General tips

Time for cooking is often in short supply, but you can cut cooking time in half by making large batches and eating the leftovers another day. In an age when the average American spends only 32 minutes a day preparing food, strategy is crucial to increasing your consumption of local food.


Oven Tips : Cook with the oven door closed. A partially open door wastes energy, costs you money, and warms you instead of the food.


Kitchen Tip : Match the size of the pan to the heating element; more heat will get to the pan and less will be lost to the surrounding air or found by the pan handle! A 6-inch pan on an 8-inch burner will waste over 40 percent of the energy.


Cook safely

  • Don't overload sockets - one plug per socket is the rule, especially if the appliance takes a lot of power (like a kettle).
  • Don't run extension cables across the floor as they can become worn.
  • Is the electric kettle leaking? This can be dangerous.

Buy a smoke alarm fitted with a "hush button" so if it goes off accidentally you can silence it instantly. That way you won't be tempted to remove the battery (except to change it for a new one). If your alarm keeps going off unnecessarily you may need to move it further away from the kitchen.




Vegetable Lasagne (Mcdermott) Recipe
Vegetable Lasagne (Mcdermott) Category Vegetarian Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

9 Lasagne noodles

-(OR as much as needed) 1 lb Tofu

1/2 c Tomato paste (or sauce)

1 -to:

2 c Tomato sauce

-(as much as desired) 1 bn Chard (or spinach)

3 tb Nutritional yeast

1/2 ts Salt

1 ts Thyme

1 ts Basil

3 tb Canola oil

3 sm Onions; -OR-

1 lb Mushrooms

3 Celery stalks

1 1/2 c Cauliflower

Mash up the tofu in a bowl and add salt, nutritional yeast, spices, tomato paste. Chop the celery, caulflower, and onion finely and saute in oil. When mostly cooked add the mushrooms, sliced. When the mushrooms are done, add the vegetables to the tofu and mix well. Cook the lasagne noodles in water until done. This can be done beforehand to save time. Grease your casserole pan lightly with some oil to help prevent sticking. Place a layer of noodles down and spoon some tomato sauce over it. Put a layer of tofu/veggies down. Saute the chard (or spinach) in a pan with just a little bit of oil. When completely cooked down and soft, add half to the lasagne, spreading evenly over the layer. Add more sauce then noodles, then tofu than another layer of chard. Top with more sauce, more noodles and a large amount of sauce (to prevent any burning or drying out of the noodles when they're cooked). Preheat oven to about 350 or 375 and cook roughly 35 minutes, or until bubbly and hot. SERVE! I guarantee it'll be among the best lasagne you've ever had.... From: tara@starburst.umd.edu (Tara McDermott) @Newsgroups: rec.food.veg

 
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