Emeril’s One Pot Cooking Party: Butternut Squash Lasagna

I recently mentioned that I was chosen as one of 20 bloggers to post recipes as part of Emeril’s One Pot Cooking Party.  As part of participating, we were given 3 recipes to share with our reader’s Duck Salad, Shrimp Stew, and Tuscan Soup. I posted each of these recipes last week.  This week and next we are to cook 3 recipes out of the book and review the recipes; however, we are unable to share the full recipes.  Not to worry, because at the end of the campaign I will be doing a giveaway for the Zak Bowls and Emeril’s Sizzling Skillets cookbook.

The recipe I tried this weekend was Butternut Squash Lasagna with Italian Sausage and Sage.  To be honest, this recipe nearly did me in!  I was not prepared like I should have been for some reason I thought that I had purchased all the ingredients that I needed; however, when I went to make it many of the ingredients I thought I had, I didn’t.  What did I do?  I improvised several of the spices for ones that I had on hand.  The result?  It was delicious!

It was definitely a different taste than what I am used to as far as lasagna goes and it had a large amount of cheese, but it was something out of our normal which was nice.  I like to fix quick meals and this one was not quick at all for me.  If I had been a bit more prepared it may have been; however, there were several different steps to get to the final result of this dish.

One aspect that I truly loved about this dish was that it made a lot.  My husband and I had dinner, leftovers and then put 1/2 in the freezer to save for later.  It’s the perfect dish to use for freezer cooking.

What do you think?  Butternut Squash and Sausage?  Are you going to give this one a try if you win the book?

I did receive a free copy of the new cookbook as well as a few goodies for participating in this cooking party.  The thoughts and opinions are my own.