Stouffer's Lasagna
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Anonymous
It’s fine OP. Really. It isn’t like you are making the tater tot casserole. I’d take a Stoffers lasagna over some cream of something casserole any day |
Anonymous
It's okay OP. Full disclosure, I have a Stouffers lasagna in my freezer. It's tasty when we need it. Having loved ones over is the important thing. Secondary is what you are serving. |
Anonymous
Or Wegmans prepared food section |
Anonymous
Stouffers is great. We bring a couple to the beach each year. So easy to run up to the house at 5, plop them in the oven, and run back down to the beach for evening drinks. Dinner is done with no work! Voila. |
Anonymous
I think it's like people who enjoy canned green beans (just an example.) If it's part of your upbringing, you know the Stouffer's doesn't taste like homemade, but you're okay with it. It tastes like Stouffer's which can be nice on occasion, maybe even comforting. I'm older and I (unfortunately) am more sensitive to processed flavors, but some of this lasagna is enjoyable to me sometimes. Reminds me of my mom who made it. She was an awesome cook for some things, but wouldn't know a lasagna noodle if it hit her. |
Anonymous
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This is all so very DCUM.
Have a wonderful time with your family, OP! It's not about the perfect lasagna, it's about being together. If you want to make it a "nice meal" serve it on the fancy china or decorate the table nicely. Put on some music. They'll appreciate you for hosting no matter what. |
Anonymous
| I bring a Stouffer's Mac and cheese to most church pot lucks and it is often the first empty item. I feel guilty but it seems to work. |
Anonymous
Yeah, I'll pile on. That two layer lasagna sounds disgusting and I would not be caught dead serving that to guests. Or my family. And we have Stouffer's lasagna like 2-3 times a year. We like it and it is so much less work than homemade lasagne (which I make routinely). But when you have a busy weekend and you are trying squeeze household chores around activities and errands, sometimes being able to pop a frozen lasagna into the oven and continue whittling at the long to do list and then have dinner ready, is just what you need. |
Anonymous
+1 I tried this once for my family during a really busy time. They wouldn't eat it, even my husband who grew up with this kind of food. My kids won't eat Stouffer's Mac&cheese either (though DH does). I think it really does depend on what flavors you're accustomed to. For frozen foods, they don't mind some EVOL products but I don't think they make anything family-sized. So I mainly stick with Fresh Direct or Wegmans for prepared foods, though apparently FD is dropping that part of their business. 
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Anonymous
| Lasagna is a weird thing for the food snobs to get uppity about. At its most delicious it’s still just a casserole. There’s not a wild difference in taste, texture and quality between homemade or restaurant lasagna and Stouffers (and I don’t care how good yours is, Sharon). |
Anonymous
Uh no, there is an immense difference between food that tastes very processed like Stouffers and a lasagna made with a homemade sauce, no artificial ingredients etc. |
Anonymous
*polite, anticipatory cough* And which those were, again? |
Anonymous
| Costco's frozen lasagna is much better, about the same price, and comes in a foil pan. |
Anonymous
Pretty sure someone who freaks out about baking in plastic is not going to feel better about aluminum. |
Anonymous
It is very outdated info that cooking in aluminum is harmful. I have no problem with aluminum but I'm not a fan of the plastic. |