Thank you Nancy and Terri! Everyone I asked around here was giving me a different answer so I thought I would check at the CF. Terri, I used to post here for a long time then I got away from cooking after my Mom died since it is just me I cook for. Now that I have my new kitchen I should spend some more time here. I've got to start giving my new KA mixer a workout - right now it is just a decoration on my counter. LOL I am going away for a girl weekend and I was asked to prepare the food. Those cousins of mine are in for a carboyhydrate rich cheesy chocolately weekend with a little spring salad thrown in and a few bottles of wine of course. LOL I am bringing lasagna, Greek pasta salad, dough to make pizzas, tortilla roll ups, chocolate chip/cherry/skor cookies, 7 layer bars, maybe if I find enough time I will make butter tarts. Spring mixed greens to have with the lasagna. I am trying to find a vinagrette that they might like. My cousin doesn't like Dijon mustard and that is what I put in my vinagrette. LOL Oh well. We are also going to barbeque something but my cousin is in charge of that. All the sauces are cooling so I am ready to start putting the lasagna together. I was just holing off for an answer here. Terri, by the way I hope you had a wonderful birthday! Thanks again. Anne

It will be fine refrozen....and will be safer if you do....given the bechamel. But I would have more sauce to put on before you re warm it. Linda C

There are some very dry, high quality, Italian dried lasagna noodles that I've tried that really require boiling. Or, I should say, you can put the pasta in dry, but it'll soak up all the moisture, giving you a dry lasagna unless you use a lot of very thin sauce. The best way I've found is to use fresh pasta, if possible, or the regular dry boxed like DeCecco, Barilla or Ronzoni. My experience with no bake pasta is that it's like those flat sponges that pop up when wet. It's no easier than regular boxed pasta and has a weird flavor and texture. THE TRICK: Before you lay out all your ingredients (but after they're prepared), fill a baking dish with hot tap water and soak the pasta until pliable. Don't pack them in so they don't stick together. It'll take about 10 minutes. You can do it in your lasagna pan, then lay the pasta out on a towel. You can use your fingers to kind of squeegee the pasta if the water clings. This sounds a lot more complicated than it is. It's just softening the noodles so you can wrap the sides, and so it won't wick away all the water, without all the mess and aggravation of boiling. Unless you leave them in the water way too long, they don't get waterlogged and make the lasagna wet, like boiled noodles can. I always bake immediately. Eggs in the ricotta (one per pound) are the secret to lightness and stability. They help keep the whole thing from going soupy and slide-y. It's probably overcaution, especially as my eggs are less likely to have salmonella as the ones from the big factory farms, but still... If I'm planning to reheat the whole lasagna, I'll only cook it until it's set, and at a lower temperature to keep down the browning. For reheating, I set it out to take the chill off (or thaw) and bake at the same time and temperature it's meant to cook at originally. You can test the middle with a small knife or fat skewer. Pull it out and feel if the metal got hot and if the residue is at a good temperature. I've never had the pasta go mushy in the freezer, but in a casserole style lasagna, it isn't al dente either. It can still be firm, but will be completely yielding. That happens during the first bake. The kind of lasagna that you make by stacking a single portion on a plate can be al dente. :) BUT, I don't make soupy lasagna. It doesn't leak all over the place when cut. Perhaps the pasta would get mushy if there were a ton of loose liquid in it. If that's case, unless you want to wrap the pan, don't bother wetting the pasta. You can use regular pasta dry out of the package, and let it soak up the excess liquid. Good luck! Lasagna generally freezes beautifully.

Where was this question for the past few days.? I thought I had somehow messed up and didn’t post it. Thanks for the responses. The turkey breast is still in the meat drawer. I plan to give it a good hard sniff tomorrow afternoon and if it is at all suspicious I will run out and get another. My grocery store always has thawed turkeys for procrastinators.