Lasagna Tonight, what 6 cans of 8 ounce tomato sauce looks like

Made Lasagna tonight, finally using up the free box which was here when I moved in... how many years ago? There were 7 noodle sheets left in the box, and I intended to use them all.

Changes I made from the recipe on the back:

I used 1 pound of ground turkey, adding some chopped onion (the remainder of the red onion from the potato salad recipe) and chopped green pepper (which I bought as marked down produce on the 3rd). Seasoned it with onion & garlic powder, some black pepper, and some thyme. Then after it was suitably browned, broke it up in my crank chopper for better consistency in the meat-sauce mixture the recipe said to make. Added basil, oregano, and sage in the crank chopper to better spread it around. Tomato part of the sauce was a free 15 ounce can of low sodium tomato sauce & 1 14.5 ounce can of no salt diced tomatoes. Recipe says to get 2 25.25 ounce cans of marinara but I got enough anyway.

Cheese mixture was 1 pound of ricotta, 2 eggs, 3/4 cup grated parmesan. I had that ricotta since July. I had plans since then for lasagna.

Cooked the noodles in boiling water in a skillet until soft (about 7 minutes) and I always wonder if I actually cook them long enough and I don't find out until after it bakes. And I got them cooked perfectly. I try to get them soft enough to droop but still needing some baking so the lasagna sheets draw moisture from everything around them so it coagulates. I find it odd the recipe on the box says to boil 5 quarts of water and use THE WHOLE 1 POUND BOX and the recipe says to use at most 6, because you ain't going to need more than 3 wide in a 13x9 pan and you're doing 2 layers.

Used Queso instead of provolone, did the layering, got it covered, baked it as specified, and let it cool. My Teppanyakii steel spatulas were PERFECT for cutting and serving lasagna! And it tastes so good I had a hard time stopping... but I managed it. Into the fridge it goes.

Also included a photo as to what 6 cans of no salt 8 ounce tomato sauce looks like when it's delivered correctly. Also I thought I had water left in the skillet after cooking the lasagna noodles but it evaporated after coming back an hour later while I watched Nyana's return strim.

Cole slaw dressing aged 10 years is so smooth

One of the things I bought on Monday while shopping was a 99 cent marked down bag of coleslaw mix. Today, I finally opened my 2nd and final aged bottle of Aldi cole slaw dressing. This came out of the bottle easier than the 1st. It looked unappetizing to be sure... But the contents extruded itself out of the bottle and onto the slaw mix in the container I had ready.  Gave it a good mix. It didn't smell bad at all. If anything, preliminary tastes showed this to be even better than the 1st. Hours later, I had a few fork fulls. Smoother, less sweet, less harsh, less vinegary. It made for a nice brown shaded cole slaw with an incredible deep flavor note. So smooth and creamy. A shame Aldi hasn't stocked it on the regular since then. 

This bottle has a Best By date of Apr 13, 2017, so if it was made months previous, that might make it 2016. I'd like to say this is a 10 year old bottle of slaw dressing which aged gracefully thanks to the apple cider vinegar. Yes, this beats KFC.

August shopping was 76° and partly sunny

Today was for paying rent, monies, and refills. I didn't get out as early as I'd hoped - at least I got the cat pan cleaned last night to toss out today and it hadn't even begun to ferment into ammonia!

While cleaning up & organizing my office area, I ran across the errant money order I bought in June for paying the cable bill - only I wrote it payable to my building instead! Disney Drug Fart & Eastern Onion don't do refunds if you f_ck up a money order, so you just have to figure it out yourself. Thankfully, I was able to unf_ck that situation. I had forgotten about that money order by the time July started because of Michael Weekly's passing... But last night, I found it again, and all I needed was another $97. Which happened today.

Getting out wasn't too bad. Got a free can of no salt added peas (I love canned peas). Got pulled in backwards at the credit union to make the walk to the front door shorter - ONLY TO HAVE SOME JERK PULL INTO THE HANDY CRAPITATED SPOT NEXT TO ME. Now I have to walk AROUND their car...

Got pulled into my 3rd favorite spot at DDM, and my red chariot was waiting and plugged in, but man did the last idiot not park close enough & had to stretch out that cord.

Had 2 refills, checked my 2 pieces of paper I had printed last month (trash), got my personal payments done, and just as I was about to fill out the 1st money order, the pharmacy had filled my 2 requests. Nice. Resumed carefully writing the correct things on the correct money orders.

Also back in June, Jean helped me not only with the money order problem, but also the lack of TP - I forgot to buy some in June due to my money order problem!! Today, I finally used up the last bits of the last roll of that pack she got me. It lasted 2 months! Last month I bought an 8 Mega Roll pack which had been marked down because 2 rolls got turned 90° in the package. Discounted sh_t tickets? Sold! Bought a cheap 4 pack today - just in case.

ALSO DISNEY DRUG FART HAD FRISKIES CANNED TURKEY PATÉ CAT FUD!!! Every time I have been to Walmart for the past couple months, they've had ALMOST NO Friskies cans on the shelf AND NO TURKEY unless you bough the $10 multican pack and then it was only 4 cans in there!! SO I BOUGHT 11 CANS. 1 of those is the shredded turkey, but the other 10 are what I usually get. Now I have the happy problem of buying 3 or 4 more cans so I can set up pairs - I run Poofball's food in a 2 can sequence. 1 not turkey (like Salmon), and 1 can of Turkey. This is how I found out he doesn't like any of the white fish stuff but loves Salmon, Tuna, Chicken, and Turkey. 9 Lives Super Supper he will eat, Mixed Grill he eats begrudgingly, and then lots of others he tries to bury like poop.

Produce - wish me luck. I bought a pack of Romaine lettuce. Also grabbed a pouch of marked down coleslaw mix - I finally will open & mix up the dark, aged bottle of unopened Aldi brand slaw dressing. This has aged to a very dark color & I promise I will take a photo before opening, maybe video. I had 2 of these probably just before Mom passed, and I don't make coleslaw very often. I'll buy a bag only to make okonomiyaki! But the other bottle didn't smell bad at all, was difficult to remove from the bottle, and tasted very good!

I guess I need to call Tracfone and ask why my amount of minutes dropped from 3,200 to 3,167 when I added 60+60 minutes. Also my SMS number went down instead of up. My service date was extended and my data went up, but not the other 2 numbers.

There were a lot more items on my list which I did not get due to not liking the price or they didn't have it. I'm going to make Mom's BBQ Potato salad recipe & Walmart likely has what I need. I should visit Meijer again though their prices weren't great.

Got gas, went to McDonald's for a Sweet Tea for my 2 Acetaminophen for pain relief (I had taken 2 way earlier & they would have faded by now), and made it back only to park next to... a running car? Did the owner turn on their car by remote? I didn't see him in it.

While gathering spoons to enter the building, I saw a Uhaul park outside & thought someone's moving out... only to find someone was moving IN. So I guess the previous occupant moved out somehow. At least it wasn't 204!

Got up & saw a recent order was dropped at my door. Thank you, Gofo!

Went through the list, listened to a couple Seinfeld episodes on the TV as I put things away (I had seen them when they originally aired), and managed to get to bed & pass out for 3 hours when Poofball woke me up for food.

I will now recover for the doctor appointment on Thursday.

AND OH YES - I BOUGHT A METAL STAPLER!!