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Ooey Gooey Oh-So-Cheesy Lasagna

Ingredients

  • 6 lasagna noodles, boiled
  • 8 ounces cottage cheese (I like small curd)
  • 8 ounces mozzarella cheese (or more!)
  • 1 lb hamburger
  • 1/2 onion, chopped
  • 1 jar of spaghetti sauce
  • Parsley flakes

Instructions

  • Boil the noodles til done. Drain. Set aside.
  • Brown the hamburger with onion and spices (I use salt, pepper and garlic powder/salt). Drain when done.
  • Combine hamburger with spaghetti sauce. Remember: you want a slightly “chunky” sauce so that your lasagna gets cut nicely. Too “saucy” will cause it to slip all over.
  • Spray a 9×9 pan with cooking spray. Add a little bit of sauce to the bottom of the pan.
  • Place your noodles on the bottom of the pan. You may need to cut the noodles to be the right size.  Save the ends to use on the other layers.
  • Place 1/2 your spaghetti sauce on top of the first layer of noodles.
  • Sprinkle the top with parsley. 
  • Put small spoonfuls of cottage cheese on top of the sauce. Just a dollop here, a dollop there.
  • Put a layer of mozzarella cheese on top of the cottage cheese.
  • Repeat with another layer of noodles (use those odds & ends from before!), sauce, parsley, cottage cheese and mozzarella cheese.
  • Bake covered with foil for a solid hour at 350. After that, take off the foil and cook for another 10-15 minutes to brown the cheese.
  • Take out of the oven. Let sit for 10 minutes to firm up. Cut into squares!

Notes

Lasagna freezes really well! Either freeze before baking or freeze portions after baking. To bake from frozen, you may need to double the baking time.