Lasagna Simplified

This recipe takes the fussiness out of lasagna.

Lasagna Simplified

Ingredients

Meat Mixture:

  • 1 pound hamburger or sausage

  • Salt and pepper to taste

  • 1 can pasta sauce

  • 1 box lasagna sheets

  • 16 ounces ricotta cheese or cottage cheese

  • 1 egg

  • 2 cups grated mozzarella

  • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

  2. Cook the meat, salt and pepper to taste. Drain the grease and add the sauce

  3. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Break the lasagna noodles into about thirds. Cook according to package directions. Drain noodles, and rinse with cold water.

  4. Combine everything in a mixing bowl. Rather than layering. (This saves a ton of time.)

  5. Pour everything into a greased 9x13 pan.

  6. Cover with tinfoil and bake for 40 minutes.

  • Notes: To speed things up you can use premade sauce. If you go this route cook the noodles at the same time as the meat.

  • Use whatever veggies you want or omit them.

||Total Time 50 min.||

||8 Servings||Cost $2.24 each||

This is one of my family's favorites. We usually use cottage cheese to save money and to cut costs. We often have it with salad and garlic knots.