{"id":10009,"date":"2014-11-26T06:31:11","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T14:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=10009"},"modified":"2014-11-24T12:33:34","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T20:33:34","slug":"bite-me-lasagna-perfect-comfort-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2014\/11\/26\/bite-me-lasagna-perfect-comfort-food\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Bite Me<\/em>: Lasagna perfect comfort food"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9847\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9847\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bite2-FOR-WEB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9847 \" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bite2-FOR-WEB.jpg\" width=\"280\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bite2-FOR-WEB.jpg 466w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bite2-FOR-WEB-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bite2-FOR-WEB-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bite2-FOR-WEB-180x270.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Bite Me<\/em> is our regular food column (file photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As cold weather settles in, we crave hot comfort food. If you have a crock pot (if you don\u2019t, you should invest in one), here\u2019s a really easy and great way to make lasagna.<\/p>\n<p><b>Crock Pot Lasagna<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Total time: 4 hours, 45 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Prep time: 45 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Cooking time: 4 hours<\/p>\n<p>Serves: 8<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<p>1 pound ground beef<\/p>\n<p>1 medium onion, chopped<\/p>\n<p>2 garlic cloves, minced<\/p>\n<p>1 can tomato sauce<\/p>\n<p>1 cup water<\/p>\n<p>1 small can tomato paste<\/p>\n<p>1 teaspoon salt<\/p>\n<p>1 teaspoon dried oregano<\/p>\n<p>8 ounces lasagna noodles, uncooked<\/p>\n<p>4 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded<\/p>\n<p>1 1\/2 cups small curd cottage cheese<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Directions:<\/p>\n<p>1. Brown beef, add onion and garlic. Cook until onion is softened.<\/p>\n<p>2. Stir in tomato sauce, water, tomato paste, salt, and oregano. Mix well.<\/p>\n<p>3. Spread one fourth of the meat sauce in an un-greased slow cooker. Arrange one third of the noodles over the sauce.<\/p>\n<p>4. Combine the cheeses.<\/p>\n<p>5. Spoon one third of the cheese mixture over the noodles.<\/p>\n<p>6. Repeat layers twice.<\/p>\n<p>7. Top with remaining meat sauce.<\/p>\n<p>8. Cover and cook on low 4 to 5 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As cold weather settles in, we crave hot comfort food. If you have a crock pot (if you don\u2019t, you should invest in one), here\u2019s a really easy and great way to make lasagna. Crock Pot Lasagna Total time: 4 hours, 45 minutes Prep time: 45 minutes Cooking time: 4 hours Serves: 8 &nbsp; Ingredients [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-columns","category-november-26-2014"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10010,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10009\/revisions\/10010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}