The Best Lasagna You'll Ever Make (Lasagna For Two) | Julia At Home (S3 E3)
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- Lasagna is a perfect dish for a crowd but too much work for feeding just two. We found a way to cut back the labor, and the proportions.
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As an older single person living alone these smaller recipes are a great help!
ditto as middle-aged single. always need more bachelor chow
Little casseroles like this freeze really well too. Just pack in foil, then cling film, then parchment, and you can store a few of these in the freezer for dinner in a pinch. Especially great if you have a random eat-in date night or a friend come over with little notice. I have a couple small lasagnas and baked zitis stored in the freezer at all times just for this reason.
Edit: the multiple layers of packaging help prevent freezer burn. Plus it's easy to write the instructions on the parchment.
@@TheHomerowKeys That's nice to know. That was my first question. Thank you.
Yes. Need more single person dishes.
I appreciate these small portion recipes! ⭐
@@fabbi9548 Yes, a lot of recipes are for large groups.
This is a perfect recipe for me as I live alone. Dinner for one and then leftovers the next night! Who doesn’t like leftover lasagna…
I LOVE THIS WOMAN. I've watched her for years, and I love her more with every episode.
I love the Julia at Home series. This lasagna is probably one of the best.
As a teenager living alone, these smaller recipes are a great help!
OMG!!! This is perfect for a bachelor like me. I hope to see more smaller meals like this. Thank you Julia.
Perfect timing with this! I have a friend with ALS and I like to make him foods he likes. He asked me if I would make him a lasagna just a couple of weeks ago. Well I am not much for lasagna so I put it off. Now I am happy to say I have no excuse so this Friday he will have lasagna for the week end! Thank you so much
This recipe looks tasty! However, unless you have no fridge or freezer space, I rarely see the advantage of making smaller quantities of recipes like lasagna that reheat well. Restaurants don't make lasagnas to order, they're pre-baked and finished on demand. If anything, I think lasagna is better after it cools and is reheated, as it becomes more cohesive. Making 3-4x the quantity requires very little extra work, especially once you include cleaning up. Lasagna also freezes wonderfully, baked or unbaked.
That said, freezing smaller ones in loaf pans is a great way to portion up lasanga for 2 people, and you don't need to have a special deep, full-size lasagna pan. I'll definitely use that idea!
ATK: this lasagna serves 2.5 people
ME: laughs in Italian
I know 🎉😂, it's for one Italian person ❤🤪🤣🤣
@@chordsofgratitude2073 Not Italian, but I would eat the whole thing too. It's perfect for one person. 😂
Me (a grown arse man): "So, I'm eating alone tonight?!?!" 😢
@@ManyGhosts, IKR? 😂 This can be a hearty meal for one! ❤
ive done this lasagna 100's of times and it comes out so delicious, ATK's cooking for two and cooking for one cookbooks are amazing
I appreciate these so much. Not everyone has a huge family to cook for every night. Minus when we are visiting my folks, it is just my husband and I (child-free folks) for dinner.
I love this. The only thing I do different is I add a dash of red wine to the meat mixture when raw(helps break it down).
This is a great idea for us two retired folks,but we also like left overs for the next dinner or two as well as maybe some lunch`s.
Me too! I'm thinking this might be just right if doubled. Doubled, it would fit an 8x8 perfectly. And looks like it would finish a whole pack of noodles! 💕🌞🌵😷
Thank you! This is perfect for an active retired couple! A new use for my Emile Henry loaf dish!!
Love the scaled down version!
Smaller recipes or sized down versions of large classic family meals are the best. I would love to see more of them.
I hydrate the pasta in boiling water for a minute. I lay them out on paper towels to dry. I like the taste better because sometimes some of the pasta tastes uncooked to me
Such a simple idea that I never would have thought of. And a great way to use leftover sauce from a big batch made for other purposes. I definitely will be doing this with my mushroom marinara for this pescatarian household.
This is one of my favorite recipes from the Cooking for Two cookbook!
I'm ordering it right now!!
'JULIA'S ATK!'
Thank you Julia.
Now, I'm very hungry!
I love this. Julia is just the very best and I watch her every chance I get. This is the perfect size for an older couple who don't eat quite as much as they once did. Plus there might be a small bit of left over for next day lunch. I also would like to freeze several for those nights I'm too tired to dream up dinner. Thank you.
My husband and I do something similar since it's just the two of us, but I swap out the lasagna noodles for zucchini sliced lengthwise. I reduce the tomato sauce by a little to compensate for the water that's released by the zucchini. Delicious and low carb! (I also replace part or all of the mince with loose Italian sausage for extra flavor)
A mini lasagna 😋 what a concept 💡 during my adult life I became use to cooking for five, well now I'm only one and retired. I am going to make this just for myself, thankyou ☺
I use italian sausage and beef combo for the meat sauce. Also will sometimes top with pepperoni like you would a pizza
Looks DELICIOUS! As I am just cooking for myself, I really don't want to make a BIG pan of Lasagna. And this quick recipe is just perfect!
