Lasagna Cupcakes Two Ways

Years ago, my brother requested that I create lasagna cupcakes.  This was before anyone had ever heard of lasagna cupcakes; a Google search for lasagna cupcakes today will reveal that lasagna cupcakes have been created many times by all manner of food bloggers and chefs.  Sadly, I didn't jump on my brother's idea - I hadn't yet embraced the world of savory cupcakes.  Now, I regularly make savory cupcakes (see my mac and cheese cupcakes for a recent example), but I still put off making lasagna cupcakes because I tend to avoid making something everyone else is doing - this is supposed to be an experimental cupcake blog.

This week, my mom came to visit from New York and wanted to prepare her family-famous lasagna.  I decided that this was the time to try lasagna cupcakes.  She was already buying all of the ingredients and doing all of the labor, so all I had to do was ask her to save a few scraps for me to cupcakify.  It was an all-around win:

• For my mom - she is so excited to see her lasagna recipe have a moment of glory on the blog
• For my brother - he finally gets his request fulfilled
• For me - I instantly fell in love with these single-serving lasagna cupcakes
• For you - maybe you have seen and put off making lasagna cupcakes OR maybe this is the first time you are hearing of them - this is your chance to try them!  

I made lasagna cupcakes two ways.