Food I Cooked For Other People

On our dinner night on vacation, I made my mom's lasagna. Being German and all, you know she can make a great pan of lasagna! It's really good-- seriously.

Lasagna

1 lb ground beef

1 onion, diced

1 26 oz jar spaghetti sauce

12 lasagna noodles

16 oz cottage cheese

1/2 c. parmesan cheese

2 T fresh parsley, chopped

1 T dried oregano

8 oz. shredded mozzarella

Cook beef and onion until beef is browned, drain off grease. Add spaghetti sauce and simmer for a few minutes.

Heat oven to 350. Cook noodles if using the type that need to be pre-cooked (I use the type that don't need to be pre-cooked and there's no taste difference).

Mix together cottage cheese, 1/4 c. parmesan, parsley and oregano.

Spread 1 c. sauce mixture in ungreased 13x9 glass baking dish.

Top with 4 noodles.

Spread 1 c. of the cheese mixture over the noodles.

Spread with 1 c. sauce mixture.

Sprinkle with 2/3 c. mozzarella.

Repeat with 4 noodles, remaining cheese mixture, 1 c. sauce and 2/3 c. mozzarella.

Top with remaining noodles and sauce mixture.

Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella and 1/4 c. parmesan.

Cover with foil and bake 30 min. Uncover and bake 20 minutes more until bubbly and browning. Let stand about 20 minutes before cutting.