I joke that my mom’s 10 step lasagna is why my husband married me. Except…when we got married, I couldn’t make it quite like my mom. Ok, I couldn’t make it like my mom at all. Now I know, 4 years later, that my brother and husband called it lasgana dip behind my back for the entire first year of our marriage. Thanks, guys. Apparently the flavor was delicious…texture, not so much. Now that I have perfected my mom’s lasagna, I wanted to share it with ya’ll.
Mom’s 10 Step Lasagna
- Brown your ground beef..venison..etc. Stir in sauce, spices and let simmer. I use venison for almost everything, but you can use any ground meat that you like.
2. Add approximately 1/2 of sauce mixture to 9×13″ greased pan
3. Add a layer of uncooked lasagna noodles
4. Add egg into cottage cheese, mix together (I mix mine in the cottage cheese container)
5. Add egg/cottage cheese mixture as next layer
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6. Add another layer of uncooked lasagna noodles
7. Add remaining sauce, cover with foil, cook at 350 degrees for approximately 20-25 minutes, or until noodles are cooked.
8. Cook uncovered for approximately 10 minutes
9. Remove lasagna from oven, cover with shredded cheese, place back in oven until cheese is fully melted
10. Enjoy!
Mom’s Easy Lasagna
Ingredients
- 1 Package Lasagna Noodles Uncooked
- 1 8 oz. can of spaghetti sauce
- 1 lb. Ground Beef or venison
- 1 8 oz. Container Cottage Cheese Small Curd
- 1 8 oz. Package Shredded Italian Cheese
- 1 Large Egg
- 1 tsp. Pepper
- 1 tbsp. Salt
- 1 tsp. Garlic Salt
Instructions
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Preheat Oven to 350 Degrees
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Brown ground beef. Note: I use venison-you can use any 'ground' meat you like
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Drain beef, add back to low heat
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Stir in spaghetti sauce, salt, pepper and garlic salt to ground beef
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Allow sauce mixture to simmer for 5-10 minutes, slowly stirring
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Add half of sauce mixture to greased 9x13" pan
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Add layer of lasagna noodles on top of sauce mixture, making sure to cover edges Note: you may have to break some noodles in half to make them fit
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Whisk 1 egg into cottage cheese
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Add cottage cheese/egg mixture as next layer
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Add layer of lasgna noodles on top of cottage cheese mixture, making sure to cover edges
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Add remaining sauce mixture as next layer
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Cover pan with foil
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Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Note: Use a fork to see if lasagna noodles are soft, when noodles are soft at edges and in middle, remove from oven.
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Remove pan from oven, remove foil
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Bake at 350 degrees, uncovered for 10 minutes.
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Remove pan from oven, spread entire 8oz. of shredded cheese across lasagna.
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Place back in oven until cheese completely melts.
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Remove from oven, let rest for approximately 10 minutes. Cut and serve!
This looks good. I don’t eat pasta, so will have to get creative with some of the ingredients!
Sounds good! Nice to know we’re not the only household that uses venison more than we use beef. I can’t remember the last time we had beef. We have a wild boar problem and my husband is an avid hunter so we use it in all our food or venison.
I can’t remember the last time we had beef either! We eat venison all the time! I have heard wild boar is amazing-never had it, but would love to try it!
wow looks amazing!!!
It is delicious!
Yummy! Thanks for sharing. – Amy
http://www.stylingrannymama.com
It takes me back to my Mom’s lasagna growing up. Yum. 😉
Mangia mangia mangia! (psst…you cookin for us? 😀 )
Anytime! 🙂
Looks great!
I’m not a pasta lover so the “dip” version of this would be for me 🙂 I do love it without the noodles though! Looks easy and delicious
I have my great-great- grandma’s recipe for Italian sauce and lasagna, it is always a huge hit for meals for those who are in need – and of course my family loves it. Perfect comfort food
This looks delicious. My husband loves lasagne so I’ll give it a try. I LOVE the fact you can put the noodles in uncooked. Cooking them is always my most unfavorite part. I always use cottage cheese, too.
This looks a lot easier than the last lasagna recipe I tried to make!
It’s super easy! And delicious 🙂
Yum, Yum, Yum! This would be good with zuchinni “lasagna” noodles and Vegan cheese too. Looks delish! Thanks for the meal time inspiration.
Yes, it would be! I will have to try that!!
Lasagna is one of those things that is a special occasion food. Our recipe costs bout $50 to make lasagna:)
Oh wow! I bet is delicious though!
This looks amazing! I wonder if I could make it with zucchini instead of noodles. I’m not sure if it would be as good, but I bet it would still be pretty amazing!
This looks really good…I still have yet to try lasagna and I am probably the only person on this group who has never had it…LOL
Thanks for sharing this lasagna recipe! It looks like it would be a family favorite around here!
Enjoy!