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Friday, September 3, 2010

Not your Mama's Lasagna

I love pasta. Who am  I kidding, I love food in general but I have to say pasta is something that I just have to have! Because I love pasta so much, it would only be natural if my best dish was lasagna! My mouth is drowling just thinking about it. It's so packed with meat, mushrooms, onions, sauce, and oh my goodness, the cheese...the perfection of the cheese!! Enough writing about it, I'm going to tell you how you make it!

Things You'll Need
  • Cassarole Dish
  • Skillet
  • Sauce Pan
  • Cookie Sheet
  • Alumnium Foil
  • Cutting Board
  • Knife
  • 2 boxes of No Boil Lasagna Noodles ( you won't use it all but it's always good to have extra in case)
  • 2 16 oz cans of your favorite pasta sauce (my fav. is Hunt's Tomato Paste Basil, Garlic & Oregano)
  • 2-3 lbs of ground turkey *if you don't like turkey you can use beef*
  • 6-8 cups of Shredded Mozzerella 
  • 1 package of sliced fresh mushrooms *optional*
  • 1 white onion *optional*
  • dried, ground basil and oregano
  • Preheat Oven per directions on the No Boil Lasagna Noodles
  1. Over medium heat, brown ground meat
  2. Chop onions into medium to small pieces. Through half of onion in skillet with browning meat
  3. Over medium heat, bring both cans of sauce to a low boil. Add mushrooms and remaining onion and reduce heat to medium-low
  4. Place Cassarole dish on cookie sheet and add a spoon full of sauce to bottom of dish. Spread it around
  5. Add a layer of No Boil noodles to bottom of dish 
  6. Combine meat and sauce in sauce pan
  7. Smuther noodles with a generous amount of sauce/meat mix
  8. Add another layer of No Boil noodles
  9. Repeat steps until you either run out of noodles, sauce, or you have half an inch of dish left
  10. Add all of cheese and sprinkle with the dried seasoning
  11. Cover with Aluminum Foil and bake for 30 minutes
  12. Remove Aluminum Foil and bake for an additional 15 minutes
  13. Let cool for 10 minutes
  14. Serve with a salad and garlic bread! ENJOY! :)
My family loves this dish!! Even the picky ones... ;)

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