Ultimate Ground Beef Lasagna

Easy ground beef lasagna

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 lb ground beef
• 1  small onion, chopped
• 1  garlic clove, minced
• 2  cups tomato sauce
• 1  teaspoon dried parsley
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 8  lasagna noodles
• 1  cup ricotta cheese
• 2  tablespoons parmesan cheese
• 2  cups mozzarella cheese

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Bring a large pot of water to a boil with 1 teaspoons of salt. Add the lasagna noodles and boil for 8-10 minutes. Drain the noodles and reserve until later.
3. Chop the onion and garlic.
4. Cook the ground beef, onion and garlic over medium heat in a skillet until no longer pink. Drain the excess fat.
5. Stir the tomato sauce into the ground beef mixture, and keep this mixture in a skillet over low heat until ready to use.
6. Mix together the ricotta cheese, 2 Tbsp. parmesan cheese, parsley and oregano.
7. Spread ½ Celsius of the tomato sauce mixture in an ungreased 8x8 baking dish. Top with 3 of the cooked noodles and trim to fit.
8. Spread half of the ricotta cheese mixture over the noodles; spread with a third of the tomato sauce mixture. Sprinkle with ⅔ Celsius of the mozzarella cheese. Repeat with three more noodles, the rest of the ricotta cheese mixture, another third of the tomato sauce mixture, and ⅔ Celsius of the mozzarella cheese.
9. Top with the remaining noodles. Spread the rest of the sauce on top, sprinkle with the remaining mozzarella cheese and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
10. Place in the preheated oven and bake for 25 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Let stand about 10-15 minutes before cutting for easier serving.