Marys Lasagna Recipes

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer; drain. Stir in tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, oregano, pepper and bay leaf. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 40-50 minutes or until thickened., Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350°. cook noodles according to package directions; drain. Discard bay leaf from meat sauce. Stir in olives., Spread a fourth of the sauce in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Top with three noodles and a third of the mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Repeat layers. Top with remaining noodles, sauce and cheese. , Bake, uncovered, 35-40 minutes or until bubbly. Let stand 15 minutes before cutting.

Steps:

• Combine spaghetti sauce& water (actually, I use the water to rinse out the jar--to get every little bit!).
• Add browned and drained hamburger, basil& oregano to the sauce; set aside.
• Combine drained cottage cheese and egg; set aside.
• In a 13x9 glass baking dish, ladle enough sauce on the bottom to make a very thin layer.
• Place 3 uncooked lasagna noodles evenly on top of sauce.
• Ladle a little more sauce on top of noodles; place some of the spinach on top, then cottage cheese mixture, then sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
• Repeat two more layers; sprinkle the parmesan cheese over the top.
• Cover tightly with foil.
• Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes; remove foil& bake an additional 30 minutes.
• Remove from oven, and let lasagna sit for about 10 minutes to "set up".
• Serve with a nice salad and your favorite Italian bread.

Steps:

• In a large skillet brown ground beef, season to taste with salt, pepper and garlic powder.
• Add pasta sauce.
• In a large bowl soften cream cheese and mix with sour cream, cottage cheese, onion and bell pepper.
• Boil lasagna noodles according to package direction.
• Butter 13 X 9 baking dish.
• Layer noodles, cream cheese mixture, then pasta sauce mixture.
• Layer parmesan cheese then mozzarella cheese.
• Repeat layers ending with parmesan and mozzarella cheese.
• Bake 350 for 30-45 minutes until cheese is melted and bubbly.