How to Make Lasagna

Making a lasagna dinner is a quick and easy way to feed your family. I like it because you can prepare it easily and cheaply (who doesn't like cheap these days?)plus it is a good "fill up your belly" food.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Bake Dish (I normally use a 3Qt. dish to feed my family of 4)
• Lasagne noodles
• 1 Jar of Pasta Sauce (25oz.)
• 1 Lb. of ground beef
• 2 cups of mozarella cheese
• 8 oz. of ricotta cheese

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Brown the ground meat in a skillet pan. Drain excess oil and then add your jar of Pasta Sauce right into the pan and mix it all up.

3. Boil up lasagna noodles per the directions on the box - this usually take about 10 minutes once the water is boiling - and drain the water when done.

4. Build your dinner!! Put 3 or so long noodles lengthwise in the bottom of the baking dish and then top with meat sauce, some spoonfuls of ricotta cheese and shredded mozzarella cheese. Put 3 more noodles on top of that and build again using the same ingredients. Most pans will fit 2 layers so you are almost done!

5. Cover with tin foil and place in pre-heated oven for about 30 minutes or until all of the cheese on top is melted. Add some Italian bread and you have dinner in about 45 minutes.

Tips & Warnings

• Put some of the meat/sauce mixture in the bottom of the pan before building the first layer. This keeps your noodles moist on the bottom.
• You can also build your lasagna the night before and then place in the oven for dinner the next day!

[Alisiane]

on 9/23/2008 My mom taught me the tip you gave about putting meat/sauce on the bottom of the pan, and like you said, it really makes it good all the way down to the bottom layer!