I Made Lasagna Again

I made lasagna before, with no-cook noodles, which is awesome if you don't want to spend any extra time cooking noodles. I made it again tonight, but I just want to post some pictures & suggest some changes to the recipe.

I always seem to have more of the cheesy-egg mixture than I need, and less of the ground meat-sauce mixture than I need. So I'm going to change up the amounts accordingly.

For the cheesy mixture:
24 oz cottage cheese
1.5 c mozzarella cheese
1/4 c parmesan cheese
2 eggs
2 tsp parsley
Salt & pepper to taste

For the meat-sauce mixture:
I roll of sausage/1 lb of ground beef
2 32 oz jars of pasta sauce

Then alternate between 1 cup of cheesy and 3/4 cup of meaty!

Egg + pasta flour volcano

Cheesy mixture

Lasagna in progress

No you can't have lasagna

Lasagna straight out da oven

I saved the best for last. There's a picture of my delicious plate of lasagna on the left, and my asshole dog on the right, surreptitiously not-begging. Seriously, his head is just planted on the chair next to me and he is just standing with his head wedged in there. Like I'm going to be all like, "Oh hey! Didn't notice you there! Since you're being SO GOOD and NOT BEGGING, here's my plate. No, take it - I insist! You deserve it." Pit, please!

Easy Lasagna (No-Cook Noodles!)

We made lasagna for dinner tonight, which was off the hook in case you were wondering. I have used this recipe before and it makes the seemingly daunting task of lasagna-making much easier because you don't have to cook the noodles. We made it a little differently since we made our own noodles... that's right you heard me. Made the dough by hand and cranked it through the pasta machine. Boo ya.

Ingredients

1 pound lean ground beef OR 1 roll of sausage

1 (32 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce

32 ounces cottage cheese

3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

2 eggs

2 teaspoons dried parsley

salt to taste

ground black pepper to taste

9 lasagna noodles

1/2 cup water

Brown the ground beef in a large pan, drain the grease, and then add the spaghetti sauce. Let it simmer for 5 minutes. Dennis decided to switch things up and use hot sausage instead. It was a good substitute!

Mix the cottage cheese, 2 cups of the mozzarella, 1/4 cup of the parmesan, eggs, parsley, salt and pepper in a large bowl.

Now use a 9x13 inch baking dish and spread 3/4 cup of the sauce mixture in the bottom. Cover with 3 uncooked lasagna noodles, 1 & 3/4 cup of the cheese mixture, and 1/4 cup sauce mixture. Repeat the same layers twice. Top with 3 more noodles, the rest of the sauce mixture, and the rest of the mozzarella & parmesan. Add 1/2 cup water to the edges of the pan then cover the top with aluminum foil.

Put the pan in the oven for 45 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove the foil and bake for 10 more minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving so you don't burn yourself.

This lasagna is great and has a lot of servings. It's even better if you have some garlic bread to scoop up the extra gooeyness that will inevitably ooze out. :) Will feed at least 4 strapping young lads.

Side picture so you can see the layers! Here's the recipe from AllRecipes.com.