Lasagna
By
SHARON HUNTER
@HNTERSBEST
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ALL THE FLAVORS OF ITALY. MAYBE ADD SOME SPINACH TO THE FILLING. USE SOME CRUSHED ROSEMARY AND SOME PINIOLI NUTS AND SOME OREGANO, MAYBE A SPLASH OF RED WINE. YUMMO!!
Rating:
★★★★☆ 9 votes
Serves:
8
Prep:
30 Min
Cook:
55 Min
Method:
Bake
Ingredients
- 12 oz
- whole wheat lasagna noodles
- 1 Tbsp
- canola oil
- 1 lb
- ground beef
- 28 oz
- stewed tomatoes
- 6 oz
- tomato paste
- 1 Tbsp
- sugar
- 1 Tbsp
- basil
- 1 1/2 tsp
- salt
- 1/2
- bay leaf , crushed
- 1
- clove garlic, minced
- 3 c
- small curd cottage cheese
- 3/4 c
- grated parmesan cheese
- 3
- eggs, beaten
- 2 Tbsp
- parsley flakes
- 2 tsp
- salt
- 1/2 tsp
- pepper
- 10
- mozzarella, slices
- 1 c
- mozzarella cheese, shredded
How to Make Lasagna
- 1Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil. Add the noodles, oil and salt to taste. Cook for 12 minutes or until tender. Drain and rinse with cold water.
- 2Brown the ground beef in a skillet, until crumbly; drain. Stir in the undrained tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, basil,
1 1/2 teaspoon salt, bay leaf and garlic. Simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. - 3Combine cottage cheese, parmesan cheese, eggs, parsley flakes, 2 teaspoons salt and pepper in a bowl and mix well.
- 4Layer the noodles, cottage cheese mixture, mozzarella cheese and ground beef mixture 1/2 at a time in a deep baking dish sprayed with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes. Add grated cheese last 5 minutes of cooking. Let stand for 15 minutes before serving.
