I remember growing up watching Garfield cartoons. He could scarf entire lasagna's in a matter of seconds, cutting a small piece out then eating the rest of the lasagna. I never really thought about how strange a lasagna-eating cat was, but, it was entertaining nonetheless.Since then, I've learned how to make a few different types of lasagna! While the following one probably isn't the most gourmet, its definitely the easiest and fits my "student cooking" theme pretty well.
Ingredients
- Ground beef (1 package, lean)
- Oven-ready lasagna noodles
- Tomato sauce (1 large can)
- Basil (1 1/2 tsp.)
- Onion (1/2 cup)
- Cottage Cheese (4% large container)
- Mozzarella Cheese (1/2 - 3/4 brick depending on how much you like)
- Parmesan Cheese
- Water (1/2 cup)
- In a large saucepan, cook the ground beef and onion together.
- When the ground beef is browned, add the tomato sauce, onion, and basil, add water and simmer lightly for 10 minutes.
- Layer thin layer of sauce in the bottom of a large glass oven dish.
- Layer lasagna noodles on top of sauce.
- Layer thin layer of sauce on top of the noodles, and then spread a layer of cottage cheese and sprinkle mozzarella and parmesan on top.
- Continue layering like this until you're out of ingredients. Make sure your top layer is sauce and cheese!
- Bake for 30-45 minutes at 350F.
- Serve with a fresh caesar salad!
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Cottage cheese in lasagna?? I don't know about that. I would never put anything other than ricotta mixed with the mozzarella cheese and parmesan.
ReplyDeleteNormally, I do use Ricotta in the recipe. Not many people just have this kicking around though so I usually say that cottage is a substitute for it and be done with it.
ReplyDeleteI do cottage cheese every once in a while ... It really doesn't change all that much in terms of the lasagna's flavour when its time to eat.
I take it you're very devout to traditional Italian recipes... I should be the same way, shame on me, huh? :)
I prefer cottage cheese to ricotta, much more flavorful.
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