Virtual Hot Shots for the Chilly Canucks

Ahh - remember Hot Shots? Those things were awesome.

First, to warm your bodies (as requested):

SPINACH LASAGNA BECHAMEL
Printed from COOKS.COM

SAUCE:
6 c. milk
1 c. butter
1 c. white flour
Salt and pepper to taste
1/8 tsp. nutmeg (don't skip this - it makes the sauce)

LASAGNA:
1/4 c. vegetable oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 c. onions, chopped
2 lb. spinach, frozen, thawed and drained (I used fresh - much nicer)
3/4 c. chopped fresh parsley
1 lb. ricotta or cottage cheese
2 eggs
2 c. grated Parmesan cheese
2 c. grated Mozzarella cheese
1 pkg. lasagna noodles

Sauce: Heat milk until hot but not boiling. In another pan melt butter. Whisk in flour, cook 3 to 4 minutes, stir constantly. Add milk gradually. Stir until sauce thickens.

Lasagna: Saute garlic and onions in oil until translucent. Stir in spinach and 1/2 cup of parsley. Set aside. Mix rest of parsley, ricotta or cottage cheese, eggs, 2/3 cup Parmesan cheese. Cook noodles al dente. Better yet, don't cook the noodles. Just layer the raw noodles in the pan as you would if they were cooked.

Oil a large pan, layer ingredients in following order. First, 1 1/2 to 2 cups of Bechamel sauce, 1/3 of noodles, half spinach mixture, all of Mozzarella. Next 1 1/2 to 2 cups of sauce, 1/3 of noodles, all the ricotta mixture, the rest of the spinach mixture. Finally, 1 1/2 to 2 cups sauce, remaining noodles, the rest of the sauce. Sprinkle 1 1/3 cup of Parmesan on top.

Bake covered at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Uncover for another 10 minutes. Remove from oven and allow 10 to 15 minutes for lasagna to set before serving.

(Hey, if you can't go outside, might as well stay inside and carb-load.)

Second, to warm your souls:

Six months from now, we'll all be complaining about the heat and wishing we were going down waterslides.