Lasagna (and a bonus dish)

Today’s dish(es): Lah. Zah. Nyaaah

Lasagna
(And my oodles of noodles on the fly bonus dish)

Skill level: medium to advanced
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 120 minutes

Ingredients

2lb ground beef
1 container of ricotta cheese
1 big onion
Salt and pepper
1tbsp minced garlic
Ground Cinnamon
1 can of diced tomato
1 can of tomato sauce
Oregano
2 tbsp Olive oil
Lemon juice
1 box of lasagna noodles (to all my Italian friends, scusa but I am not making my own noodles)
1 bag of shredded Colby and Monterey Jack cheese

Directions

Dice the onion
Heat olive oil in a saucepan on high
Add diced onion and stir for a minute
Add ground beef and stir
Add salt and pepper to liking
Stir until meat is browned
Add can of diced tomatoes
Add can of tomato sauce
Add A couple of dashes of cinnamon
Stir
Add 1 tbsp of minced garlic
Add a couple of dashes of oregano
Add a capful if lemon juice
Stir
Turn heat down to medium/medium low, cover and let cook for about 30 minutes. Stir occasionally

While sauce is cooking, boil the noodles according to box directions

After sauce and noodles are ready, get an oven safe pan (I like glass ones, less sticky on the bottom)

Lay one layer of noodles at the bottom of the pan next to each other

Add a serving spoonful of ricotta cheese on top of the noodles
Add 1-2 scoops of sauce
Mix sauce and cheese and spread over noodles to cover them
(The measurements will vary based on the size of your pan)

Add second layer of noodles on top and repeat

Add third layer on top and repeat

After you mixed ricotta and sauce on top of third layer, sprinkle shredded cheese on top generously so it covers the sauce and ricotta cheese mix

Sprinkle some pepper and oregano on top if you like

Cover and bake in the oven at 350 for 45 minutes then uncover and let bake for another 10-15 minutes

Sahteen

HOLD ON!!!

I made oodles of noodles!
I don’t want to throw them away!

No worries.
Take the extra noodles and cut them sideways (on the short side-see pic)

In a wok or a pan, add a teaspoon of olive oil and then heat on high

Throw the cut noodles in
Add a can of diced tomatoes
Add salt and pepper to liking
Add a couple of dashes of oregano
Add a capful of lemon juice
Add a teaspoon of minced garlic
Add a couple of dashes of graded Parmesan cheese
Stir for 5 minutes

And viola! You’ll be eating pasta for days