Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Lasagna

1 lb. ground beef
2 1/2 cups shredded mozarella cheese
1 container cottage cheese
1 egg lightly beaten
1 jar spaghetti sauce
1 cup water
12 lasagna noodles
Preheat oven to 350. Brown meat in large skillet on medium high heat. Meanwhile, mix 1 cup of the mozarella cheese, the cottage cheese, and the egg until well blended; set aside. Drain meat; return to skillet. Stir in spaghetti sauce and 1 cup of water. Adding water to the sauce helps cook traditional noodles during baking, so you don't have to cook them beforehand. This saves you 15-20 min of prep time. Spread 1 cup of meat sauce onto the bottom of 13X9 baking dish; top with a layer of 3 uncooked lasagna noodles. Noodles will expand to fit the dish during baking. Spread 1/3 of the cottage cheese mixture and 1 cup of meat sauce over noodles. Repeat layers two more times. Top with remaining 3 noodles and the remaining meat sauce. Sprinkle remaining mozarella cheese. Cover tightly with greased foil. Bake 45 min. Remove foil; continue baking 15 min. or until heated through. Let stand 15 min. before cutting to serve. Makes 12 servings, 1 piece each.

From frozen: Thaw in fridge overnight. Bake covered in 350 oven for 45 min. Remove foil; continue baking 15 min. or until heated through. Let stand 15 min. before cutting to serve. Makes 12 servings, 1 piece each.

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