Lasagne

Tonight's supper offering was lasagne. It must have been good - the four children and I polished off this 9 x 11" pan of it!

I started with the sauce. I used a recipe from Better Homes and Gardens 12th edition, but modified it a bit.

My sauce was:

1 lb of hamburger, fried with

1 minced onion

drain that and then add:
1/2 tsp. Italian spice
1/2 tsp. chili powder
1/2 tsp. hot sauce
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1 can mushroom soup
1 bottle of pasta sauce (I used Ragu with mushrooms)
simmer over low heat, stirring occassionally while preparing the rest of the lasagne

Boil 9 lasagne noodles for 10 minutes.

In a separate bowl, combine:
1 cup of lasagne style cottage cheese
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 egg

Grate 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese

Assemble the lasagne:
light layer of the meat sauce on the bottom of the 9 x 13" pan
3 noodles
1/2 of the cottage cheese mixture
1/3 of the remaining meat sauce
3 noodles
1/2 of the cottage cheese mixture
1/3 of the remaining meat sauce
3 noodles
remaining meat sauce
grated mozzarella

bake at 350 degrees F for 20-30 minutes, until the cheese is lightly browned and bubbling.
Enjoy!

p.s. The meat sauce recipe, which we discovered by accident was designed to go over spaghetti. The original version of it used a can of tomato soup where I have changed it to a bottle of sauce. With the two cans of soup, it is a wonderful sauce that I highly recommend over pasta and sprinkled with finely grated cheddar cheese. Consider adding garlic to either of these recipes. I'm sure it would be a great addition.