INGREDIENTS
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Prep Time: 30 minutes
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Cook Time: 40 minutes
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Yield: 6-8 Persons
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What you need: 9 x 13 pan (oven proof) or disposable foil tray
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in lasagna ingredients
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2lbs ground beef (separate 1/3 meat to make enough meatballs to cover the top of the lasagna)(set the meatball meat aside)
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1 large onion,
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1 red pepper,
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1 cup mushrooms chopped
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2 tbsp fresh basil / oregano,
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3 tbsp. fresh garlic
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3 jars tomato sauce
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1 can of chopped tomatoes
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garlic powder, salt, pepper
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1 can of tomato paste
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2 tbsp. of sugar
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2 tbsp. each of dry basil and oregano
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Approx 12 Lasagne sheets (fresh or dried)
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First Filling
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2 packages of frozen chopped spinach (squeeze water out of it) (reserve 1/4 cup of spinach to go in the meatballs
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1 large tub of cottage cheese
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2 egg yolks
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3tbsp parmesan cheese
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Second Filling (the meatballs)
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1/3 of the total ground beef from the main lasagna ingredient list
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1/4 cup of reserved spinach from the first filling list
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small finely chopped onion
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1/3 cup crushed bread or cracker crumbs
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1 tbsp. finely chopped fresh basil/oregano ( you can use the dried kind
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1 tsp fresh garlic