Short Cut Lasagna: Kristyn

Short Cut Lasagna

Ingredients:
1 Box of Lasagna noodles
1 24 ounce bottle Prego Traditional Sauce (need sweeter sauce) *Use a larger bottle if you like your lasagna saucy. *When doubling the recipe, the 67 ounce bottle of Prego from Costco, it is perfect for making two pans
1 lb. Mild Italian Sausage or Hamburger (or 1/2 lb of each)
1 lb. shredded Mozzarella
1 pint Ricotta or cottage cheese
2 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 tsp. dried parsley
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. dried basil
1/2 tsp. dried oregano

Directions:

Precook the Lasagna noodles al dente. Or buy noodles that don’t require precooking.

For the red sauce:
1. Brown the sausage and hamburger.
2. Add the Prego sauce
3. Simmer over low heat until until needed -if gets too thick add a little water to loosen it up.

For the ricotta layer, mix together:
2 beaten eggs
Two cups of Ricotta or cottage cheese
2 tsp. dried parsley
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

In your pan layer:
A little sauce
Noodles
Cottage cheese mixture
Shredded mozzarella
Meat sauce
Noodles
Cottage cheese mixture
Shredded mozzarella
Meat sauce
Noodles
Cottage cheese mixture
Shredded mozzarella
Meat sauce
Top with remaining cheese, remaining Parmesan cheese, and sprinkle with 1/2 tsp. dried basil and 1/2 tsp. dried oregano

Cover pan with foil. Cook at 350 degrees for 1 hour.