Lasagna
Sauce Layer
1 lb of ground beef ( use 97
-3%)
½ onion
1 large can whole tomatoes
Garlic (use 2 cloves or can
use powder or salt)
Italian seasoning to taste
Pepper to taste
Salt to taste if did not use
garlic salt
Brown ground beef and onion
in frying pan. Season while cooking with
garlic, salt, pepper and Italian seasoning.
Drain off all liquid from the cooking.
Drain juice from the can of
tomatoes and place whole tomatoes in with the beef mixture. Keep juice in case you need more in the pan. Cut tomatoes into small pieces while in the
pan allowing the juice of the tomatoes to mix in with the beef. Add more seasoning as needed. Add more juice if needed, but want it to be a
thick sauce, not too juicy. Cook
uncovered for 30 minutes, adding more tomato juice, if it appears to thick.
Cheese layer
1 1b carton of cottage cheese
or ricotta cheese
2 cups of grated mozzarella
cheese
Parmesan cheese
Mix cottage cheese or ricotta
cheese and mozzarella cheese together in a bowl. Set aside.
Reserve parmesan cheese till
ready to layer the dish.
Noodle layer
9 pcs of lasagna noodles for
a 9x12 pan. Can use regular or no cook
type.
Cook in pan of boiling water,
if desire. Rinse in cool water.
No cook type may be placed
directly in dish.
Placing layers in pan
Use a 9x12 pan.
1. Place a layer of meat sauce in bottom of pan.
6. Layer of meat sauce.
2. Place
3 noodles on top of meat. 7. Layer of cheese.
3. Layer of meat sauce. 8. Layer of
3 noodles.
4. Layer of cheese mixture. 9. Layer of meat.
5. Layer of 3 noodles. 10.
Layer of cheese.
Sprinkle top
layer with Parmesan cheese.
Place on a baking sheet
because it may bubble over. Place
uncovered in 350 degree oven for 1 hr. Cool
for about 15 minutes, then cut into 9 squares.
Makes 9 servings
