• 32 oz Jar spaghetti sauce
• 9 Lasagna noodles, UNCOOKED
• 12 oz Dry curd cottage cheese
• 1 Egg
• 8 oz Cheese, Mozzarella; shredded
• 1/4 Cheese, parmesan, grated
• 1 lb Beef, ground, or turkey
• 1 tb -Italian spices to taste

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Brown ground beef and drain
3. Mix together ground beef and spaghetti sauce (add spices}
4. In Medium bowl, mix cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese and egg until well blended.
5. Spread 1/4 sauce on bottom of pan (approximately 7 x 11 x 3)
6. Place one noodle layer 3 across bottom of pan
7. Place 1/2 cottage cheese mixture on top of noodle, then layer 1/3 of sauce then the second layer of noodle.
8. Repeat, ending with top layer of noodle, and then top with sauce.
9. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
10. Cover tightly with foil
11. Cook 1 hour covered. Uncover and cook 15 min more
12. Let cool 10 minutes before cutting into serving pieces.

MICROWAVE VERSION USE 8 X 8 glass dish. follow above directions except cover loosely with wax paper. Microwave on high 18 min, turn dish and continue another 18 min. Let stand 5 min before serving. (Test for doneness - zap longer if necessary )

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