Mama's Lasagna

Bri22's Note:

This is my Mom's recipe. When she gave it to me I was shocked that it wasn't more complex. It's what I asked for on every birthday! It is very cheesy!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce (or homemade sauce if you like)
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 (16 ounce) container cottage cheese or 1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese , if you like that better
• 1 egg , beaten
• ½ cup chopped fresh parsley
• lasagna noodle , uncooked
• 1 (16 ounce) package mozzarella cheese

Directions:

1. Brown ground beef in a frying pan.
2. Add sauce and tomato paste.
3. In a bowl mix cottage cheese with egg, Parmesan cheese, and parsley.
4. Cover the bottom of a 9x13 inch pan with a little of the sauce.
5. Layer the uncooked noodles, then cottage cheese mixture, then meat sauce, then slices of mozzarella. Do one more layer in the same order.
6. Sprinkle top with Parmesan cheese.
7. Cover with foil and bake at 350°F for 45 minutes to an hour to make sure noodles are done.

Reviews

[Nicoleg]

This recipe definately has potental but the family and I found it dry and lacking sauce, by the time it cooked there was none to be found. I would double the sauce the next time I made it. I did add garlic and basil to the sauce for flavor and added 2 tbsp. of parm. cheese since the recipe did not specify. Thanks for sharing I will retry this recipe again.

[Chef #552295]

We like this and it's easy. My guys are CRAZY about garlic, so they sprinked garlic on it after they tasted it. The second time I added the garlic to the sauce. Thank you for sharing. Dianne

[Beerchef]

So easy to make with the uncooked noodles and they turn out wonderful.