Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Lasagna

I have the pickiest young eater you have ever met. Every night he wants macaroni and cheese, a hot dog, tomatoes, and a cheese stick. Recently he's started to branch out though, including ASKING me to make him LASAGNA! I'm pretty sure that was my son....? So...:

1 box lasagna noodles, cooked
2-3 jars pasta sauce (I made mine the same way I made it for the "Layers and Layers of Egg Plant Lasagna, but buying it cuts out a ton of time!)
1 box chopped, frozen spinach, thawed
2 large tubs ricotta cheese
5 cups shredded mozzarella
1 cup fresh, shredded parmesan
1lb ground beef, browned
4-5 mild Italian sausage links, casings removed, browned

Heat your oven to 375f. Mix the spinach with the ricotta. Using a deep 9x13 pan, spread about 1/2 cup of the sauce on the bottom. Layer 3-4 pieces of pasta, the spread more sauce on the noodles, then spread 1/5 the ricotta mixture. Sprinkle some of the beef and sausage, then top with some mozzarella and parmesan. Top with another layer of noodles, and repeat the process until you've gotten 5 layers of pasta noodles. top the final layer as you did the rest, but add a little more cheese than you did the rest of the layers. Bake for roughly 30 minutes, or until the cheese on the top has browned some. Remove and rest for ten minutes, to allow the lasagna to set. Slice, serve, eat!! Don't forget a little garlic bread to sop up the bits on your plate! Hope you enjoy!!

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