♥ This Lasagna was a favourite of my daughter Brittany and was also a big hit with the rest of my family. I considered it a complete meal. Even my picky daughter didn’t notice when I added veggies by grating some carrots into the sauce.
This meal brings a lot of good memories for me, it was the first meal that Bob made for me while we were dating. Needless to say I was impressed. It soon became a family favourite. I can’t count the number of foil portion packed meals I made for Brittany and Braden when they were away at university.
So when my daughter is having company and sends me a picture of the meal she is making with the help of her fiancee Tyler, it warms my heart.
Here is our family favourite lasagna recipe, with photo credit to Brittany.
Ingredients:
12 Lasagna noodles
2-3 cups Mozzarella cheese
1 (680 ml) can spaghetti sauce
1 (500) container of cottage cheese
1 egg
1 (700 kg) package ground beef
Parmesan cheese
Instructions:
Cook ground beef in frying pan, adding water to cover, stir to break up. Cook for about 5 minutes over medium high heat. Drain ground beef, add spaghetti sauce to ground beef and cook on medium heat for 5 minutes. Simmer while cooking noodles.
Cook lasagna noodles until tender, around 10-12 minutes. Drain and set aside.
In food processor, mix cottage cheese and egg until smooth. The food processor is not required if using ricotta cheese just mix the egg in.
Spread a little sauce in the bottom of a 9×13 pan. Layer as follows, 3 noodles, meat sauce, cottage cheese mixture, mozzarella, sprinkle Parmesan cheese. Repeat so that are 3 layers in total. Lay the remaining 3 noodles over the last layer, spread cottage cheese mixture and sprinkle Parmesan.
Bake at 350 F. for 35-40 minutes. Remove from the oven and let sit for 10 minutes before cutting.
Brittany’s tips:
Bake the lasagna ahead of time for an easy meal to reheat when you have company over or when contributing to a cottage meal.
Serve with garlic bread and a seasonal salad.
I like using Ricotta cheese, it has a smooth consistency and eliminates the food processor step. Also not including the egg in the Ricotta makes this lasagna even easier to make.
Leftovers (if any) freezes well.
