- Today, I'm taking David into the kitchen
to show him a quick easy meal they can prepare and have ready
when they come home from work. - We're both kind of foodies.
But at home, we just want to make each other happy and have
something healthy.
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David, I love that you and Mary cook in the kitchen
all the time.
You normally use mail delivery systems.
We do.
They deliver the ingredients and then we cook
them, whoever is home first.
- That's really convenient. - Yes.
But it can also get to be expensive.
It is very expensive.
So we're going to be making a dairy
free, gluten free lasagna, which I think Mary is going to love.
She's going to love it.
You will too because it's very tasty.
Oh, good.
And I have a little something extra,
but I'll show you that later. - OK.
All right.
It looks like a lot, but the great thing
is this is all going in one pot to cook down,
then we'll just start layering our lasagna together.
OK.
I'm going to turn on the stove,
add a little bit of olive oil, and let's start
with the onion and the celery.
Thank you.
I'm a good passer.
I can tell.
The garlic.
OK.
And then let's do the tomatoes.
We can do tomato paste next.
OK.
I heard you actually plan your vacations
and your weekends around the food that you're going to eat.
We do.
We went to Spain because we wanted
to try different Spanish foods, especially the tapas.
Let's do the chicken sausage.
We went to Fiji because we want to try the food there.
Oh, you guys a real foodies.
We do love a good meal just about anywhere.
Pass me the basil.
Here you go.
And the bay leaves.
So now, I'm going to add the star of this dish,
of course, which is a soulful seasoning salt because it
comes with a lot of flavor. - All right.
And then we also have some fresh oregano.
I'm going to pop a little bit of that in there.
Seasoning salt. Can you hand me that lid?
Sure.
Thanks So we're just going to let
this cook for about 20 minutes.
OK.
So now, we're going to work on our ricotta.
OK.
So we're going to mix the up aquafaba
with the vegan ricotta.
OK, and how do you make the vegan ricotta?
I took some almonds and put them in a food processor,
add a little bit of oat milk, a little water,
and a little salt. - That's it?
Yep.
Now we're going to hydrate it with aquafaba.
OK.
Why don't you go ahead and give that a nice turn?
Looks good.
Our meat sauce should be ready now.
Let's go ahead and start layering this lasagna.
All right. Let's do it.
Hmm, this smells so good.
It does.
We have this tomato sauce which is going to be our base.
So let's do our first layer of pasta.
OK.
Next layer is our meat sauce.
Excellent.
Now, our next layer is the ricotta.
Put a little all over the place.
Looking good. What do you think?
I think it looks great.
So now, we're just going to repeat all those steps again.
OK.
Do you think Mary was impressed when
you met that you could cook?
I think she was surprised.
She was surprised that I could actually sing.
She was surprised that I could actually cook, so.
What surprised you about her? Anything?
How kind she is and how giving she is to everybody around her.
You don't meet a lot of people like that.
All right.
Doesn't look good? - It does.
And then, we're going to go ahead
and use this finishing fresh tomato sauce.
Mm-hmm.
And then we're going to layer it
with our fresh tomatoes and basil,
just going to make them look pretty.
All right.
Boilen lasagna noodles can always
be a little bit of a hassle, sometimes
they get stuck together. So I want to tell you a hack.
OK.
Instead of boiling them the traditional way,
you can boil your water, then pour it into a pan,
lay the noodles in, cover them with foil,
and let them sit for about 20 minutes, and they'll steam.
Oh, that's amazing.
Yeah, then they'll be nice and al dente.
Wow, and I mess them up a lot.
So this will be a really good hack for me.
- You should try. - I will.
Let's go ahead and cover this, and then
we're going to put it in the oven for about 30, 45 minutes.
OK.
All right.
Now while that's cooking, I told you that I
had a little something special.
Yes.
We're making your cat some tasty tuna cat treats.
That sounds good.
Fresh, easy to make, only four simple ingredients.
OK.
So put in our oats, put in our tuna, diced carrots, and peas.
And then we're going to go ahead and put in a little olive oil.
OK.
Why don't you go ahead and stir that up?
All right. That's great.
OK.
So what we're going to do now is
we're going to roll these into little balls
and we're just going to put them on this parchment paper.
There you go.
OK.
The animals will love me tonight.
Mary, not so much.
Right.
All right. Those are super simple, right?
- They were. - OK.
Let's set those to the side and just move the bowl out the way
because I think our lasagna is done.
I can smell it.
All right.
Let's see we're working with here.
Drum roll, please.
Oh wow.
Oh, that looks good.
That looks so good.
Let's go ahead and break up some fresh basil.
OK.
And then sprinkle it on top.
Fresh basil is one of my favorites.
All right. You ready to taste this?
I am more than ready to taste this.
- OK. - Looks so good.
Doesn't it?
That looks like real cheese.
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That is really good.
Think Mary will like it?
If she gets to have any of it, yes.
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I will do that.