Do you put eggs in your lasagna?

[Paint Guru]

I used to make lasagna all the time. When my daughter was young, she loved
helping me wash all the veggies and assembling the lasagna. The only thing
she didn't like? Eating the lasagna. So I quit making it.

Fast forward several years. Now we have food allergies. She has discovered
frozen lasagna that she isn't allergic to. She loves it. But it contains
eggs. And I'm allergic to eggs.

Now when I used to make lasagna, it didn't come out the same way twice. I
didn't follow an exact recipe. I usually used ricotta cheese but
occasionally I would use cottage cheese instead if that is what I had in the
house. I have seen online that you can also use a mix of the two. To this,
I would always add an egg and some grated Italian cheese. Might be
mozzarella, Parmesan, Romano, Asiago, whatever I had in the house. Usually
a mix of things. I would also usually add some chopped spinach, but if I
had no spinach, I would add lots of parsley.

I found it best to cook the noodles first. I would put down a layer of
sauce. I usually made my own, tomato with added peppers, onions and maybe
mushrooms, maybe a bit of carrot, but not chunky. I would use my immersion
blender because I found that some kids wouldn't eat chunks of veggies.
Anyway... I would then put down a layer of the pasta, then some of the
cheese mixture. Then a layer of sliced saut?ed zucchini (to help lower the
carb count and up the veggie count). Then more sauce, more cheese mix, more
pasta then more sauce. I would bake it through and just before it was done
I would add more grated cheese and leave it in the oven until melted.

I have learned from making my meatloaf with veggies (about 1/2 meat and 1/2
veggies) that it is best to saut? all the veggies before using them. This
allows most of the liquid to seep out and it concentrates the flavors. Much
better end result. So if I do make it again, I will for sure saut? the
spinach before adding it to the cheese.

Anyway... I am concerned about making this without the egg. I have seen a
discussion online and the results were very mixed. Some say they never add
egg. But some were not talking about a cheese and vegetable type. They
were talking about one with ground beef and b?chamel sauce. Some did make
the cheese kind and said they never added egg and it worked. Others said
they never used ricotta or cottage cheese and only grated cheese. I could
see this working too, although the end result wouldn't be the same.

So have you successfully made a cheese or cheese and veggie lasagna with no
eggs? I have been buying the gluten free lasagna noodles but using them
broken in chunks for chicken and noodles.

I would LOVE to be able to make and eat lasagna again. My only other
problem is the amount that it makes. At one point I had a huge lasagna pan.
I will have to look. Am not sure I still have it. No matter what I do, I
wind up with soooo much of it! I have made this for my husband's extended
family (Italian, lots of people there for dinner) and although they loved
it, there was still enough for a second day. Yes, I know it freezes, but I
never seem to have room in my freezer for leftovers.

I did buy some smaller casserole dishes for us to use while my husband is
away. Perhaps what I should do is start by pulling out a set amount of
noodles, then cooking and only using those? Using the whole box would for
sure be overkill. Unless perhaps my husband is home. He has no problems
eating leftovers.

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"Polly Esther" wrote in message
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Why would I toss it out? What is in there gets eaten. Lasagna would not.

[Mr Cute]

Oh. Beggin' your pardon, Julie. I thought everybody had things in their
freezer that expired long ago. I have finally tossed the starched clothes I
sprinkled to iron back in '47 and the Science Fair exhibit that didn't quite
work. Polly



"Julie Bove" wrote>

[rory w]

"sf" wrote



Grin, the one you referenced (nancy2) was googlegroups based.

[Infinite Integral]

Julie Bove wrote:


To answer the subject line- yes, I put eggs in my lasagne. The only
vegetables in mine are the parsley in the cheese mixture, and whatever
is in the tomato sauce.

[DorsetsFinest]

"Julie Bove" wrote


Julie, I don't make it often but I've never added eggs. I've done the
cheese sort and the beefy/cheesy/tomato sort. I didn't even know it was
traditional until this thread.

What I am used to is adding lots of various veggies, especially to the no
tomato/beef sorts. A basic white sauce of milk and toasted flour, spices,
cottage cheese, then 2 other cheeses either smallish cubed or slivered (a
yellow and a wite normally), and often tofu ('water fry' in a pan to firmly
golden then cut and add).

Favored veggies (no particular order, depends on what's handy): sauteed
onions, green beans, slivers of garlic, asparagus (cheap canned works fine
here but remove any woody stems), chopped sauteed brussel sprouts, diced
broccoli stems, black olives, chopped fresh spinach, chopped bok choy, leek
greens, mushrooms, okra, asian eggplant. I'm sure others have been added
but those come automatically to mind. Oh! Japan, daikon was added. You
could also add water chestnuts for the same effect but a woody flavor (I
think Daikon would be better here).


Experiment! Cooking isn't a set idea with no variation. Just because you
were used to seeing an egg added, doesn't mean all of us are. Wile most
seem to indicate it, I see several of us never heard of using one.

I suspect the egg relates to using ricotta. With cottage cheese, you won't
have that crumble effect that needs to be balanced with an egg binder.

[mrdreadlocks28]

On 3/10/2011 4:45 PM, Ema Nymton wrote:

Becca,

Try a dash of freshly ground nutmeg in the cheese. Yum.

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[Amberly S]

On 11 Mar 2011 20:14:42 GMT, notbob wrote:

Not just me. You too. I can remember when a new product called
Kleenex was first introduced to the market I lived in. Before that,
we used "potty hankies" when we wanted to blow our noses at home.

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"sf" wrote in message
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Love it! As for the linen hankies, ours were not just tossed in the
laundry -- they were boiled (in a pot devoted just to them).

Felice

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"Julie Bove" wrote in message
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Yes, I know it freezes, but I

Perhaps you could freeze just the leftover sauce. That would take up much
less space.
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