Meat Sauce Lasagna

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 1 onion, chopped
• 8 ounces tomato sauce
• 6 ounces tomato paste
• garlic powder, to taste
• salt and pepper, to taste
• basil, to taste
• oregano, to taste
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 24 ounces cottage cheese, large curd
• 6 lasagna noodles
• 8 slices mozzarella cheese (long rectangular slices, not small squares)
• 4 tablespoons parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 brown ground beef with onion in large pot. drain grease and return to pot.
• 2 add tomato sauce & tomato paste, plus one can of water of each.
• 3 add garlic powder, salt, pepper, basil and oregano.
• 4 cook 45 minutes or more.
• 5 just before you are ready to assemble the lasagna, bring a large pot of water to a boil. add lasagna noodles, laying them flat. do not break. cook in boiling water for about 10-15 minutes, then drain.
• 6 while noodles are cooking, mix eggs with cottage cheese in a medium bowl.
• 7 spray 9 x 13 glass baking dish with cooking spray.
• 8 to assemble lasagna: place layer of noodles on bottom of pan, cutting them to fit so they do not overlap.
• 9 spread 1/2 of the cottage cheese over the noodles.
• 10 place a layer of mozzarella cheese on the cottage cheese, cutting the cheese as needed to avoid overlapping.
• 11 spread 1/2 of the meat sauce on top of the cheese.
• 12 sprinkle with 2 oz parmesan cheese.
• 13 repeat layers (noodles, cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese, meat sauce and then parmesan cheese).
• 14 bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
• 15 note: lasagna can be assembled in advance and baked just before serving. let sit for a few minutes before cutting.