Lasagna

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 (28 ounce) can italian-style diced tomatoes, drain but reserve juice
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 8 ounces lasagna noodles (you can boil ahead or use no-boil noodles, see note in description)
• 8 ounces swiss cheese
• 12 ounces cottage cheese
• 16 ounces mozzarella cheese
• parmesan cheese, to sprinkle on top

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 in a large skillet, brown and drain hamburger.
• 3 stir in tomato paste, diced tomatoes, salt, pepper, italian seasoning, and red pepper flakes.
• 4 cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
• 5 meanwhile, cook lasagna noodles.
• 6 in a 9x13 baking dish, layer noodles, cottage cheese, meat mixture, swiss cheese, and mozzarella. (you should make 3 complete layers ending with a generous helping of mozzarella cheese and a sprinkle of parmesan cheese.).
• 7 bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
• 8 let stand 10 minutes before serving.