Lasagna Made Easy

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 lb ground beef
• 2 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
• 15 ounces ricotta cheese
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese, divided
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 26 ounces spaghetti sauce
• 1 cup water
• 12 lasagna noodles, uncooked

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 brown meat in large skillet on medium-high heat.
• 3 mix 1 1/4 cups mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese, 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, parsley and egg until well blended. set aside.
• 4 drain meat and return to skillet.
• 5 stir in spaghetti sauce.
• 6 pour water into empty sauce jar, cover and shake well. add to skillet. stir until well blended.
• 7 spread 1 cup meat sauce bottom of 13x9 baking dish.
• 8 top with layer of 3 uncooked lasagna noodles.
• 9 spread 1/3 ricotta cheese mixture and 1 cup meat sauce over noodles.
• 10 repeat layers 2 more times.
• 11 top with remaining 3 noodles and remaining meat sauce.
• 12 sprinkle with remaining 1 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese and remaining 1/4 cup parmesan cheese.
• 13 cover tightly with greased foil.
• 14 bake 45 minutes.
• 15 remove foil and bake another 15 minutes or until heated through.
• 16 let stand 15 minutes before cutting to serve.