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Lasagna



LASAGNA


Lasagna is one of our kids favorite meals. We get asked to make it at least twice a month!! After many years, I have come up with this recipe and perfected it. So, here it is.

INGREDIENTS:

  • 2 pounds of ground beef
  • 1 pound of ground sausage
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 3 cloves of minced garlic
  • 2 tsp of salt
  • 1 tsp of pepper
  • 1/4 cup minced basil
  • 3 cups of shredded Italian cheese blend
  • 2 16 oz containers of cottage cheese
  • 2 eggs
  • lasagna noodles (whatever type you like)
  • Pasta Sauce, I use garlic and herb but whatever you like.



INSTRUCTIONS

Pre heat the oven to 400 degrees. Add ground beef, sausage, diced onion, salt and pepper together in large skillet. Cook until all browned and cooked together. Add garlic and basil and cook for 1 minute. Drain meat into a colander to drain the grease.


Add pasta sauce and stir to combine.



In a separate bowl, combine cottage cheese, 2 cups of the Italian cheese and the 2 eggs, and stir to combine.





In a 9 x 13 deep baking dish, spread a little of the meat sauce on the bottom of the pan. You need sauce on the bottom so the noodles don't stick, plus I don't pre-cook the noodles. I let them cook in the sauce.


Then start the layering. I go in the order of sauce, noodles, cheese mixture and then more sauce.





This will go up 3 layers with sauce being the top level. Put in the oven and bake for 1 hour. When there is 10 minutes left, add the remaining cheese to the top of the lasagna and bake for the last 10 minutes. When it is done, left it rest for 10 minutes before cutting so  it doesn't fall apart. We always serve it with a side of garlic bread!










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