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Super Easy Lasagna

  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 60 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Description

A kid and husband approved lasagna that’s super easy, super delicious, and doesn’t take forever to make.


Ingredients

Scale

1 1/2 pounds of ground beef (I used 85/15 ground beef)

1 medium onion, chopped

1 29-ounce jar marinara (spaghetti sauce) of choice

16 ounces cottage cheese

4 cups shredded mozarella, divided

2 eggs

12 lasagna noodles cooked al dente


Instructions

Heat a medium to large skillet over medium-high heat, add the ground beef, break it up into small pieces, and brown for 8-10 minutes or until the ground beef is no longer pink. Toss in the onion and cook until the onion becomes fragrant and translucent. Pour in the marinara and remove from heat. 

In a mixing bowl, combine the cottage cheese, 2 cups shredded mozarella, and eggs. 

Put a thin layer of the meat sauce mixture in the bottom of a 9×13 cake pan. Lay down the first layer of 3 to 4 noodles. I usually do 3 lengthwise and 1 noodle across to fit my pan. Spread a layer of meat sauce on the noodles followed by a layer of the cottage cheese mix. Place another layer of noodles followed by a layer of meat sauce and cheese mixture.

By this time you should be about out of the cheese mixture, so lay another layer of noodles down topped with the remaining meat sauce and 2 cups of shredded mozzarella. Cover the lasagna with foil and bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 40 minutes. Remove the foil and bake uncovered for an additional 10 minutes or until the cheese has reached the desired level of delicious ooey gooey melty goodness. 

Remove the lasagna from the oven and let it rest 10 minutes. Cut into 12 pieces and serve with a side of Garlic Bread Sticks. Enjoy!


Notes

If your pan only requires 3 noodles per layer, you may be able to stretch your other ingredients to get a 4-noodle layer lasagna instead of just 3 noodle layers. If the other ingredients won’t stretch, I happen to know that kids love plain lasagna noodles. πŸ˜‰