Have You Tried Pre-Baked Noodles for Easy Lasagna?

[raebates]

We have a fondness for flaky taters here at the Bates Motel. We also have a fondness for mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, fried potatoes, potatoes au gratin, . . .You get the idea.

 

[chefann]

mmm... reminds me of the scene in Lord of the Rings wherein Sam explains potatoes to Gollum: Po-ta-toes. You can fry 'em, mash 'em...

 

[crystalscookingnow]

I don't know what I do wrong, but every time I've tried to make chicken in the crockpot (I can count that on one hand!), it's always dry. I must cook it too long, but I've never been happy with how chicken turns out for me. Maybe I need to find some better recipes!

These are fun threads....I don't know what I'm making for dinner tonight. It may be leftovers from yesterday. Egg salad (it's the first time in 5 years I've actually used my Egg Slicer for eggs!!) and a mixture of odds and ends- a cheeseburger, some leftover pasta and fruit salad (although the kids have eaten most of that). Hmmm, not much of a dinner. I may need to find something else easy to make that doesn't require defrosting meat. I always forget to do that in enough time.

I did mine tonight for the first time & thought I'd report back. It was really yummy! I did the chicken (frozen), dry italian dressing seasoning & 1/2-3/4 c. water. I cooked that on low from 10:30a - 3:00p today. Then I took the chicken out. I added frozen broccoli, sliced mushrooms & cream of mushroom soup to the broth that was in the cooker. I then put the chicken back in & cooked it on high for 1 1/2 hours. The chicken literally fell apart as I was taking it out. I served it on noodles, but I think mashed taters would be better.

 

[janetupnorth]

Well I just ate a REALLY good roast that slow cooked in water and lipton onion soup for 12 hours! It fell apart and was tender and wonderful (got to love home grown cows!).I cheated (like I did with the roast) and made a package of Betty Crocker Roasted Garlic mashed potatoes and a package of brown gravy. Kids got peas on the side too.Simple, easy dinner yet delicious - got to love those!

 

[sfdavis918]

Oh my goodness, my lasagna turned out really yummy!! I used the pre-baked noodles from Barilla. Have any of you used those? I've been using them for a while now. Makes a lasagna so easy to put together, it took maybe 20 minutes, including browning the meat. If you haven't tried them you should! (Oh and I just used the recipe on the back of the box for the lasagna.)