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Get a take away then you can all decide what you want and lila-bill if you go for curry you could always pick a really nice and spicy one and induce your labour, nothing worse than going over your due date!!!!! that will get you out of the washing up!!!!!

Yes relishmama, bay and nutmeg in mine always... I also add a tub of cottage cheese, seived... this is really lovely and is lower fat than other cheeses (although that isn't why i use it!)... I never miss the parmesan on the top though!

in my white sauce i warm the milk with a bayleaf in and a pinch of nutmeg to give a lovely rounded flavour.

Yes tina i do add a cube but don't worry if the white sauce is not so thick as it thickens while baking. In the white sauce I also like to add chopped parsley.

sorry adrien, i forgot to say yes you make up a white sauce as normal, butter, flour and milk but i find that you get a better texture by adding an egg yolk sometimes i add ricotta too, depends if i have some in the fridge but i always add a stock cube gives it more flavour too have you tried it yet adrien?

Tina as you didn't mention do you put flour and butter in your White sauce? I find there is not need for an egg yolk.

forgot to say this makes a large one that feeds about 6 peeps, also the white sauce is about a pint and a half and needs to be quite thick before you add the egg yolk, i would say greek yoghurt consistency, because you want the white sauce to sort of set much better that way

adrian, unfortunately we don't get that gorgeous ravioli that you get in malta, so it won't be the same, gawd i miss that and pastizzi and the piselli pies

lasagne is easy peasy, it is a good one to make, this is MY recipe

a couple of carrots (peeled)chopped roughly
a couple of stalks of celery (peeled)chopped roughly
a couple of onions (peeled) chopped roughly
3 cloves of garlic (peeled) chopped roughly
put above ingredients into food processer/blitzer and chop till very fine (good way of disguising veggies from kids)

fry in a large fry pan or sauce pan, till soft but not brown, add some minced beef about 800grams to the veg mix and 2 beef oxo cubes

turn the heat up to brown the mince, once brown and cooked turn the heat down to a simmer and add about 2 tbsp of tomato puree, and a little bit of water (helps dilute the puree) then a good tsp of paprika (unsmoked)
add either a can of chopped tomotoes (without the juice) or 3 ripe fresh tomatoes (chopped)
add some corinander/parsley salt and pepper and simmer on a very low heat for about 2 hours adding a bit of water if necessary, it mustn't be too wet or too dry

whilst the ragu is cooking make the white sauce

make a basic white sauce i normally add either a chicken oxo cube or a veggie one to it and an egg yolk (when cool), when you are about to assemble the lasagne you should have everything ready to hand,

first a layer of the mince ragu
second layer of lasagne
then ragu
then lasagne
then ragu (layer until the ragu is finished)
then lasagne
and finally finish with the white sauce
and top with cheese
sprinkle with paprika

cover with foil
and bake in a lowish oven about 150 (mines a fan oven) until the pasta is cooked
remove from oven and cool put in fridge till saturday morning and reheat when guests arrive

hth

I would go with some shop-bought ravioli (some porcini mushroom or asparagus?) and some lemon-sage butter that I saw cooked on GFB the other day - dead easy and some nice fresh parmesan and rocket salad.... you don't want to be doing lasagne that pregnant - HTH, and good luck with the baby!

What I had done in the past also is after boiling the raviolli, I put some sauce in an oven proof dish place raviolli on top and the rest of the sauce with lots of grated Romano and Mozzarela. But if too much work for you forget it. My wife was absolutely worn out when preganant. But your in-laws should understand your condition..

Whoops I had a dyed grey hair moment there..it was in the Best magazine.

I saw a recipe somewhere yesterday (can't remember where! the memory is going now) anyway it was basically Ravioli at the bottom of the dish, then meatballs on top, covered with a jar of tomato and herb sauce..M&S do a nice one, and 1 or2 Mozzarella balls in slices on the top. It looked really tasty a nice little salad to go with, and away you go..

I still think that Lasagna is a lot of work for someone who might be tired etc. I say again there is nothing wrong with a Raviolli dish.

LOL I didn't think of that when i said that, well if you hate your in-laws give them a store one! (only kidding)

Buy a ready made 1!!! Sure a bit of sudan 1 won't make the in-laws any worse! (Sorry!) Thanks guys!

hi, lila-bill, agree with Rustie - you could even cook it on Friday, but without the cheese on top - add cheese and reheat on Saturday. Please be careful to make sure that it is really hot all the way through - especially as you are pregnant. Take care.

The simple answer lila-bill, is yes, you can make it friday, cool it, keep it in the fridge, then reheat thoroughly on saturday. Have a lovely time and make sure you get help with the washing up!! You don't want to go into labour in the middle of dinner either!

I know you are in a jam right now what with being pregnant and all. You can handle making a nice Tomato sauce. So go and get some frozen raviolli and it will be great. A good bottle of wine to go with it also.

That was funny.

You'll be lucky they have all been taken off the shelves

hehe, when I was 9 months pregnant it was my excuse not to do cooking, If I was you I would buy a ready made one and pass it off as your own lol what they dont know cant hurt them