Lasagna!

The first time I made lasagna, I used a pan to cook the sauce in, a bowl to mix the cheese in, a pan to cook the meat in and the crock pot to cook the meal in! Three of those dishes had to be washed by hand. I would rather do almost any other chore than wash dishes by hand, so I was less than impressed with this kind of a meal! LOL! After complaining on facebook about what a nightmare lasagna was, my friend pointed out she just throws a handful of this and that and calls it good. HMM. I suppose I could  give it another try.......!

So this time, I laid lasagna noodles along the bottom, sprinkled cooked hamburger meat over that, spread my uncooked sauce over that, dolloped ricotta cheese, and sprinkled Parmesan, mozzarella cheese, and did it again! That meant I only had to wash the meat pan by hand, and everything else was dishwasher-friendly! Yeay! Plus it was much faster to put together and no measuring mess either! And it turned out GREAT!

So, I used:

1 box lasagna noodles

1/2 lb ground beef, browned with ground black pepper and dehydrated onion

15 oz container ricotta cheese

few handfuls shredded mozzarella

sprinkles shredded Parmesan

basically my mom's spaghetti sauce, mixed in a bowl instead of on the stove

Sauce:

2 cans tomato sauce

oregano

basil

minced garlic

onion powder

sage

thyme

parsley

 

And cover the meal with foil, bake at 425* for 50 minutes, or until noodles are tender.