I have to admit, this recipe came about through a cheese making error, and it was so easy and delicious, I thought I'd share it. I like lasagna, but it's a rarity for several reasons. One, it's loaded with cheese, therefore loaded with calories. Two, it was always rather time consuming, and Three, I can only make it in one size: large. So with all that being said, when I messed up the texture of my cottage cheese, I decided to throw caution to the wind.
Easy Lasagna
1 lb. Ground Beef
1 Onion diced
2 tsp. Italian Seasoning - to taste
1 Tbs. Garlic - to taste
1 quart Tomatoes diced
12 Lasagna noodles
16 oz. Ricotta cheese
1 1/2 Cup Mozzarella cheese
1/2 Cup Parmesan cheese
1 Cup water
Salt & Pepper to taste
I don't add a lot of salt and pepper. I add it when browning the beef. I home can and the tomatoes contain salt for the canning process.
Brown ground beef with onion, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt & pepper. Place cup of water in 9 X 13 pan, with 1 C tomatoes. Add 4 uncooked noodles, to form first layer. Then add 1/2 of Ground Beef with onion. 8 oz. Ricotta cheese and 1/2 C Mozzarella. Pour 1/2 of remaining diced tomatoes, lay in 4 noodles, rest of the ground beef and Ricotta. Add 1/2 Cup Mozzarella, the remaining tomatoes and noodles. Sprinkle remaining Mozzarella cheese and top with Parmesan.
Cover and Bake @ 350° for 50 - 60 minutes. Uncover and bake another 10-15 minutes until cheese is golden.