Definitely going to try! Did anyone else notice the dog’s head near the counter? I’d say the recipe has a 4-paw review! 😆🐾🐾❤️
Paw-itively!
Ziggy!
Oh, that's such a cute presentation for a small serving of lasagna! I love the idea of smaller servings, really makes the leftovers manageable living as just a couple.
Looks delicious, Julia. Only change I might make (based on my own homemade spaghetti sauce recipe) is to add some dried oregano and a few red pepper flakes with the garlic when making the sauce. Looking forward to trying this. Thanks for sharing.
Dried oregano sounds like it would be very good to add!
Great recipe! Hey, I saw a cute doggie right at the end. Love it.
I make a similar recipe, with cottage cheese instead of ricotta, at least a few times a month. My trick is to assemble it at lunch when I'm working from home. Let it sit 5-6 hours in the refrigerator until time to bake at dinner That way you can even use regular noodles, without boiling, and they cook up fine in under an hour.
If I'm going to go through the effort to make lasagna, I may as well go ahead and make a full batch so I have leftovers. Because otherwise, what am I going to do with the rest of the packs of ground meat, or the ricotta, etc.? Give me a recipe that doesn't end with a bunch of random ingredients that are going to be hard to use up before they go bad.
I’ve mostly been making the “pancake lasagna” recipe from Food Wishes lately. It sounds weird, but the crepe-like egg noodles are great.
Looking forward to try
Thinking of replacing the pork with some sweet Italian sausage.
So great to have a recipe for 2! Lasagna is something I don’t tackle for just 2. I will now! Thank you!
Julia’s uploads have been on fire lately.
I like a few leftovers. I'm thinking this might be just right for us if doubled. Doubled, it would fit an 8x8 perfectly. And looks like it would finish a whole pack of noodles! 💕🌞🌵😷
When I think about lasagna, I think about how much lasagna will fit in my oven. 😂
@@sociopathmercenary when I think of making lasagna is how bad my back feels after all that work! Even if I make the sauce and cheese filling ahead 8f time! 💕🌞🌵😷
This is perfect for bringing to a new mom and dad! I can't wait to make this for my friends!
Glad finally cooking for a few people
If memory serves, in another ATK lasagna recipe they preferred cottage cheese over ricotta. Cooked cottage cheese is never grainy, and you can eat the the remaining (unused) cottage cheese as is.
I remember that too. My mom used cottage cheese and I kind poo pooed it, because it wasn’t “Italian.” I think it should be blended up tho.
Yeah, their beef lasagna recipe. Growing up, mom always used cottage cheese in hers.
Great recipe. The only problem is that you cannot meat or ricotta in those small portions at most grocery stores. The solution, I guess, would be to buy a 1/2 each of meat and a small container of ricotta and make two. You would have to adjust the amount of tomatoes and onion. You could bake them in two disposable loaf tins. Then freeze one once cooled for another time.
That was a wonderful demonstration for a smaller version of lasagna. Perfect for me. I didn’t know that 2 types of ground meat should be used. I will definitely try this recipe especially with no boil lasagna noodles.
Love it! Would love to see more of the small recipes for two!
Need to add at least 1/4-1/3 cup of water over this before the cheeses on top, it cooks so much better and noodles need that moisture, pour around the sides in tablespoons.....
love this recipe. Thank you. Perfect for household of two
Perfect for just us two seniors. Two meals. It freezes well.
Thanks Julia, I definitely need to make this for my family soon. But I have to triple the recipe 😋
Love you ATK but this is wildly under seasoned. WILDLY. I cannot imagine 1/8tsp salt across that entire casserole. Bland.
Did I also miss any sort of Italian seasoning? Bland is right.
I can't believe how quick that was! ❤
Makes it easy to do for a weeknight vs. all day making a sauce. Thanks, Julia!
I love ATK, and this recipe looks amazing. I will say tho this recipe is pretty much the same amount of work as making a full dish of lasagna. Idk if id want to spend this much time w/o leftovers... Its just me and my wife and I make a 9x13 dish. Half of it feeds us dinner and lunch then freeze the other half (i know its not as good but super convenientto to reheat). I guess to me its nearly as much effort but gone to fast 😢 But its all good whatever people choose.
These were my thoughts as well! In fact, I'd rather make a full dish simply because I'd use all of the raw ingredients like the ricotta, block of mozz, can of tomatoes, etc. I don't buy '6oz' cans of tomatoes, 8oz of ground meat, and 3 sheets of lasagna noodles. May as well just make the full recipe and freeze it... or just eat it until it is gone - no one gets sick of lasagna.
