Stouffer's Lasagna

[Anonymous]

If it is a plastic pan, you can certainly transfer in a proper pan. If it is an aluminum pan you can skip this step.

I would just some easy veggie sides. Like a big Salad, or fresh sliced button mushroom cooked in olive oil and garlic, roasted medley of brocolli cauliflower and carrots, and maybe some meatballs in jarred sauce. Certainly add some garlic bread if you want.

I like the idea of lots of

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stouffer's lasagna comes in an aluminum pan, not plastic. It doesn't need to be transferred to a different dish.

Think it depends on the size. Smaller ones that could fit in microwave or oven are in plastic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it is a plastic pan, you can certainly transfer in a proper pan. If it is an aluminum pan you can skip this step.

I would just some easy veggie sides. Like a big Salad, or fresh sliced button mushroom cooked in olive oil and garlic, roasted medley of brocolli cauliflower and carrots, and maybe some meatballs in jarred sauce. Certainly add some garlic bread if you want.

I like the idea of lots of

veggi sides so that you can make the meal somewhat healthier and more "home made". (sorry hit submit too soon)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go to costco and get their ready made stuff to put in the oven. Done.

The Costco lasagna is good, IIRC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of steamed broccoli & carrots on the side. Get a couple of fresh baguettes from local bakery in the afternoon (super cheap, probably $5 for 2). Slice those and bake on a sheet in the oven with butter and garlic.

Blech. I wouldn't serve that to my family, let alone guests, and certainly not with lasagna.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stouffers lsasagna is great all on its own. Just cook it as ia ans serve frm there. You're not tricking anyone into thinking its homemade.

Serve salad, garlic toast andd maybe a couple artichokes.

Agree with this. Except no artichokes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stouffers lsasagna is great all on its own. Just cook it as ia ans serve frm there. You're not tricking anyone into thinking its homemade.

Serve salad, garlic toast andd maybe a couple artichokes.

Agree with this. Except no artichokes.

+1 Serve a light dessert like sorbet, ice cream or fruit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No shade, but why not make your own lasagna, if you're concerned with baking plastic? Lasagna is not difficult to make, especially if you use the noodles that you do not have to boil beforehand.

I just don’t want to, to be honest! I’m still coming off thanksgiving and have two different birthdays to plan and host. Making a big short rib or pork rib meal and don’t want to assemble a lasagna too. Stouffers because ILs are used to that kind of food and a local lasagna might be too “spicy” for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No shade, but why not make your own lasagna, if you're concerned with baking plastic? Lasagna is not difficult to make, especially if you use the noodles that you do not have to boil beforehand.

I just don’t want to, to be honest! I’m still coming off thanksgiving and have two different birthdays to plan and host. Making a big short rib or pork rib meal and don’t want to assemble a lasagna too. Stouffers because ILs are used to that kind of food and a local lasagna might be too “spicy” for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of steamed broccoli & carrots on the side. Get a couple of fresh baguettes from local bakery in the afternoon (super cheap, probably $5 for 2). Slice those and bake on a sheet in the oven with butter and garlic.

Blech. I wouldn't serve that to my family, let alone guests, and certainly not with lasagna.

Really? What would you do instead? Vegetables sound good to me…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No shade, but why not make your own lasagna, if you're concerned with baking plastic? Lasagna is not difficult to make, especially if you use the noodles that you do not have to boil beforehand.

I just don’t want to, to be honest! I’m still coming off thanksgiving and have two different birthdays to plan and host. Making a big short rib or pork rib meal and don’t want to assemble a lasagna too. Stouffers because ILs are used to that kind of food and a local lasagna might be too “spicy” for them.

I am a different poster, but PSA for all: You never need to boil lasagna noodles. Ever. Just put them in uncooked.

And I think stouffers is perfect for in-laws who find Italian-American restaurant food "too spicy". Get a nice Pepperidge farm frozen coconut cake to round things out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No shade, but why not make your own lasagna, if you're concerned with baking plastic? Lasagna is not difficult to make, especially if you use the noodles that you do not have to boil beforehand.

I just don’t want to, to be honest! I’m still coming off thanksgiving and have two different birthdays to plan and host. Making a big short rib or pork rib meal and don’t want to assemble a lasagna too. Stouffers because ILs are used to that kind of food and a local lasagna might be too “spicy” for them.

I am a different poster, but PSA for all: You never need to boil lasagna noodles. Ever. Just put them in uncooked.

And I think stouffers is perfect for in-laws who find Italian-American restaurant food "too spicy". Get a nice Pepperidge farm frozen coconut cake to round things out.

Same. I think it will be a meal that they will be very happy with. As another poster indicated, add a green salad, garlic bread or Texas toast, and then the PP's suggestion of a Pepperidge Farm frozen coconut cake. Sounds delicious to me!

Let me know what time you're serving and I'll be there!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No shade, but why not make your own lasagna, if you're concerned with baking plastic? Lasagna is not difficult to make, especially if you use the noodles that you do not have to boil beforehand.

I just don’t want to, to be honest! I’m still coming off thanksgiving and have two different birthdays to plan and host. Making a big short rib or pork rib meal and don’t want to assemble a lasagna too. Stouffers because ILs are used to that kind of food and a local lasagna might be too “spicy” for them.

I am a different poster, but PSA for all: You never need to boil lasagna noodles. Ever. Just put them in uncooked.

And I think stouffers is perfect for in-laws who find Italian-American restaurant food "too spicy". Get a nice Pepperidge farm frozen coconut cake to round things out.

Or just let them select their own individual Little Debbie cake(s).

[Anonymous]

OP, go ahead and transfer it to your own pan. Serve with a side salad and whatever else you like and that puts you at ease. We are smack in the middle of two holidays, and at some point, it’s just too much to always make a fuss. There is nothing wrong with a Stouffer’s lasagna for a family night. Enjoy yourself, and do not worry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No shade, but why not make your own lasagna, if you're concerned with baking plastic? Lasagna is not difficult to make, especially if you use the noodles that you do not have to boil beforehand.

I just don’t want to, to be honest! I’m still coming off thanksgiving and have two different birthdays to plan and host. Making a big short rib or pork rib meal and don’t want to assemble a lasagna too. Stouffers because ILs are used to that kind of food and a local lasagna might be too “spicy” for them.

I am a different poster, but PSA for all: You never need to boil lasagna noodles. Ever. Just put them in uncooked.

And I think stouffers is perfect for in-laws who find Italian-American restaurant food "too spicy". Get a nice Pepperidge farm frozen coconut cake to round things out.

Same. I think it will be a meal that they will be very happy with. As another poster indicated, add a green salad, garlic bread or Texas toast, and then the PP's suggestion of a Pepperidge Farm frozen coconut cake. Sounds delicious to me!

Let me know what time you're serving and I'll be there!

Thanks, I think I’ll do garlic knots made of crescent rolls (again, my ILs know and likes crescent tubes!) and salad. Semi homemade ice cream cake for dessert, it’s a birthday!