Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Easy Lasagne

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.