Last night we dangerously prepared a vegetable lasagne for our hosts Dave and Marti. The one provision for going to their place this week was that we all did the cooking and after deciding on which ingredients to bring (I was left to provide cheese and desert- a superb Roulade from Sainsbury’s) we got going.
Ti began proceedings by bunging all of our prepared vegetables into a pan but we soon realised that it was never going to fit so the emergency pans came out. Lentils were happily boiling away on the side but we put them on far too early and they didn’t look healthy so they were thrown out! Jamie joined us mid-preparation and added his stirring skills to the mix before we decided to entertain ourselves with a dual of kitchen utensils. I went, obviously, for the ladle (see New Years Eve post if you don’t know why this was my choice!) while Jamie chose the whisk. In a battle to the end, I think it ended as a draw after Ti distracted us with her photo taking!
Back to the meal and we just had a feeling that something spectacular was about to happen. We weren’t let down as the cheese sauce came to the boil and spilled over the pan, creating a mesh of cheesiness on Marti’s hob. Dave looked on from the lounge with suspicion at what on earth was going on but he let us get on with it.
The end result was in fact very good and cooked to perfection. Marti made some home-made lemonade and we saw in Sunday night with the usual laughter and fun. It’s going to be awesome when we all live in the same area next year...that was without doubt one of the best times I’ve had while cooking and every meal should provide this much jovial activity!
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