We ate this regularly growing up and it is undoubtedly the best lasagna ever! And it freezes great, so make 2!
Ingredients:
2lb ground beef
1 pkg. Onion soup mix
1 cup water
½ tsp sugar
1 tsp. Oregano
¾ lb mozzarella cheese (sliced or grated)
1 small can tomato paste
1 large can tomato sauce
2 lb cottage cheese OR ricotta cheese
Directions: Brown the ground beef in a large skillet or pot; drain. Add onion soup mix, water, spices, sugar, tomato sauce, and paste. Bring to low boil and simmer one hour. Stir often. Arrange in a long baking dish in the following order: meat, noodles, cottage cheese, and mozzarella. Make two or three layers. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top if desired. Bake at 350 for ½ hour. Allow it to sit for 10 minutes before serving.
I was thinking about making this lasagna, but wasn't sure if you use the no-boil noodles or regular noodles that you boil before you layer the lasagna in the dish?
ReplyDeleteI use regular noodles and boil them before layering the lasagna. But the other kind might work; I've just never tried it. You might have to add some water to the sauce of you use the no-boil kind.
ReplyDeleteI tried this with the no-bake noodles and you have to bake it an hour and add extra water if you do it that way. and we voted that we like the regular noodles better.
ReplyDeleteI also left out the teaspoon of sugar and just greased the pan with coconut oil and couldn't tell a difference!
we love this recipe! :)
Meg,
ReplyDeleteThis recipe sounds delicious! Is there anything I can substitute for the onion soup mix?
Most of my favorite recipes come from you!:)
Lori, I'm so glad that you asked because it reminded me that I hadn't posted my recipe for onion soup mix yet! I just posted it and it works great in place of the store-bought kind!
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