FTW Lasagna

This is one of the simplest lasagna recipes in all of the lands. Whether you're elite at cooking, or just a noob starting off, it will work for everyone.

Couple notes: You will need an oven safe dish, and it should be around the 13x9 size. All of the prep you will need to really do is brown the ground beef (fresh, or thawed of course). You don't even have to cook the noodles first; making this recipe totally FTW!

The prep will take 8-15 minutes depending on how speedy you are in the kitchen. The bake is for an hour (45 minutes under foil, 15 minutes uncovered).

Mats:
1 lb ground beef (fresh or thawed)
1 egg. beaten
3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1 container of Ricotta cheese
1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese
1 jar spaghetti sauce.
1 cup water
1 box of lasagna noodles

Step 1: Start off by preheating your oven to 350 degrees. Then you will brown your ground beef in a skillet.

Step 2: While you're browning the beef, mix your egg and 1-1/4 cups of your mozzarella cheese, the Ricotta cheese and about 1/4 cup of your Parmesan cheese. Blend these all together, and then set them aside. You should have extra Mozzarella and Parmesan that will be used (Step 7) to cover the top of the lasagna.

Step 3: At this point your ground beef should be about done. When it's finished, drain the as much of the grease out of the meat as possible. Then return the meat to your skillet.

Step 4: Stir in the sauce. If you used a jar of sauce don't throw it out just yet! Instead, add the 1 cup of water to the empty jar, close the jar give it a good shake. Then add this to the meat mixture. If you chose to make your own Nubsauce, be sure to still add this cup of water to your mixture. This is what will be cooking your noodles.

Step 5: spread 1 cup of your sauce onto the bottom of the oven-safe dish. Top this with 3 uncooked noodles. Then layer the noodles with the cheese mixture you made. Finally, top the mixture with your ground beef sauce. Repeat this process for 2 more layers.

**Noodles-cheese mixture- meat sauce.** This is going to be your rotation. =)

Step 6. After you have finished doing Step 5 three times, you're going to finish by adding 3 more noodles, and the meat sauce to your lasagna.

Step 7. Take the remainder of the Mozzeralla and Parmesan cheeses that you divided and sprinkle them on top of everything.

Step 8. Cover with foil, and Bake for 45 minutes. After 45 minutes, you will want to remove the foil, and put the lasagna back in the oven for another 15 minutes to make the cheese bubbly.

After that 15 minutes you'll have yourself one tasty lasagna.



More Pasta Ideas!
Manicotti Made Easy, Spinach and Sausage Mostaccioli, WoW Ziti Dinner, Midsummer Special! Spinach Ziti, Nubsauce, My Favorite Ravioli, Chicken and Mushroom Linguine, FTW Lasagna, North American Goulash.

Brewfest Came Early! It's Time for Sausages!

This is an easy way to make really yummy sausage and peppers. Eat these on a sub, with noodles, or you can eat them by themselves.



What you need:
1 pack of Italian (or hot Italian) sausages, uncooked
1 large onion, cut into strips
1-2 Green Peppers, cut into strips
1 Tablespoon of olive oil
Nubsauce, canned Italian diced tomatoes or 1/2 cup of water

**Optional** Make this with some Nubsauce, or with a can of Italian diced tomatoes and serve with spaghetti. This will make the sausages stretch further, and you'll seem like a nice guy for sharing!

Step 1. In a large frying pan, place the unwrapped sausages. Cover these with water, and put the stove on medium heat. Let them cook for approximately 15-20 minutes

Turn the sausages and let them cook for another 5 minutes.

Step 2. Take the sausages out of the pan and let them cool on the cutting board for a few minutes. You will need to cut them. You can cut them any way you'd like. I like to cut some in half, and some into dials. In step 4 you will brown these sausages with the veggies.

Step 3. Drain the water out of the pan, and return it to the stove. Put the olive oil into the pan and start cooking the veggies on high. Stir them as needed. **You should be in the kitchen for this part, so plan it to be when you're on a fp, or are otherwise not needed at the computer. Don't worry this should only take about 5-7 minutes. While your veggies are getting a little grilled, cut your sausages and add them into the pan as you go. The sausages will brown pretty quickly with the pan on medium to high. Be sure to turn them and the veggies as you're adding more.

Step 4. Turn the stove heat to low, add your Nubsauce, or about 1/4 cup of water to the pan and let the peppers and onions get a little softer. Simmer for at least 5 minutes, but really as long as you check and occasionally stir you can simmer this much longer.


Similar Dishes: Sausage and Eggs, Sausage and Peppers Calzone, Goodlee's Grape Keilbasa Madness, Snit's Kielbasa Fix, Goodlee's Monster Stromboli.