Had a surprise birthday party for my younger sister's boyfriend the other day (15 to 18, 16-17+ yr olds)... Well we were trying to figure out, how do you feed the equivalent of a high school football team? Spaghetti! 4-5lbs of hamburger, a gallon or two of tomato sauce, some spices, cooked up the noodles and it was game on..
They had a blast at the party, but being a decade older yet the cook, i had to find a balance between "Yep, he made the food" & "He's a decade older, he's not trying to be 'cool' is he?"
Anywho - how's that relate to today? A whole bunch of leftover s'ghetti sauce... Being a thinking man, i seen the lasagna noodles in the cupboard (I'm american, waste-not-want-not, so if you're italian-american and this is borderline offensive, well, i'm almost sorry)
So i took the leftover sauce from the fridge, introduced it to the stove for "meet 'n greet"... Simmered it down some, cooked up the lasagna noodles and slapped a pan of "poor man lasagna" together... Didnt have ricotta, didnt have mozzerella.. Didnt care
... Layered it up, faked it with a bit of parmesan in the middle layer, only had colby jack to put over the top but... Made something outta nothin..
Comes outta the oven in a bit..
Somehow, i did this all wearing a white shirt.. And its still white!