Sarah and Paul do Dinner: Lasagne with Spinach

This recipe is done on the fly with nothing pre-prepared; it's cooked as it's written! The spinach is added for colour and visual excitement though, word is, the stuff is also good for you! Here's our recipe which serves us with a little left over for lunch tomorrow. Tasty, tidy, fast. Enjoy.

Meat Sauce
300g mince -> brown in a non-stick pan, oil if u like
onion -> finely chopped, added to meat when almost cooked
3 cloves garlic -> crushed, chopped and added

When the onions are translucent and there are no more strong onion fumes add a good splash of red wine (5tbs).

Add

1/2 tsp ground lemon pepper
400g tin chilli kidney beans -> add the juice
400g tin peeled tomatoes -> remove any remaining skins

Flavour(s): dash of Basil, Tarragon, Dill, or whatever u please. With a big bag of Cumin from Egypt on the shelf we've tended toward this bias of late. A good teaspoon adds a real warmth to a mince meat sauce.

200g frozen spinach - 4 frozen cubes or so, pre-melted in the microwave for a minute or two.

Simmer and stir regularly. The sauce should be runny with loads of water content for cooking the pasta.

White Sauce
Make a roux:
2 tbs butter, melted in a saucepan
2 heaped tbs flour

Mix flour until all the butter whips into a paste.
There should be no unmixed flour in the saucepan.

Add 1/2 cup of milk or so
Heat mixture and *as it boils* remove from heat and stir to mix

Repeat the process until a light, runny and smooth roux results

Add a handful grated cheese
2 tbs cream cheese
1 tsp klare brühe / vegetable stock cube / salt to taste
1/2 tsp white pepper - more to taste

Stir until smooth.

Assembly
A lasagne is basically meat and cheese on a pasta sandwich!