it always helps to have a fabulous subject for ones art! Seriously thinking about having this printed and framed.

Pop Art Love

I love Eliza Grace's latest creation from art class at school this week. They are studying Pop Art.
As I recall, my elementary school art classes, waaaay back in the 1970's, consisted of making shapes out of play-doh and drawing stick figures - neither of which I did well!

Are You Ready For Some Commercials, uh, I Mean Football?

While we are not typically big watchers of sports on television, the Super Bowl is our yearly exception. Especially since our beloved Indianapolis Colts are in it again!

Yes, the five very loooonnnngggg, very cold winters - that often begin in late SEPTEMBER - living in Indiana converted me from the Redskins. When you do not see the sun for months at time you begin to cling to just about anything.

But I digress.

Getting into the spirit of things, I wanted to get some Colts shirts for the kids. Unfortunately, I was unable to find a single store in a 20 mile radius that had any Colts clothing - aside from the specialty sports shops that actually believe that someone would be crazy enough to fork over $75 for a child's size logo jersey. I am not that crazy.

So, I decided to stir up what little creative juices I have and have made my own shirts for the 5 kiddies that will be with us for the big game. Total cost for five t-shirts and fabric paint: $9.56.

The 3 boys shirts have a solid Colts horseshoe on the front and look pretty good, but I really like how the girls shirts came out with this sort of feathered, tie-dyed look. For someone who is not craft oriented and often lacks patience, I am proud of how they all turned out!

Looking forward to the game, the commercials, the 10 pounds of chicken wings that Scott will deep fry and getting pics of the kids wearing my hard work :)

Go Colts!