Lasagne & Salad Supper by Jessica, Amenah and Hannah

There we were, Thursday afternoon with nothing much to do and tummies starting to rumble. So we looked around the kitchen and scraped together a few ingredients, then decided on lasagne as it was the last thing me and Amenah had cooked in school that we got an A for!

Mum had to drive us to the nearest supermarket to pick up some Lasagne sheets as we'd run out, but the rest we had. This is what we did. First me and Amenah peeled and chopped the onions which made us cry cos they were so strong and it took us ages. Then we fried them in a pan with a bit of oil and added loads of mince till it sizzled and went brown.

After chopping and sieving 2 tins of tomatoes, I spooned them into the pan, then added the tomato juice and a teaspoon of bouquet garnet and 3 bay leaves. Amenah was in charge of stirring it all up now and again and adding salt & pepper.

We made the white sauce by melting about 3 tablespoons of margarine and then adding about 2 tablespoons of flour and mixing it up. This went back on the heat then I stirred it again while adding about ¾ of a litre of milk, some salt & pepper. This had to be heated until it got thick, but we had to keep mixing it every now and again so it didn't lump up. continued below

Lasagne & Salad Supper continued by Jessica, Amenah and Hannah

Into an oven dish we spooned a layer of the tomatoey meat, then a layer of lasagna sheets topped with the white sauce and we kept on layering like this until all the meat was used up and the top layer was the white sauce.

Now we grated a big lump of cheese and sprinkled it on top of the whole lot, then cooked it in a hot oven for about 25 mins.

Next it was Hannah's turn to make the salad. She washed a lettuce carefully to get all the slugs and soil out (Mum had picked it fresh from our allotment) and put it into a bowl. Then she added tomatoes from the greenhouse, slices of cucumber, onion and some peppers.

These are our results and this is all of us enjoying it in front of a video that our friend Ian brought round. It turned out a fun night after all! Have fun and happy cooking! Jessica Author age 13.

Lasagne & Salad Supper

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