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Meals That Freeze Well - Lidia Bastianich - Lidia's Favorite Recipes
Whether the world is really ending—or whether you're just having a busy week—these six make-ahead meals from cookbook author Lidia Bastianich freeze well and feed many.
By Lynn Andriani
Original Content  |  December 08, 2012
Baked polenta Photo: Thinkstock
A Fresh Alternative to Lasagna

For this baked, layered dish, polenta stands in for pasta. And, like lasagna, it is marvelously versatile: Fillings can range from cheese to vegetables to meat—or a combination of everything. This iteration uses a mushroom ragu, which Bastianich says is "a great vegetarian sauce, very complex and satisfying."

Get the recipe: Baked Polenta Layered with Mushroom Ragú
Printed from Oprah.com on Saturday, May 25, 2013
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