One Great Lasagna

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 (28 ounce) can chopped tomatoes
• 1 (5 1/2 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 cup chopped green pepper
• 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
• 1 lb cream-style cottage cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 egg, beaten
• 8 ounces cooked lasagna noodles
• 1 lb sliced mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley

Recipe

• 1 meat sauce:.
• 2 saute onion and garlic in oil until onion is transparent.
• 3 add meat and brown. add remaining ingredients.
• 4 cover and simmer for 2 hours.
• 5 lasagna:.
• 6 mix cottage cheese, salt, pepper and egg.
• 7 pour a thin layer of sauce into a greased 9x13" dish.
• 8 alternate with layers of half the noodles, half cottage cheese mixture, half mozzeralla cheese and half sauce.
• 9 repeat ending with sauce.
• 10 to serve now:.
• 11 sprinkle with parmesan cheese.bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
• 12 let stand 15 minutes and sprinkle with parsley.
• 13 to freeze:.
• 14 omit parmesan cheese.
• 15 freeze unbaked.
• 16 bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
• 17 sprinkle with cheese and parsley.
• 18 let sit 15 minutes before serving.