PINT - I must be getting old!

 

 

Interview With A Boo Boo

Boo Boo sez - "That's what the people want to see."

ML: How old are you tomorrow?
BBLL: Five and I am going to Chuck E. Cheese and go in the ticket blaster!
ML: Yes, you are.  What does it mean to be five?
BBLL: That means I can go in the ticket thing and get my own chair and cake and ice cream...AND stop what are you doing?
ML: I am typing what you say..
BBLL: Oh, did you just type that?
ML: Yes.
BBLL: And you get five year old stuff for your birthday.  Not baby stuff. 
ML: What kind of things will you be able to do when you are five that you couldn't do before?
BBLL: I couldn't do karate...
ML: You couldn't do karate?  Do you want to learn karate?
BBLL: No.  And I couldn't reach stuff, but now I can reach high.  That's good.
ML: Yes.
BBLL: Now can I talk more about Chuck E. Cheese.
ML: Ah no.
BBLL: I am done, I can't think of anything else.  Did you put new songs on my iPod yet?  And stop typing, the people don't want to read that much....

Flashback Friday - When We Were FAB FOUR!

Boo Boo Turns FIVE on Sunday - this is what I posted for her FOURTH Birthday last January 9th, 2010!





Enjoy our memories...


...today after our struggle to get out the door, they weigh heavy on a mama.

I cannot believe this picture was taken nearly four years ago when we first came home from the hospital. My mother and I were trying to figure out what was wrong...she was so mad about something! I loved that little froggie outfit - if it was clean, she wore it.


This is what I usually saw looking up at me on maternity leave...the I am hungry and WIDE AWAKE face. :) I took many pictures like this one.

Mornings as she was able to sit up - and afternoons when she woke from a nap - I was greated usually with a smile. She never used to be crabby when she woke up; I wonder when that changed?

Booger Lickin' Good!

Learning cool stuff - like my feet smell.

She is always making faces - just ALWAYS! Look at the evidence in ALL the picutes...

I used to have to MAKE her pose...that changed. (I loved that shirt and those cute Ecco Shoes!)

Hoppy Easter - or "The Bunny Santa" is coming to town...

I see this face A LOT! It says, "Mom, you are NOT serious."

Tired Pooker.

Again, she is embarrassed by me at a YOUNG age...

Did someone fart?

Peek-A-Boo! I see you...

Quite often she puts her hands to her face, fingers in mouth, when taking photos. It has begun to annoy me....

So she and I are even!

I am still not sure if she was annoyed, or confused. ;)

And now we are in our "Show Off" years.

This one says, "PLEASE can I have it?"

She gets TOTALLY excited by ANY present or treat.

I hope that lasts for a while...

She TRIES to be a mother hen...

I love my family a lot. I will sit with EVERYONE!

When I get tired...I get tired.

Such a happy face...I love this face.

BLAH!

Fashonista's at the after party from "The Paper Bag Princess" premiere.

Dressin' Up is fun to do!

I am Princess Osh Kosh of the Milky Way

Move over Beckham!

Here is what I hear, "See mama, I TOLD you..."

Frogs? Forget frogs. I kiss FISH!

Heidi Klum goes to pre-school...

I AM Ariel. Who are you?

Ha Ha Ha! Bouncy Houses are the best!

I plan on starring in "Zoolander: The rise of the Daughter"

I got a Barbie!

Daddy's little goofball say "Wha?"

This little light of mine...

I love to watch her shine and be silly and confused and just about everything.
Yes, I am ready for my next modeling gig in Paris.
Poor Boo Boo - she just wants to go to school.
She is my sweet angel and I love all of her faces.

Even...

ACK! The public cannot see me at the hair salon! Be GONE people!

But be back at 4pm for my birthday party.

Kisses, Boo Boo La La

They Call Me Mama Lena (really, I just made that up.)



Picture Courtesy of http://www.fauxmartha.blogspot.com/

So yesterday I got this email response from my friend Beth (the one on the far left in the picture):

Thanks Lisa! I will have to check it out. (I told her about LaGrolla in St. Paul) And, I am definitely going to get the gel polish! (If a salon offers you a gel manicure, DO IT!) If you have your recipes from Lasagna night typed up Harry and I would love them. He asked me if you made those all or if they were from a restaurant! (I am BLUSHING ten shades of pinky-red!) 

So I responded and I thought, hmmmm??? I wonder if my blog friends would like a good lasagna recipe.  Sorry, no pictures though - BOO Mama Lena!  My response MIGHT be long-winded but I personally believe I must SHARE where I tweak recipes and add in exactly what I used when possible.  Keep in mind when I make lasagna it takes a MINIMUM of three hours to do it right - all the chopping and cooking and assembly, then baking!  So it is definitely a Saturday or Sunday project.

damn, now I am hungry

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Tell Harry THANK YOU for the compliment. Lasagna and fettucini alfredo are Terry's two favorite things -so I have prided myself on perfecting fettucini alfredo and lasagna, just call me Mama Lena - the Norwegian-Itallian chef.


I use my laptop in the kitchen so I don't write any recipes down any more. I just save them on website recipe boxes or my favorites in my browser. Here are the absolute best lasagna recipes out there I have found - and I have tried about 20!

For the version of this we had at the cabin I added a 15 oz can of tomato sauce to the recipe and tripled the goat cheese. I normally add the tomato sauce but not the extra goat cheese - I think its to "dry" without the extra sauce. I also use just one container of the sweet itallian turkey sausage links from Jennie-O I think it works best with the sharpness of the goat cheese, although I have used hot itallian turkey sausage and pork sausage before when it was what I had in the freezer. (p.s. the extra goat cheese was FANTASTIC and that amount at Costco was the same price as the four ounce package at Cub or Target.)

Ina's Turkey Lasagna

For the one with bolognese sauce I added 15 oz can of tomato sauce only because I was freezing it - and I use 8 pounds of canned tomato in dice form instead of fresh for quality control - that is about 9 cans of 14 oz diced - I used the organic Del Monte ones you can get on coupon at Costco every so often - I always buy two or three cases of them.

I find that the sauce is A LOT - that one recipe made TWO lasagnas and left over for making bolognese - but I only did two layers of pasta and three layers of sauce in each pan. I don't have a lasagna pan that would fit as many layers as Alex suggests. When I made one lasagna last time the bonus was the leftover bolognese - it made GREAT "sloppy joes" later in the week.

Also I cook the carrot, onion and celery for quite a while over medium-low heat. I like them really soft and carmelized. She says five minutes, I do about 15.

And YES it takes a CUP of olive oil. The first time I freaked out about that cup - but it takes that much.

Alex's Old School Lasagna with Bolognese

Bon Apetit!
Lisa

WW - Merry Christmas and a Sassy New Year!

Who else got a warm winter dress?