Baked Beans Lasagne

So, the other day I got home to realise that my options for supper were quite limited given that I haven’t gone grocery shopping in a while.  Ah, the joys and sorrows of living on your own. After thoroughly inspecting the fridge and grocery cupboards, I decided that baked beans was to be my supper of limited choice. It was pretty decent as well, only thing was that it was quite a big can of baked beans for one little me and the result was enough baked beans to last a very long while. So, I thought to myself, what does one do with baked beans ?For a long while, I couldn’t get scenes from Dennis the Menace out of my head, but then, I thought what about a baked beans lasagne. Turns out, it was a pretty good meal. Here’s what I did :

First I made a chutney with the baked beans:

1)      Cook half an onion in two teaspoons of oil. Turn down heat once onions transparent.

2)      Add in two chopped tomatoes, or you can use half a can of tinned tomatoes like I did  (convinced that there are no good cooking tomatoes in Johannesburg)

3)      Add a teaspoon of chilli powder, a quarter teaspoon of turmeric powder and salt. Close the pot lid and allow to cook for about 10 minutes or until it resembles a chutney.

4)      Add in your can of baked beans. Cook for a further 10 minutes.

Now you can layer your casserole dish with first a layer of baked beans and then a layer of lasagne.

Repeat this step. Cover the last layer of baked beans with cheese. I added oreganum as well to give it that awesome smell as it was baking. Bake for about 35 minutes in a preheated oven on 180 degrees.