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Regina’s Lasagna

February 18, 2016 Leave a Comment

Once Upon a Time, Season 2 Episode 10 – The Cricket Game

Henry: I’m glad you came.
Regina: Me, too. (to Leroy) Oh, I made lasagna.
Leroy: What’s the secret ingredient? Poison?
Regina: Red pepper flakes. Gives it some kick.

lasagna

Those of you who know the story of Snow White, and more importantly the Evil Queen, know that she has a thing for apples. Ok, more like just one apple. A poisoned one. Fans of Once Upon a Time will know that apples go a little further with Regina. She has a “special”  apple tree in her back yard, has apples in a bowl, gives them in a basket and makes them into a giant turnover (the poison part is questionable).

OUAT-Regina-Lasagna

“Oncers” may have also noticed that Regina has a special affinity for lasagna. It might not be quite as evil as the apple, but it showed up a few times in the early seasons, and usually before she was about to do something naughty. Like the time she tried to seduce David (aka Prince Charming) with a home cooked meal, it was lasagna. When she made dinner for the strangers to Storybrooke, Kurt and his young son Owen, and then tried to steal Owen away, dinner was lasagna. So when she brings it to a pot luck at Granny’s, you can understand Leroy (Grumpy) being a little skeptical. Her lasagna history is not great.

lasagna

 This lasagna is great. It’s more than great, its perfection. In fact; it so good it’s almost evil.

lasagna

Regina’s Lasagna

serves 10-12 (depending on your portion size)

*The original lasagna recipe I used is from The Pioneer Woman, and I really didn’t change much*

Ingredients:

1-1/2 pound Lean Ground Beef

1 pound Jimmy Dean Regular Pork Sausage

1/2 tsp Minced Garlic

2 cans (14.5 Ounce) Whole Tomatoes, roughly chopped (my daughter hates whole tomatoes)

2 cans (6 Ounce) Tomato Paste

2 Tablespoons  Freeze Dried (or fresh) Parsley

2 Tablespoons Freeze Dried (or fresh) Basil

1-2 Tablespoons red Pepper Flakes (for some kick)

3 cups Lowfat Cottage Cheese

2 whole Beaten Eggs

1/2 cup Grated (not Shredded) Parmesan Cheese

2 Tablespoons Freeze Dried Parsley

1 teaspoon Salt

1 pound Sliced Mozzarella Cheese

1 package (10 Ounce) Oven Ready Lasagna Noodles

Directions:

  • In a large skillet, combine ground beef, sausage, and garlic. Cook over medium-high heat until browned. Drain the fat.

sausage

  • Add tomatoes, tomato paste, 2 tablespoons parsley, basil, red pepper flakes and salt. Stir and simmer for about 45 minutes.

basil

sauce

  • In a medium bowl, mix cottage cheese, beaten eggs, grated Parmesan, 2 more tablespoons parsley, and 1 more teaspoon salt. Stir together well. Set aside. 

cottage cheese

To assemble:

  • Arrange 5 cooked lasagna noodles in the bottom of a baking pan, overlapping if necessary.

noodle

  • Spoon half the cottage cheese mixture over the noodles. Spread evenly. Cover cottage cheese with a layer of mozzarella cheese.

cheese

  • Spoon a little less than half the meat/sauce mixture over the top.

layer sauce and noodles

  • Repeat, ending with meat/sauce mixture. Sprinkle top generously with extra Parmesan.

top with parm

  • Either freeze, refrigerate for up to two days, or bake immediately: 350-degree oven for 20 to 30 minutes, or until top is hot and bubbly.

Reginas Lasagna

 

Regina's Lasagna
2016-02-17 17:29:18
Serves 10
Lasagna so good its almost evil
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Prep Time
45 min
Cook Time
30 min
Prep Time
45 min
Cook Time
30 min
Ingredients
  1. 1-1/2 pound Lean Ground Beef
  2. 1 pound Jimmy Dean Regular Pork Sausage
  3. 1/2 tsp Minced Garlic
  4. 2 cans (14.5 Ounce) Whole Tomatoes, roughly chopped
  5. 2 cans (6 Ounce) Tomato Paste
  6. 2 Tablespoons Freeze Dried (or fresh) Parsley
  7. 2 Tablespoons Freeze Dried (or fresh) Basil
  8. 1-2 Tablespoons Red Pepper Flakes (for some kick)
  9. 3 cups Lowfat Cottage Cheese
  10. 2 whole Beaten Eggs
  11. 1/2 cup Grated (not Shredded) Parmesan Cheese
  12. 2 Tablespoons Freeze Dried Parsley
  13. 1 teaspoon Salt
  14. 1 pound Sliced Mozzarella Cheese
  15. 1 package (10 Ounce) Oven Ready Lasagna Noodles
Instructions
  1. In a large skillet, combine ground beef, sausage, and garlic. Cook over medium-high heat until browned. Drain the fat.
  2. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, 2 tablespoons parsley, basil, red pepper flakes and salt. Stir and simmer for about 45 minutes.
  3. In a medium bowl, mix cottage cheese, beaten eggs, grated Parmesan, 2 more tablespoons parsley, and 1 more teaspoon salt. Stir together well. Set aside.
To assemble
  1. Arrange 5 lasagna noodles in the bottom of a baking pan, overlapping if necessary.
  2. Spoon half the cottage cheese mixture over the noodles. Spread evenly. Cover cottage cheese with a layer of mozzarella cheese.
  3. Spoon a little less than half the meat/sauce mixture over the top.
  4. Repeat, ending with meat/sauce mixture. Sprinkle top generously with extra Parmesan.
  5. Either freeze, refrigerate for up to two days, or bake immediately: 350-degree oven for 20 to 30 minutes, or until top is hot and bubbly.
By Sandy
Fan Girls Cook http://fangirlscook.com/
 

