Recipes

Another recipe from my childhood…

Mom’s Lasagna

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Ingredients:

• 1 package of Lasagna noodles
• 15 oz container of Ricotta cheese
• 2 beaten eggs
• 3 tbsp fresh parsley
• couple cloves of garlic
• 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese
• large ball of mozzarella (grated)
• 2 jars of Newman’s sauce
• 1 lb of lean ground beef (drained)
• salt, pepper, basil, oregano, and garlic to taste

Directions:

1. Cook Lasagna noodles, drain in cold water
2. Mix together Ricotta cheese, 2 beaten eggs, parsley, garlic, Parmesan cheese
3. Grate the large ball of mozzarella cheese
4. Add the red sauce to the ground beef and spice it up to your taste buds.

1. Put a little sauce in the bottom of a casserole. Place a layer of noodles on the sauce. Spread a layer (about 1/3 – 1/2 depending how deep your casserole is) of the ricotta mixture on the noodles. Sprinkle grated mozzarella on the ricotta layer. Add a layer of sauce and repeat until you end up with noodles on the top. Then put the remaining sauce over the top noodles, and sprinkle on some remaining grated mozzarella cheese and a little Parmesan cheese.

1. Bake for about 1 hour or until bubbly. (Mom’s note: “I usually cover the casserole for the first 40 minutes with foil and then remove for the last part of the cooking.”)