Archive for September 28th, 2010
Easy Peasy Lasagna
Posted by: | CommentsI made lasagna on Sunday for dinner. Yes, I made dinner. Usually Tony does most of the cooking (Thank God!). I got the recipe from a Kraft magazine a few years ago, and tweaked it a bit. The bonus? You don’t have to cook the lasagna noodles. Here’s the original recipe:
HEAT oven to 350°F.
BROWN meat in large skillet on medium-high heat. Meanwhile, mix 1-1/4 cups mozzarella, ricotta cheese, 1/4 cup Parmesan, parsley and egg until well blended; set aside.
DRAIN meat; return to skillet. Stir in spaghetti sauce. Add 1 cup water to empty sauce jar; cover with lid and shake well. Add to meat mixture; stir until well blended. Spread 1 cup meat sauce onto bottom of 13×9-inch baking dish; top with layers of 3 lasagna noodles, 1/3 of the ricotta cheese mixture and 1 cup meat sauce. Repeat layers twice. Top with remaining noodles, meat sauce and cheeses. Cover with greased foil.
BAKE 1 hour or until heated through, removing foil after 45 min. Let stand 15 min. before cutting to serve.
I do it just a bit differently. I use cottage cheese instead of ricotta (it makes the lasagna less sweet). Sometimes (like this time) I use ground turkey instead of ground beef. The kids tend to like that a little bit more. Make it. Do it. Go, go, go!!!!!
