Earlier this week we got a belated wedding present from Pop Culture Librarian: The Grit Restaurant Vegetarian Cookbook.

I decided to start with a simple, classic recipe: Spinach and feta lasagna.

I'd never made lasagna before (gasp!) and the Metallurgist came home from work only to witness me running around the kitchen, burning my hands on the lasagna noodles.

And then she was nice enough to pour me a drink.

In the end things turned out surprisingly well.

And amazingly enough (for how tasty it was), along with the spinach, feta and mozzarella there was also tofu in the recipe (again: gasp!).

Too bad I can't thank Pop Culture Librarian by bringing her a piece, since she lives in Seattle and we live in Chicago. Maybe I could Fed Ex it?