Easy Lasagna

Talk about an easy dinner! We really did the easy route tonight by picking up salad and breadsticks from Olive Garden.


Easy Lasagna

1lb. ground beef
9 lasagna noodles
1 jar (14 oz.) traditional spaghetti sauce (your favorite)
2 c. mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 large container cottage cheese
1/4 c. grated romano cheese

1. Brown ground meat; add spaghetti sauce and 1 jar of water. Simmer for about 10 minutes.
2. Place about 1/4 c. of the meat sauce in the bottom of a 9x13" baking pan. Place 3 lasagna noodles on top.
3. Layer meat sauce, 1/3 of the cottage cheese and 1/3 of the mozzarella cheese. Continue with 3 layers ending with mozzarella cheese. Cover with foil that has been sprayed with cooking spray (so that the cheese doesn't stick).
4. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 1 1/2 hours. Remove foil for the last 10 minutes. Before serving sprinkle with romano cheese.

*** if your lasagna noodles are too small to cover the pan, break them apart to fit. If you prefer, you can pre-cook the noodles and in that case, only bake the lasagna for 1 hour.