I also like it with sausage meat, and with cut up pieces of Italian sausage. Thanks for the tip about packaged shredded mozzarella cheese, I always wondered why it didn't melt well
The point about the noodles fitting a loaf pan was clever!
That recipe is perfect for my husband and I who are empty nesters. When I make lasagne, I usually end up with far too much and we have to eat it for days,
It freezes very well. I freeze individual slices and take to work for lunch.
Julia, I too am appreciative of this size as I'm single and I know when I bake a lasagna, I tend to overeat. This is perfect for 2 meals.
Looks like a personal size lasagna to me
8:41 ---is that a dog's head or a crew member?
Hilarious!! Maybe a crew member hoping to catch some crumbs? Or budget cuts - they're using pets for minor jobs around the set?
Delete the ricotta instead use béchamel. Perfection.
Either is good ❤
Always remember,
lasagna freezes great!
Looks out of this world! I must have someone make it this for me cuz I'm not able to cook anymore. They will want some also.❤❤
I don't like no cook noodles. Too gummy starchy. For a nice clean lasagna go the extra step, boil and make them al dente'.
The no boil noodles I've tried ended up with a weird texture. Do you have to increase the liquids if you use them?
Thank-you so very much!!! This helps us odd single folks out a lot!
What's so odd about being single? 😅😂😅
I dunno, I find the no boil noodles somewhat starchy. I'll boil my own.
Love this recipe. Perfect for 2 people. ❤
I mean I'd be adding more cheese layers but that's just me. It's the cutest little lasagna I love it!
This is very similar to the way I’ve made lasagna for years… my tip is to spread the ricotta mixture onto the ready-to-cook noodles before adding them to the bread pan
Yay!! Small portion.
The Mrs. said "putting basil in the ricotta instead of parsley is absolutely mint!" 🤣 Do with that what you will
As an aside, I love the purple flowers by the sink🙂
looks perfect. Will try it.
Yum! Thank you Julia, great idea with small portion recipes, we are empty-nesters & no longer cooking for an army! according to my father-in-law…😂 may he rest in peace. I just love to cook to have more & have leftovers than just not having enough foods. So, your recipes will help me tremendously, Thank you again, 🫶😻🐶🙏🕉☮️❤️
Omg so saving this! Looks delicious ❣️🤗😘🙏
Nice mini lasagna! For the ricotta mix, my dad uses a combination of cottage cheese and spinach. It's pretty good, too.
I recently started adding smoked mozzarella to lasagna and it’s amazing.
I might try this, only doubled, since I usually cook for 2 nights for my wife and me. 2 loaf pans: one to eat now and the other to the fridge overnight.
I love this lady❣️😘🙏
I like the idea of making the lasagna in a loaf pan.
JULIA! Perfectly sized family food for small families or us one person cooks! More, please!
Great Cheesy Recipe! However, I think the opposite and rather make a large casserole dish (9 x 16) so I can eat what I want and freeze the rest. ❤
More recipes for singles using the toaster oven please
Great make ahead freezer recipe!! I live with my aging mother so most of the time, I'm only cooking for us. This is perfect. Would love if you started a playlist of "For Two" recipes!!! Thanks, Julia!!
Their website has many recipes for two and they've published a few 'for two' cookbooks including one with 650 recipes about 10 years ago.
@@charlieharris3240 I figured they did but I'm more of a visual learner so love to see the recipes come together more than just reading the recipe.
DELICIOUS!! THANK YOU! ❤🎉
for two lol, very funny
I knew this was coming up based on previous posts. Yayyy!! I feel like I could make a bunch of these in an aluminum little loaf pan then freeze for family and friends that could use it. Freeze before baking right? Any idea on timing Julia? I could add a little note for instructions 😊
Julia could you please share the 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 loaf pan. I have looked all over the web for one and can't find one. My loaf pans are bigger than that. If you could please share the one you used that would be wonderful. Can't wait to try this delicious recipe!
I’m on it! 😊
I'm single, so this is how i've been making my lasagna for years - loaf pans for the win.
Thank you, it’s looks so delicious.
This is just smart
Looks delicious. I only wish I could find riccata in smaller containers.
Or as I call this… Lasagna For One!
Awesome content as always. I have to work and have short time from arriving home and cooking dinner. How much can I prepare in advance?
I've heard that chianti also goes well with liver and fava beans
I always make my lasagna in a loaf pan. So easy to cut for leftovers. Love you Julia
Thank you!
You know what else goes perfectly with Chianti?
Liver…and fava beans
No oregano?
what about adding a little baking soda to the meat to aid in browning?