Tonight we are having leftover ravioli lasagna. Boy was it good! Recipe below.
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Ravioli Lasagna
1 (10-ounce) packages chopped frozen spinach
1/4 stick butter
4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 quart milk
Freshly grated nutmeg, to taste
Salt and pepper
3 cups ricotta cheese
1 tablespoon fresh lemon zest
4 cloves garlic, minced
4 packages large fresh ravioli cheese, wild mushroom or spinach stuffed varieties
2 (15-ounce) cans artichoke hearts in water, drained and thinly sliced
1 1/2 cups grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
Bring a large pot of water to a boil for pasta.
Place oven rack in middle of oven and preheat broiler or oven to 425 degrees F.
Defrost the spinach in the microwave for 10 minutes on high.
While spinach defrosts, heat a medium sauce pot over medium heat. Cut butter into small pieces and melt. Whisk in flour and cook a minute or 2 then whisk in milk. Bring sauce to a bubble, as it begins to thicken, drop heat to low and season it with nutmeg, salt and pepper, to your taste.
Combine ricotta cheese, a little salt and pepper, lemon zest and garlic in a bowl.
Cook pasta to al dente, 5 to 6 minutes in salted water.
Remove spinach from the microwave and wring it completely dry in a kitchen towel. Open the towel and separate the spinach with your fingers. Pile up the sliced artichokes on your cutting board. Drain pasta well. Ladle just enough white sauce in the bottom of a lasagna dish to lightly coat it. Top with 1/3 of the pasta. Top the pasta with a layer of half of the ricotta cheese dotted with half of the spinach and artichokes. Thinly cover the veggies with more white sauce then top liberally with grated cheese. Repeat these layers then top your lasagna with the remaining 1/3 of the cooked ravioli, the last of the white sauce and some grated cheese.
Place under hot broiler or into a preheated 425 degree F oven until sauce browns and bubbles, 3 minutes.
***I did not make the bechemel sauce. I just used jarred spaghetti sauce. It turned out awesome. Also, I made the lasagna in the morning, didn't bake it, and put in the fridge. Later I put it in a 350 oven for about 45 minutes. Worked great!!***
Onto what I know you are all wanting to hear about. Yesterday with Robin

Well, our eye-candy day took quite a turn. We only got one movie watched and we started watching it at 6:30 p.m.! She got here at 10:30. Yes, we chatted 8 straight hours. How cool is that?
We talked, and talked, and talked. And I mean about EVERYTHING!!!! The subject of Saturday came up somehow and I danced around the subject a little bit, laughing about Kevin and Scott in their geek talk and how I've learned to tune them out. Do you want to know why we didn't talk in the car Saturday?
Scott AND Kevin told her I sleep in the car. In the midst of the geek talk I wasn't saying anything. She thought I was asleep the whole ride!!! Dang those Dunn brothers!! The way she was sitting in the back seat, there was no way she could tell I was awake. I felt so much better after that. After our day yesterday, I have no worries about taking another road trip with them. It's all good now
She is not as much of a girly girly as I am, so I never expected her to ever get very deep with me. But yesterday I learned soooooooooooo much about her. I know her on a whole different level now. She confided a lot in me. She left at 9 last night and boy did I feel better about the whole thing. She is truly my girl and now I don't think I'd ever have any problems telling her things that are on my mind.
She is coming to my ILs on Christmas Eve. We always to our Christmas then. We get together mid-afternoon and open gift with my mother and father-in-law. Later the rest of the family comes over and we have dinner. We had decided last Saturday that the two of them would come over to our house before Christmas and the four of us would open our gifts there. We were discussing when last night. She suggested New Years Eve. I had thrown out the idea of doing NYE at our house. Just dinner and watching movies or something and hanging out. They seemed interested. So now the 4 of us our doing our gifts then. Cool eh? New Year's Day we are talking about going out to eat and going to see National Treasure 2.
So as you can see, everything is cool. I feel so much better about everything and am not worried about going on trips with them anymore. Thanks so much for all of your advice and just listening to me vent. I just love you guys. You're the best
