Good morning from this North Florida, dark and grey, stormy looking day. Batten down the hatches and everybody stay safe, as it looks like we are going for a wild ride, this day.
I hope that you are safe, where-ever you may be!
I sit here watching the little house wrens, feeding like there is no tomorrow, as they attend to my bird feeders and wonder, how is this full today. Last night it was almost empty! I love watching my birds and feed them well. What is the cost of a little bird seed, when it brings me, such joy everyday? Out of the 25 apartments nearest to me, I am only one of the two that provide for these little wrens along with the big doves and smaller turtle doves. They brighten my cloudiest days.
Onward to the lasagna recipe, now.
Two pounds of hamburger A 13×9 casserole dish.
2 15-oz cans of tomatoes drained 2 15-oz cans tomato sauce
1 small can of tomato paste (any size) with 3 cans of water mixed together.
16-oz cottage cheese (any curd size). I chose large.
2 pounds of motzarella cheese shredded would look best. I cubed mine.
1 large onion chopped or sliced. 6 cloves of garlic minced.
1-TBSP garlic powder (not salt). 1 TBSP basil 1 TBSP oregano 1 TBSP sugar ( cuts the acid) 1 tsp salt 1 tsp pepper
1 16-oz box Penne noodles or your choice of noodles.
Boil the box of noodles for 8 minutes of a rolling boil and drain off water. Set aside for later.
Fry meat with the garlic and onion in a big pot and drain off grease. Add in all the tomato products along with the sugar and all spices. Simmer on #5 for 1 hour or longer if you wish.
Now, I am not Itiilian so please don’t bash me! As I know that ya’ll do the real thing and I do love yours more than mine!
Time to do the layers now in the 13×9 sized baking dish (or pan). I start by finely covering the bottom with sauce and then add a layer of the cheese.
Then a layer of noodles and next a layer of cottage cheese. Do all this in thin layers so that you will have many layers of pure goodness! End the layers with the cheese on top. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes. I do hope that you try this one as it is one of my favorites.
Mix you up some minced garlic with softened butter and garlic powder. Spread over hotdog buns and broil just until toasted, to go along with this.
Thank you for your visit and do come back soon as I post on Sat-Tue and Thursday. Please share these recipes. Connie B. #CONNIEBRECIPESWISDOMFORPENNIES
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