It’s Winter. The cold temperature makes one want to hibernate…or have some good ‘ol comfort food. What’s more comforting on a cold day than your favourite meal? Let me guess. Does your favourite comfort food include cheese? If there’s one truth in this world, it’s that everything tastes better with cheese. For many of us, comfort food is not complete without some ooey-gooey melted cheese!
Ever since I was a kid, my ultimate comfort food has been lasagna! I used to joke when I was in grade 4 that I was like Garfield the cat! His favourite food was lasagna!
- 1 L (1000 ml) of my homemade Garden Harvest Spaghetti Sauce (or your favourite homemade or canned pasta sauce)
- 1 lb ground beef, browned
- 4 spicy Italian sausage, chopped and browned
- oil for cooking
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2-3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 2 cups spinach, blanched and chopped
- 15 lasagna noodles, cooked
- 1 egg, beaten
- 475 g Saputo Ricotta Cheese
- 450 g Saputo Mozzarellissima Cheese, grated
- ¼ c Saputo Parmigiano Reggiano
- In a dutch oven or heavy pot, heat oil on medium-high. Sautee chopped onion and garlic. Brown ground beef and sausage. Add pasta sauce and let simmer.
- In a pot with boiling water, add spinach. Blanch spinach and wring out excess water from spinach. Chop spinach.
- In a large pot, boil noodles until al dente. Remove from pot and drain.
- In a bowl, add ricotta cheese, beaten egg, spinach, and mix gently.
- Take 9x11 baking dish and ladle a layer of meat pasta sauce. Add a layer of noodles (3 noodles), then a layer of meat sauce, a layer of ricotta cheese and spinach mixture, and repeat layers until you have no more noodles.
- Finish with a layer of meat sauce and then sprinkle shredded Mozzarellissima over top. Sprinkle Parmigiano Reggiano over lasagna.
- In a 400 degree oven, bake lasagna for 40 minutes.
I guess it’s safe to say that lasagna is also one of Little One’s favourites. Even when she was a toddler, she devoured her “Mmmm-sangna”!
She’s now six years old, and isn’t quite so messy an eater.
For this recipe, I used Mozzarellissima, a stretch mozzarella, known for its buttery taste and superior melting quality. Mozzarellissima’s melting quality helps to bring out the ooey-gooey, stretchy cheesey, golden, buttery factor in your comfort food.
Recipes like Saputo’s The Ultimate Lasagna and Pumpkin Risotto, are just two of the many mouthwatering recipes you can make with Mozzarellissima. They also pair perfectly with a glass of vino!
Guess what? Mozzarellissima and your favourite comfort food go so well with a glass of wine, that they paired up with LCBO to offer customers recipe inspiration and savings on their next block of Mozzarellissima. In November and December, LCBO customers can get $1 off any Mozzarellissima product by purchasing bottles of Mezzacorona Pinot Grigio or Leonardo Chianti with special tags. After all, wine and cheese is a classic pairing!
I always bake TWO lasagnas (one to eat for dinner and the other to freeze for another day). We had friends over for dinner and enjoyed our meal. I have to say that the Mezzacorona Pinot Grigio does indeed pair nicely with my favourite lasagna! I’ll be getting the Mezzacorona Pinot Grigio again for our next wine and cheese party or whenever we have another comfort food night. Have I mentioned that comfort food with melty cheese and a glass of Pinot Grigio are a favourite of mine?
What’s your favourite comfort food?
In case you wanted to try my Garden Harvest Vegetable Sauce Recipe, here it is!
Disclosure – I received a fabulous Comfort Food Kit to help inspire me in creating and sharing my favourite comfort food (with cheese) and wine pairing. All thoughts and opinions expressed on this blog are honest and my own.
That photo of LO is so cute!
That looks yummy, anything with cheese and pasta is comfort for me.
great recipe! looks so yummy! Will have to make some up for the freezer for the holiday season to have on hand !Thanks for sharing!
I too use Saputa cheese for my cooking. Love it. Very nice cheese.
Beautiful looking recipe! Can’t wait to try it.
Beautiful looking recipe! Can’t wait to try it.
Oh does that ever look good. I love all of your recipes. Helps keep my meals mixed up and fresh
Oh this makes me hungry! lol thank you so much for sharing this! I will have to try this the next time we make Lasagna!
This looks so absolutely delicious and that baby is a testament to that because she is the living proof that she is enjoying this!! I love lasagna!Thank you for this.
Our lasagna recipe is very similar, I use Gluten Free noodles and you add a little more cheese. It looks delicious and now I will have to make it this week! Thank you!! 🙂
looks and sounds delish and omgosh to the picture adorable
this looks absolutely delicious. my family is such a fan of lasagne but I have never made my own. We have just bought store bought lasagne so I would love to try making my own
I wish lasagna was easier to make…one of my favs and homemade is so much better than store bought…
Oooooh, lasagna!!! Now I’m hungry! I love cheese. 🙂 So good! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Bonnie! I feel like having lasagna again this weekend!
Cheese is a must in this house! It looks yummy!
I agree, Stephanie! Cheese is a must! It makes everything better! 😉
Wine and Cheese is a wonderful thing! Totally craving Italian now!
Me too, Jennifer!!!
I love lasagna! I have an Italian mother-in-law so I count myself super lucky. She makes three different lasagnas at a time to accommodate everyone’s needs (meat, tofu, etc.) And wine is a definite must! 😉
Joann: I am so jealous!! 😉 I want an Italian MIL! 3 different lasagnas at a time! So yummy! xo
I LOVE lasagna, just made it this past weekend when we had company and it was so yummy! I also like a good macaroni & cheese!
Mmm! Judy, a good homemade mac ‘n cheese is great comfort food!
It is my hubby’s favourite. Going to try make Gnocchi & Cheese tomorrow night!
Well now I want lasagna!
That photo of little one really tugged at my heart strings, so sweet.
Randa, little one was so cute back then! Crazy how quickly they grow! I miss my baby (but not the mess when eating!). Man, that kid was a messy lasagna eater!!!
I want lasagna!
It’s no coincidence that comfort and cheese both begin with the same letter
No coincidence at all! I was going to say that cheese and bacon make everything better, Mr.Disco!