Quick and Yummy Lasagna

Quick and Yummy Lasagna — by Catherine Morgan

Okay. Making a yummy lasagna doesn’t have to be difficult or time consuming. As long as you remember to get these few things at you local supermarket…

What you need:

Two jars of your favorite tomato sauce.

Two boxes of any “no boil” lasagna noodles.

Two bags of shredded mozzarella cheese.

Two medium containers of Ricotta cheese.

Two pounds of lean ground beef.

Two eggs.

And, if you don’t want to have a baking dish to clean…pick-up a 9×13 inch disposable baking dish too.

Seasons: Some pepper, salt, parsley, and some parmesan cheese.

Now you are all set, here is what you do next…

Pre-heat over to 350 degrees (or whatever the box of noodles recommends).

1. Brown your ground beef, drain, and then add one of your jars of tomato sauce.

2. In a medium bowl mix your ricotta cheese and eggs. Then add a few shakes of salt, pepper, and parsley.

3. Pour a bit of tomato sauce from your second jar into the bottom of your 9×13 inch baking dish, then start to layer. Start with noodles (follow directions on box and don’t overlap noodles…they will expand), then ricotta cheese mixture, mozzarella cheese, and meat sauce). Continue to layer until you get to the top of your dish.

Use the extra tomato sauce from your second jar to fill the sides and top of your lasagna…when you use the “no-boil” noodles they will absorb a lot of sauce, so use a lot of it.

Your top layer should be noodles with meat sauce (at the end you will top with extra mozzarella cheese, so leave some on the side).

4. Cover with foil, and bake.

*Bake to the directions that are on the box of noodles (this will probably be something like…350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes).

5. Remove foil and add extra mozzarella cheese, then put back in the oven for a minute or two until it melts. Now remove and let stand for about ten minutes before you serve.

Serve with Parmesan cheese. Yum.