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Perfect Lasagna

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I have a, err, um, friend who has been searching high and low for the perfect lasagna recipe.  This friend, we’ll just call her Feather, well she has tried noodles of every type, jarred sauces of every type, cheeses and veggies and meats of all kinds.  The least I could do was lead her in the right direction towards lasagna freedom.  Turns out all I – I mean Feather – had to do was make her own sauce and follow a few simple steps.

 

All I’m saying is that I like to help myself my friends figure out how to make food they love and that others will love too.  It’s simple, it’s healthful, it’s therapeutic, and above all else it’s delicious.

PERFECT LASAGNA

  • 1 batch of this sauce (it’s a slow-cooker recipe that makes a ton, and you mightneed half if you’re feeling extra saucy)
  • 1 box of Barilla oven-ready flat lasagna noodles.  They will rock your lasagna world!
  • 1 12 oz container of cottage cheese (trust me)
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 tsp each of salt and pepper
  • 6 oz parmesan cheese
  • 2 cups shredded mozzarella

Preheat your oven to 350.  In a bowl mix together the cottage cheese, egg, salt, and pepper.  Spray a 9×13 pan with cooking spray.  Ladle about 1 cup or so of the sauce into the bottom of the pan.  Layer the noodles (dry, you don’t have to boil them), half of the cottage cheese mixture, 3/4 cup of the mozzarella and a sprinkle of the parmesan, 1 1/2 cups of sauce, noodles, the other half of the cottage cheese mixture, 3/4 cup of the mozzarella and a sprinkle of the parmesan, 1 1/2 cups of sauce, noodles, 1 1/2 cups of sauce, and then top with the remaining mozzarella and parmesan cheese.  Cover with foil and bake at 350 for 45 minutes, then remove the foil and bake for 5 minutes on broil.  Let it sit for about 10 minutes before you cut into it!

 

EAT!

OK OK fine, the friend is really me.  You caught me 😉

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Stay tuned for some fun updates today!  It’s going to be like this little game we played back in November.  So here’s hint #1:

Where are we going??!?!?!

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  1. Jackie says

    May 17, 2011 at 7:48 am

    Cottage Cheese vs Ricotta? Sacrilege in the Italian-American neighborhood I grew up in. If I made it and people liked it, I’m not sure I could admit to what I used!

    Reply
    • Heather says

      May 17, 2011 at 12:24 pm

      i know…definitely non-conventional, but the great thing is that ricotta can be (and in most cases SHOULD be) used!

      Reply
  2. Stephanie Midkiff says

    April 25, 2011 at 12:42 pm

    Heather, I made this lasagne for Easter lunch and my whole family loved it. AFter they went back for seconds, I told them it was vegetarian…my dad and husband swore they saw meat in it…it’s very filling and delicious! Thanks for such an awesome recipe.

    Reply
  3. Elle says

    April 17, 2011 at 12:46 pm

    Damn, your friend “Feather” is one determined girl. This looks incredible!

    Reply
  4. Kim in MD says

    April 16, 2011 at 12:10 pm

    The lasagna looks delicious, and I am SO jealous that you are going somewhere where there are palm trees! Have tons of fun! 🙂

    Reply
  5. Baking Serendipity says

    April 14, 2011 at 9:01 pm

    I love lasagna, but I’ve always used ricotta rather than cottage cheese in mine. I’ll definitely have to give this version a shot 🙂

    Reply
  6. Stephanie Midkiff says

    April 14, 2011 at 2:00 pm

    HEATHER! I have been in a weird funk of not wanting to cook AT ALL lately! No joke, this recipe made me sit up and take notice, I can’t WAIT to make it! Thanks for snapping me out of my funk!

    Reply
  7. (what runs) Lori says

    April 14, 2011 at 1:39 pm

    Florida! (wild guess)

    Love the lasagna! Super easy and super healthy. Definitely a keeper recipe. 😉

    Reply
  8. snackgirlgoeshealthy says

    April 13, 2011 at 9:10 pm

    Ahh! I’m jealous! I’m going to Ecuador in July! SO PUMPED!

    That lasagna DOES look perfect! Good job!!

    Reply
  9. Kelly @ Laughter, Strength, and Food says

    April 13, 2011 at 7:09 pm

    That looks amazing! I can’t wait to try it! 🙂

    Reply
  10. JoeyfromSC says

    April 13, 2011 at 3:37 pm

    OH MY GOSH you are torturing me haha! Looks so amazing..I am drooling now!!

