Mrs. Milly's Lasagna

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What you need: 

1lb. ground beef 

1 can Hunts traditional spaghetti sauce 

1 can diced tomatoes 

1/2 small onion, diced

2 cloves garlic, minced 

1 carrot finely shredded 

1 heaping cup spinach, chopped 

1 tbs cracked black pepper

1 tbs garlic salt 

1/2 tbs dried basil

1 tbs dried parsley 

1/4 cup cottage cheese

1 15oz container ricotta cheese 

1 egg 

2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese 

10 Lasagna noodles 

 

How to: 

- Add a little olive oil to large skillet heated to medium 

- Add onion cook for about 2 minutes 

- Start water boiling for noodles 

- Lay out tin foil for when noodles are half way cooked. You want them to still need some cooking. Put on foil to keep from sticking to each other. 

- Add ground beef and garlic, brown meat

- While meat is browning put ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, egg and 1/2 of parsley in a bowl and mix together

- Add garlic salt, pepper, basil, and parsley to meat as it finishes browning 

- Pour in to meat, tomatoes not drained and can of sauce. Mix all together. 

- Mix in carrot and spinach to meat and sauce mixture. Take off heat and put to the side. 

Layering time: 

1/3 of sauce 

4 noodles over lapping edges 

1/3 of Cheese mixture 

1/3 of Sauce 

3 noodles 

Repeat meat and cheese and 3 noodle layer (you want 3 layers ending with sauce on top) 

Top with the mozzarella cheese   

Cover with tin foil bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes, uncover and bake another 15-20 minutes. Let sit 10-15 minutes. 

Makes 12+ servings   

 

My brothers, nephew, dad, husband, sons and I all really liked it and non of the kids noticed the veggies his in there ;-)

Enjoy! 

~Mrs. Milly~