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Saturday Night Lasagna & Sunday’s Lunch

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Again, I'm sorry there's not a photo of this DELICIOUS recipe. Good food and hungry families don't wait for photo shoots.

Let me begin by saying that my daughter is not a tomato sauce fan. I usually prepare something different for her when we have Italian food night. Yes, I know there are white sauces, but that's a different recipe, another post. ANYWAYS, my daughter loves this lasagna recipe! Honestly, I don't quite understand why, but who cares! She loves it, and that's good enough for me.

HERE'S A DELICIOUS LASAGNA RECIPE

1 pound extra lean ground beef
3 teaspoons of minced garlic
1 1/2 teaspoons of dried oregano

1 (26oz) can Hunt's Garlic & Herb spaghetti sauce
9 Oven Ready lasagna noodles
1 (16oz) low fat cottage cheese
2 cups shredded Mozzarella cheese

Preheat oven 375F degrees.

FIRST TIME SAVER

If you have it on hand, use 3 cups of defrosted precooked ground beef.

Otherwise, brown meat with garlic and oregano in medium sauce pan. Stir in spaghetti sauce, simmer 5 minutes. Remove from heat, set aside.

Spread 1/2 cup of the sauce mixture in 13×9 inch baking dish. Layer 3 noodles, 1 cup cottage cheese, 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese and 1 cup sauce mixture in dish. Repeat layers. Top should have noodles and remaining sauce mixture. Cover with foil and bake 30 minutes. Uncover; top with remaining cup of cheese. Bake, uncovered, another 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.

SECOND TIME SAVER

I highly recommend cooking this up for Saturday night dinner and making enough to eat the next day for Sunday's lunch. Double your salad and garlic bread servings, too. Why go out for lunch after church? Save your money and enjoy this meal twice in a row.

Check out my Aunt Deb's Layered Salad recipe for an awesome side that can be made ahead and GREAT to take to pot lucks of any style.

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There Are 6 Responses So Far. »

Comment by Anna on 21 September 2007:

I haven’t made lasagna in a while - usually because I think it takes so much time. This sounds fairly easy, though.

I’m passing an award on to you.
Comment by Jill on 22 September 2007:

Hi Anna!

This lasagna recipe is really quick because of the precooked meat & ready to bake pasta. Using a delicious spaghetti sauce makes it hard not to cook it every week. I’m trying to pace myself with this recipe.
Comment by Chef Tom on 25 September 2007:

I’m having some friends over this weekend. I think I’m going to make this…sounds nice and filling !
Comment by Jill on 9 October 2007:

Tom,
How did the lasagna turn out?
Comment by Tina on 10 January 2008:

YUMMMMMM We had this recipe tonight. I changed it around some, I used ground turkey instead of beef for my family, and I made a very small pan with no meat in it for me. I have never used cottage cheese in Lasagna and was a little leary to try it, but I did. (Normally I use ricotta cheese) This is also my first time using oven baked lasagna.
This is a great recipe and is highly recommended.
Comment by Jill on 17 April 2008:

It’s time to make this again for my family. It’s been long enough. I could eat lasagna for days and never grow tired of it.