The Boni Bunch: NaBloPoMo: My Favorite Meal

Monday, November 11, 2013

NaBloPoMo: My Favorite Meal

My all-time favorite meal.

LASAGNA

I have been challenged today to write about something that will be no challenge at all!

Today's prompt:

"Tell us about your favorite meal, either to eat or to prepare. Does it just taste great, or does it have other associations?"

Every year, when I was growing up, my grandma made whatever I wanted for my birthday dinner. Every single year that I remember, I chose lasagna! I have always loved it! I love every cheesy, meaty, saucy layer. She always made it with cottage cheese... now that I have married an Italian man, I am not allowed to make it with cottage cheese! LOL! Tim's family uses ricotta cheese... and it's pretty darn amazing too!

Not only do I love to EAT lasagna, I love making it! Now that I'm all growed up, and married to an Italian, I have learned some new tricks! When I married Tim, I got his family's recipe for REAL pasta sauce. So when I am making lasagna, you can bet that I'm also making REAL sauce!! This makes for a long day in the kitchen, but every single bite is worth every single minute!

The sauce starts by blending tomatoes then adding lots of garlic and seasonings. THEN, the kicker, I make meatballs and drop them in the sauce to cook. The meat flavors the sauce so nicely!! After about 4 hours of cooking, I remove it from heat! Then I can set aside enough of the sauce to make some lasagna! Creating this dish- layer by layer- is like solving a puzzle! I love piecing it all together. Then, when it's all done, I LOVE eating it! It's always better reheated than right out of the oven, but still delish anytime!!

What is YOUR favorite meal?

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