Lasagna Casserole

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1 (16 ounce) can plum tomatoes (drain tomatoes and coarsely chop)
• 1 (16 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (400 g) container ricotta cheese
• 1 cup parmesan cheese
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese
• 4 cups corkscrew macaroni, scoobi do noodles (or whatever noodles you like ... i like curly noodles because it holds all the cheese and meat and s)

Recipe

• 1 in a large pot boil 4 quarts water and start boiling pasta.
• 2 brown ground beef with onion and garlic. drain fat if you want -- leave it if your not worried about fat content (makes the flavour better with the fat).
• 3 drain can tomatoes and while tomatoes are in drainer, use the edge of your spatula or spoon to coarsely break tomatoes apart.
• 4 add all ingredients to ground beef except cheese.
• 5 once pasta is boiled, drain and in the large pot used for boiling mix pasta and meat sauce. add ricotta cheese and half the parmesan and then half the mozzarella.
• 6 mix well and pour into casserole dish.
• 7 top with remaining cheeses and bake for 20 - 30 minutes at 400°.
• 8 serve with caesar salad and garlic bread.