A Pinterest First!

While at work yesterday I started planning what would be a delicious meal for the snow storm that was coming. Then it hit me, the one meal I really wanted, the one meal that would be my first true label reading meal, Lazy Man Lasagna. I went to my trusty Pinterest to see if there were any suggested gluten free recipes for this but there were none... zero! So I took that as a challenge that I accepted.

This is a meal my Mom makes a lot so I asked her to send me her recipe and since I was already going to be stuck in traffic, I had no problem taking the time to stop at the stores needed. First stop was Ocean State Job Lot which carries the Sam Mills Gluten Free Lasagna Pieces. This was a brand highly recommended to me by a friend whose child has celiac. Next stop was Market Basket which for the first time in my life was a ghost town so I took my sweet time navigating all the gluten free options in the store so that next time when I'm rushing I know exactly what I'm getting. The first ingredient I went for was the Ricotta Cheese. Since I always keep my phone in my hand when shopping for quick Google access, I realized most of the their brands were not gluten free. Thankfully in the fancy cheese section I found Antonio Whole Milk Ricotta. It obviously cost a bit more but I appreciated only having 3 ingredients (that I can all read) on the label. For Shredded Mozzarella I was pleased to find that the Market Basket brand was perfectly safe. For sauce I picked up Classico, then Old Neighborhood Italian Sausage and 93% lean ground beef. The rest of the ingredients I already had at home so after some fun in the snow in the parking lot I headed home to put together my delicious meal. 

My finished product that Keith calls a "winner"

The recipe (substitutes are in the beginning narrative)