Lasagna Casserole

By hpdoxi

And do you want to know a secret? I never make this recipe exactly the same. It really depends upon what I have on hand.

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef or sausage
• 1 onion chopped (optional)
• 8 ounces of uncooked noodles (we like spiral or rotini noodles best)
• 1/3 to 1/2 jar spaghetti sauce
• 1 15-oz. can diced tomatoes
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups cottage cheese or ricotta cheese (we prefer cottage cheese and it’s typically much cheaper — especially if you can find it marked down!)
• 8 oz. mozzarella cheese, grated
• 1/2 teaspoon parsley (chopped fresh or dried)
• salt/pepper

Details

Servings 6
Adapted from moneysavingmom.com

Preparation

Step 1

Brown ground beef and onion until cooked. While the meat is cooking, boil the noodles according to package directions.

Mix spaghetti sauce with diced tomatoes and browned ground beef. Set 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese aside to sprinkle on the top. Combine the rest of the mozzarella cheese, cottage cheese, beaten eggs, parsley and salt and pepper.

Layer a third of the meat sauce, then the noodles and then the cheese mixture in a 9 x 13-inch pan. Repeat two more times. Sprinkle with cheese.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 45 minutes (until bubbly). Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.