Filed Under: Lasagna, Recipe Tagged With: once upon a time

Swan’s Hot Chocolate with Cinnamon

February 3, 2016 Leave a Comment

Once upon a time, Season 1 Episode 2 – The thing you love most

Emma (after tasting her hot chocolate) – Cinnamon?

Mary Margret – Oh, I’m sorry. I should have asked. It’s a little quirk of mine, do you mind?

Emma – Not at all

hot cocoa

It’s raining today. Actually its hailing. And I can think of nothing better on a cold, gloomy, day than binge-watching my favorite tv show with a cup of hot chocolate.

But not just any show. No, if I’m going to spend the entire day with it, it has to be something really special.  It has to be full of action, adventure, true love, and maybe have a sexy Pirate and a Prince or two. It has to be Once Upon a Time. Set in Storybrooke Maine, (Storybrooke, like story book, get it?) we find our favorite fairy tale characters have been transported to ‘modern day’ with the help of a curse created by the Evil Queen. The only person who understands the curse is the Mayor’s (adoptive) son Henry. The Mayor, BTW, is the Evil Queen. Henry believes, that with the help of his birth mother Emma Swan, the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming, they can break the curse, return the memories to the town and reclaim their Happy Endings.  

emma-hot-choc

Trust me when I say that if you love fairy tales you’ll love this show. Trust me when I also say that Swan’s hot chocolate plays a significant role in connecting the ‘Charming Family’ and that you should make it right now because its totes amazing. 

Swan’s hot chocolate is not your mostly sugar, teeny tiny marshmallow, paper packet, average borning hot chocolate. It’s so much better. It’s made with finely ground bittersweet chocolate and freshly ground cinnamon. It’s prepared with milk, not water, and topped with freshly made whipped cream. This hot chocolate, just like Emma, will save the day.  

hot cocoa

Swans Hot Chocolate 

Make 2 

Ingredients:

4 oz of high quality chocolate such as Guittard or Ghiradelli (I like dark but if you prefer sweeter you could 2 oz of bittersweet and 2 oz of milk)

2 tbsp granulated sugar

2 cups of milk

1 tsp cornstarch

1 cinnamon stick

Fresh whipped cream and cinnamon for serving

Directions:

  • Pour milk into a small sauce pan and set over low/medium heat.

milk

  • Using a microplane grater over a large bowl finely grate all of the chocolate and the cinnamon stick.

chocolate

cinnamon

  • Whisk the cornstarch and 2 tbsp sugar in with the chocolate and cinnamon.

mix

  • when the milk is hot, but just before boiling, stir in the chocolate mixture.

stir in chocolate

  • Continue to stir over low heat until fully incorporated

stir

  • Remove from heat and pour into 2 mugs
  • Top with fresh whipped cream and cinnamon

Swans-hot-chocolate

Swan's Hot Chocolate
2016-02-02 19:02:52
Serves 2
Not your average hot chocolate, this is made with grated chocolate and fresh cinnamon
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Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
5 min
Total Time
25 min
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
5 min
Total Time
25 min
Ingredients
  1. 4 oz of high quality chocolate such as Guittard or Ghiradelli (I like dark but if you prefer sweeter you could 2oz of bittersweet and 2 oz of milk)
  2. 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  3. 2 cups of milk
  4. 1 tsp cornstarch
  5. 1 cinnamon stick
  6. Fresh whipped cream and cinnamon for serving
Instructions
  1. Pour milk into a small sauce pan and set over low/medium heat.
  2. Using a microplane grater over a large bowl finely grate all of the chocolate and the cinnamon stick.
  3. Whisk the cornstach and 2tbsp sugar in with the chocolate and cinnamon.
  4. when the milk is hot, but just before boiling, stir in the chocolate mixture.
  5. Continue to stir over low heat until fully incorporated
  6. Remove from heat and pour into 2 mugs
  7. Top with fresh whipped cream and cinnamon
By Sandy
Fan Girls Cook http://fangirlscook.com/
 

Filed Under: Drinks, Recipe Tagged With: once upon a time

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