winner winner lunch and dinner

Getting "inspiration" from a cooking show that requires only that you go to the supermarket and get everything you need from boxes, with a very small amount of fresh ingredients, I made 2 meals this afternoon. First up, four cheese risotto courtesy of Archer Farms which I believe is sold exclusively at Target. So the box consists of one pouch of rice and one pouch of powdered cheeses. Not using the whole pouch of cheese as there was too much sodium for anyone to eat. I added fresh shrimp and frozen peas to mine. It came out pretty good in about 20 minutes. I paired it with my Eve's Cider from the farmers market (See post To Market, to Market) and it was a delish although somewhat salty lunch.

Dinner time! Making lasagna the easy no full Barilla way. You will cook a pound of ground beef. Use one with some fat in it. I prefer Sirloin with the following lean to fat ration 90/10 or 85/15. Any leaner and it's too dry. Trust me. You follow the directions on the box to the letter and you get a yummy lasagna that although not quite mom's slow cooking version, still a tasty recipe. Total cooking and prep time it about 1 hour and 20 minutes. I found mine to be yummy but a bit on the dry side, so I will make sauce adjustments next time to better mimic homemade.

Happy Eating!