American Lasagna (Jannie)

8 oz. pkg. wide noodles                               

1 lb. ground beef & 2 cloves garlic (chopped)

6 oz. can tomato paste                                         

2 1/2 cups canned tomatoes (I use 2 small cans)     

1 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

1/2 tsp. oregano

8 oz. Swiss cheese or mozzarella

12 oz. carton cottage cheese

1 can meat sauce

Brown ground beef and garlic.  Add tomato paste, tomatoes, salt, pepper and oregano.  Cover and simmer 20 minutes.  Cook noodles according to package directions.  In 9 x 13 pan alternate layers of:  cooked noodles, swiss cheese or mozzarella (1 1/2 cups), cottage cheese, meat sauce.  Bake at 350° for 20 - 30 minutes.  Serve with grated parmesan cheese.

Lasagna (Grandma Morgan)

2 TBS. oil                                          

1 lbs. ground beef                              

1 cup onion chopped                                   

1 clove garlic chopped                        

1 tsp. salt                                          

1/4 tsp. pepper                                           

1/2 to 1 tsp. oregano                                   

2 - 8 oz. cans tomato paste

1 cup tomato juice

1/2 cup hot water

1 - 8 oz. pkg. lasagna noodles (cooked)

1/2 lb. grated cheddar cheese

1/2 lb. cottage cheese

1 cup parmesan cheese

Heat oil in skillet.  Sauté hamburger, onion, and garlic.  Add salt, pepper, oregano, tomato paste, juice and hot water.  Simmer 15 minutes.  Layer half of the remaining ingredients in following order:  Noodles, cheddar cheese, cottage cheese, meat, parmesan cheese.  Repeat layer.  Bake 375° for 20 - 30 minutes until warmed through.

Lasagna (Alena)

Prep time: 15 min

Cook Time: 30 min

Serves: 6

9 Lasagna noodles                                                 

1 lb. ground beef                                                   

1 can stewed tomatoes                                        

1 can tomato sauce

1 TBS. Italian seasoning

1 TBS. oregano

16 oz. cottage cheese

Boil water and cook noodles for approximately 10 minutes.  Brown ground beef, drain.   Blend stewed tomatoes and tomato sauce.  Add most of tomato sauce to ground beef.   Leave approximately 1 cup and set aside.  Add Italian seasoning and oregano to mixture.   Coat bottom of 9x 13” pan with half of the set aside tomato sauce (approx. 1/2 cup). Layer the pan with 3 noodles, half of the ground beef mixture and half a container of cottage cheese. Repeat. Add 1 more layer of noodles and top with remaining tomato sauce. Top with grated mozzarella cheese.    Bake at 350° for 30 minutes.  Best made a day ahead and heated.

Lasagna (Heather)

serves 4

3 TBS. butter

1/4 cup flour

2 cups milk

1/2 jar of Spaghetti Sauce

9 dried lasagna sheets

1/3 cup grated mozzarella cheese

1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 375°. Grease an 11 x 8 in lasagna dish.  Melt butter in a heavy-based saucepan over medium-high heat.  Add flour.  Cook, stirring for 1-2 minutes, or until mixture is bubbling.  Remove from heat.  Slowly add milk, stirring until mixture is smooth.  Return to heat.  Cook, stirring for 10 minutes or until mixture comes to a boil.  Spoon a little tomato sauce into base of baking dish. Top with 3 sheets of pasta.  Spoon over half the remaining spaghetti sauce.  Top with one-third of the white sauce.  Spread evenly over spaghetti sauce.  Repeat pasta, spaghetti sauce and white sauce layers. Top with final layer of pasta.  Spoon remaining white sauce over pasta sheets. Spread evenly.  Sprinkle with cheeses.  Bake lasagna, uncovered, for 30 - 35 minutes, or until pasta is tender and top is golden.  Let stand 10 minutes before serving.