Lasagna fixer upper?

I made lasagna tonight for our first course on Thanksgiving - but some of them (I needed 4 for our size party) came out really bumpy and just yucky looking. I did start to run out of shredded cheese at the end. When I reheat should I just add more shredded cheese the day of? More sauce? Thick slices of mozzarella?

Any ideas? I don't want to give MIL the first course to make comments on

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Well how do they taste?

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Did the top dry out? If so, the noodles will be hard and it will be tough to fix that now (in terms of texture of noodles). But I would definitely add extra sauce while reheating and cover with foil (to lock in moisture) and then uncover for the last part of the reheating and add more mozzarella then. Melted cheese always makes anything look appetizing. Maybe even finish it off with some ribbons of chopped fresh basil when it's out of the oven. It will definitely look pretty then!

I assume you plan to freeze, thaw, and then reheat. Just fyi - I know from experience when hosting holidays that refrigerated lasagna takes a LONG time to reheat so that the center gets hot. So plan accordingly.

When I host Easter for a huge crowd (like 35 people), my mom usually brings a couple of pans of lasagna. But we started having her make the lasagnas and bake it at home, and then wrapping them in towels or an insulated tote or something to keep in some heat, and then just putting them back in the oven before serving (rather than making way ahead of time and having to reheat from the fridge). It just saves me time that way when trying to get a million holiday dishes on the table.

I know that may not be feasible for you. But I know oven space is precious on Thanksgiving. I host that, too, and even with double-ovens, it's hard for me to time everything well.

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Thank you- this is really helpful. Yes - I am freezing them for Thanksgiving. So I don't know how they taste yet - hoping good:). I will make sure to leave time to take out of refrigerator and then heat earlier in the day. I also read that microwaved pieces taste better, so worst case we can do that- although its a lot of servings.

Thanks again!

Lasagna fixer upper?

Make them into lasagna roll-ups, their less messy on someone's plate when taking a bunch of sides on their dinner plate and they look pretty.

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Lasagna fixer upper?

Boil the noodles and lay them flat, put your ricotta mixture, cheese, seasonings and spread evenly down the noodle. Then roll it up and place in pan with sauce on the bottom so they don't stick. Pack them in pretty snuggly. Put some more sauce on the top (Don't drown them) and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.

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