Lasagna Soup

So, you may have noticed, if you've been around me at all this past week-and-some, that I've been obsessed with soup and sandwiches. Well, today is the first REALLY cold day (for me). Wunderground says it's 42 degrees out! So, soup seems to be an appropriate theme. Warm soup, that is. And I REALLY wanted to get rid of all that leftover mac'n cheese from Jeff's Meaty Mac'n Cheese.

I checked out several lasagna soup recipes and adapted them to my I-refuse-to-go-to-the-store criteria. Here's what I came up with:

Cut up 1/2 an onion and a clove of garlic
Saute them along with your meat (I used some precooked sausage and bacon grease)
Add broth (I used 2 cups of water and a chicken and a beef bullion cube)
Add tomatoes (I used a can of "Italian Style stewed" and chopped up a fresh one)
Add seasonings (2 bay leaves, 2 tsp oregano, a dash or two of garlic salt and pepper)
Heat to a boil
Stir in pasta (I had probably a good.......4 cups of leftover mac'n cheese)
Boil until pasta is tender or heated.
NOM

And ta-da! With the ingredients that I used, it didn't taste too much like lasagna. However, with ground beef and an 8oz can of tomato paste added, I could see it working just fine. To serve it in real lasagna-style, the recipes have you add a dolop/serve the soup on top of a mixture of cottage cheese/ricotta and parmesan/mozzarella. I can see that being delicious!