A lesson in Lasagna

If you know me at all,

you know that
I DON'T EAT CHEESE.

In my attempts to be a good wife,

I have started cooking with cheese.

A few months ago, I tackled

lasagna (Jake's favorite food).

The recipe called for Parmesan, 

mozzarella, and ricotta cheese.

Excuse me, what is ricotta?

I went to the supermarket and 

found the Parmesan easily enough...

Then I went to the deli and they sliced

me up some fresh mozzarella 

(only the best for Jake!)...

Then I asked for this mysterious "ricotta."

The man behind the counter 

was stumped.  He said deli's

don't carry ricotta.

So he sent me to the fancy cheese 

section, and sure enough, I found a

wedge of "ricotta." The recipe

called for 16 oz. and this thing came in

lbs, but oh well.  I found it.  Great!

It was a little pricey, but

I bought it and took it home.

The recipe then tells me to combine

the ricotta cheese with an egg.

Strange...but hey, I've never

made lasagna before!  

So I grated up that ricotta cheese

and mixed it with an egg.

It looked very...clumpy.

A few hours later, 

the masterpiece was complete:

Jake and the missionaries loved it

(at least that's what they told me).

A day or two later, I was shopping

at Target and came across this:

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh...(Picture the
proverbial lightbulb above my head).

So THAT's why my mom's

lasagna contained something

 cottage cheese-y. 

Well, lesson learned.

Next time I'm skipping the

fanciness and going straight

to this crockpot lasagna.

5 ingredients,

no ricotta,

done.