    Fun about the little game!! Looks like somewhere in Florida haha

    Reply
  11. kate says

    April 13, 2011 at 12:33 pm

    somewhere warm!!
    with palm trees!!
    …okay, i’m a bad guesser. i did figure out it was you making the lasagna though ;). preeeeettty smart. yup. and that looks delicious. this cottage cheese thing is curious…i may just have to try it…

    Reply
  12. Natalia - a side of simple says

    April 13, 2011 at 10:04 am

    Lasagna 🙂 It’s really just one of those foods that elicites all thoughts of comfort, large sweat pants, and a cheese enduced food coma. And I like it!

    Reply
  13. Heather says

    April 13, 2011 at 9:44 am

    I have a hard time with lasagna too, but this looks really good. Such a clean piece!

    Reply
  14. R @ Learning As I Chop says

    April 13, 2011 at 9:35 am

    Thank you!!! I am definitely making this some time in the next few weeks.

    Reply
  15. Lori @ RecipeGirl says

    April 13, 2011 at 8:53 am

    looks absolutely perfect! You’re going to Southern California 🙂

    Reply
  16. Bianca @ Confessions of a Chocoholic says

    April 13, 2011 at 8:39 am

    Omg Feather haha! I have not made nor had lasagna in a veryyyyy long time – I think I need to remedy that asap! Thanks for the reminder 😉

    Reply
  17. evamadera says

    April 13, 2011 at 8:20 am

    That lasagna looks delicious!

    Wherever you’re going is definitely a place I want to go. 😀

    Reply
  18. becca (bellebottoms) says

    April 13, 2011 at 7:55 am

    ever since I tried actual lasagna with cheese (I grew up eating tofu lasagna), I never turned back….I love it when my mom adds some meat sauce to it….YUM!!

    Reply
  19. thehealthyapron says

    April 13, 2011 at 7:52 am

    Florida or Hawaii?? YUmmy lookin’ lasagna!

    Reply
  20. Tina @ Faith Fitness Fun says

    April 13, 2011 at 7:30 am

    Wherever it is, I’m pretty sure I’ll be jealous!

    Reply
  21. goodtastehealthyme says

    April 13, 2011 at 7:29 am

    I love lasagna with cottage cheese! It’s soooo tasty!

    Florida? I’m a new reader so I’m not sure where you live yet….so hopefully it’s not Florida! LOL

    Reply
  22. Kelly says

    April 13, 2011 at 7:10 am

    I love how you can see all the layers so clearly in that Lasagna! 🙂

    I am guessing HAWAII!

    Reply
  23. Urban Wife says

    April 13, 2011 at 6:52 am

    I love that it doesn’t have meat. Yay! p.s. It looks like a tropical destination. Fun! 🙂

    Reply
  24. Katie @ Health for the Whole Self says

    April 13, 2011 at 6:44 am

    I’ve been trying to find the perfect lasagna recipe – now I have it! Can’t wait to see where you’re going!

    Reply
  25. Krystina (Organically Me) says

    April 13, 2011 at 6:39 am

    Beautiful!!

    Reply
  26. yourdailygrace says

    April 13, 2011 at 6:08 am

    Love it and it has no meat! Which is even better! I’m bookmarking it and making it soon:)

    Reply
  27. Jessica @ How Sweet says

    April 13, 2011 at 5:45 am

    That does look like perfect lasagna!

    Reply
  28. The Food Hound says

    April 13, 2011 at 5:36 am

    Lasagna looks great! Isn’t it awesome when you find the “best of” something and your quest for perfection (at least for that food 🙂 is over?? Congrats!

    I think you’re going to Hawaii! And if you are, let me know and I will pass long good restaurant recs because we used to live there!!

    Reply
  29. Anna @ Newlywed, Newly Veg says

    April 13, 2011 at 5:35 am

    Oooooh, where ARE you going?!?! It’s somewhere I’m going to be jealous of, that I can tell. 🙂

    Reply
  30. Lauren at Keep It Sweet says

    April 13, 2011 at 5:22 am

    That looks like Hawaii to me:-) At least that is where I’d like to be going!! The lasagna looks delicious. I usually use ricotta cheese but cottage cheese sounds like a great idea!

    Reply
  31. Estela @ Weekly Bite says

    April 13, 2011 at 5:19 am

    Yum! This looks delicious! I love lasagna 🙂

    Judging by the picture, You’re going somewhere beachy 😉

    Reply

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