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I made a lasagna for dinner tonight since Giselle's new friend was going to eat dinner with us. At the last minute she got cold feet - she's never eaten at anyone else's house other than hers or her grandparents' houses.
Starting from the bottom of the 8x10 pan (needless to say that all ingredients were organic - whatever that label is worth these days):
1 cup of homemade pasta sauce
3 partially cooked whole wheat lasagna noodles
3 cups of uncooked fresh spinach - torn into manageable-sized pieces
salt
3 partially cooked whole wheat lasagna noodles
2 cups of ricotta mixture (1 -16 oz container whole milk ricotta, 1 egg, 8 oz shredded mozz and Parm cheese, Italian seasoning, 1 TBS garlic puree, salt & pepper)
1/2 cup homemade pasta sauce
3 partially cooked whole wheat lasagna noodles
1 cup diced roasted chicken
2 cups of uncooked fresh spinach - torn into manageable-sized pieces
salt
2 partially cooked whole wheat lasagna noodles
remaining cup of ricotta mixture
2 cups of pasta sauce
4 oz shredded mozz and Parm cheese
cooked at 350 in the toaster oven for 70 min, let sit for 20 min.

Dinner was ready at 6 pm which is earlier than usual for us, especially since it was REALLY only 5 pm.
Now the kids are out back racing radio-controlled cars with Joe while the dog is stuck inside staring out the screen door drooling. After all, those are HER rc cars that they're playing with!

Giselle says that it's too light outside for it to be time to get ready for bed in 5 min. Since we've already eaten dinner, I'm taking this opportunity to get them ready for bed early so that we can finally read some more of Peter Pan AND have the lights out by 7:30!