Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Aunt Bella's Lazy Day Lasagna


Your Great Aunt Bella gave me this recipe years ago and I'll be eternally grateful. I love lasagna but I HATE boiling the noodles...

Ingredients
1 lb ground beef or turkey (or TVP, for that matter)
1 jar spaghetti sauce- 32oz

1 lb cottage cheese
8 oz sour cream
8 uncooked lasagna noodles
18 oz Mozzarella cheese (shredded)
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
1 cup water

Cook meat in skillet until it's brown; drain fat. Add spaghetti sauce. Reduce heat to low. Heat through, stirring occasionally; set aside. Thoroughly combine cottage cheese and sour cream in medium bowl.In a 13 x 9 inch pan, spoon 1 1/2 cups meat sauce. Place 1/2 of the uncooked noodles over sauce, then 1/2 the cottage cheese/sour cream mixture, 1/3 of the mozzarella, 1/2 the remaining meat sauce and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Repeat layers starting with noodles.Top with remaining 1/3 of the mozzarella cheese. Pour water around sides of pan. Cover tightly with foil. Bake in a preheated 350* F. oven 1 hour. Uncover and bake 20 minutes.

It's best if you let it rest about 10-15 minutes before serving.

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