Cottage Cheese Lasagna Recipes Recipe Cards

MOM'S EASY COTTAGE CHEESE LASAGNA RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large frying pan, fry up the ground beef and onions together until the ground beef is no longer pink and the onions are soft and translucent.
• Drain the excess grease and add in the garlic. Sautee until the garlic is browned.
• Stir in the sauce and the water, remove from heat.
• Combine the cottage cheese, egg and Italian seasoning.
• In a 9x13 baking pan, spread 1/3 of the sauce mixture on the bottom. Lay three noodles on top.
• Spread half of the cottage cheese mixture on top of the noodles evenly. Top with a cup of mixed cheese.
• Lay another 3 noodles on top. Spread out another 1/3 of the sauce on top of the noodles. Spread the last of the cottage cheese mixture on top, followed by a cup of mixed cheese.
• Lay the last 3 noodles on top, followed by the last 1/3 of the sauce mixture. Sprinkle with another 2-3 cups of the mixed cheese. ( I like a seriously good layer of cheese on top!)
• Cover and bake in 350 °F oven for 45-50 minutes. If you like, remove the cover and bake the cheese on top for another 5-10 minutes to get it slightly crispy around the edges.
• Remove, let sit for 10 minutes and then slice and serve.

LASAGNA WITH COTTAGE CHEESE

Steps:

• Make the Meat Sauce: In large high-sided skillet, cook beef, sausage, garlic and onion over medium-high heat 10 to 12 minutes or until meat is cooked through, breaking up meat with back of spoon and stirring occasionally. Remove and discard any excess fat in pan.
• Stir in tomato sauce, tomato paste, oregano and salt; heat to simmering over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, make the Cheese Filling: Place eggs in large bowl and whisk until smooth. Add cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, parsley, salt and pepper; stir until well combined.
• Prepare noodles according to package directions; drain.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray 10 x 16-inch lasagna pan or large baking dish with nonstick spray. Arrange 1/4 of noodles in bottom of dish. Spread noodles with 1/4 of Cheese Filling. Arrange 1/4 of mozzarella cheese slices over Cheese Filling (you can rip the cheese slices into halves or thirds to arrange them easier). Spread 1/4 of Meat Sauce over mozzarella cheese slices. Repeat layers 3 more times.
• Transfer to oven and bake 45 to 60 minutes or until edges are bubbly. Let rest 15 minutes before serving topped with additional Parmesan cheese and basil, if desired.

EASY LASAGNA WITH COTTAGE CHEESE

Steps:

• Brown the ground beef.
• Spread 1 cup of spaghetti sauce in the bottom of a 2-quart, oven-safe dish.
• Pour the rest of the sauce in with the ground beef and cook until warm.
• Layer 2 noodles, 1/3 of the meat, 3/4 cup of cottage cheese, 1/2 cup mozzarella; repeat. For the last layer, use the final two noodles, meat, mozzarella, and parmesan cheese on top.
• Cover baking dish with foil and bake at 350 for 1 hour.

COTTAGE CHEESE LASAGNA

Steps:

• Melt butter in skillet.
• Add onions and minced garlic and saute until tender.
• Add ground chuck and cook until meat is browned.
• Add tomatoes, tomato paste, salt, pepper, oregano and sugar.
• Simmer one and one half hours until the meat sauce is thick.
• Cook lasagna noodles in boiling salted water until they are tender, approx 10 minutes.
• Rinse in cool water until the noodles are cooled enough to handle.
• Drain.
• Lightly grease 13x9" pan.
• Place a small amount of meat mixture on bottom of pan.
• Arrange 1/3 of the noodles on top of meat mixture.
• Cover noodles with 1/3 of meat mixture, 1 cup cottage cheese, and 1/3 each of Cheddar cheese and Parmesan cheese.
• Repeat layers twice, using remaining 1 cup of cottage cheese on middle layer.
• Top layer only has meat sauce and cheeses.
• Bake at 350°F for 30-40 minutes.

JENNIE'S FLAVORFUL COTTAGE CHEESE LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350.
• Lightly grease or spray a 13x9 baking pan.
• Start by sauteing your mirepoix veggies in a little oil over medium high heat - about 5 minutes. (Hate veggies? Ok - you can skip this - but please at least add some onion powder!) Add your hamburger and cook until well browned. Add your favorite jar of pasta sauce and mix to combine. (I use Prego Italian Sausage & Garlic -- because I like it and because I'm too lazy to make my own sauce -- no lectures, please!) Set aside.
• In a small bowl, add egg (beaten), all your spices (salt, pepper, garlic, Italian seasonings), the cottage cheese (any kind - I use 4%), the Parmesan and HALF (1 cup) of your mozzarella cheese. Stir to combine. Can you use Ricotta instead of the cottage cheese? Yes! Of course! It's your kitchen! I'm just using cottage cheese because I have some and it reminds me of how my mom used to make lasagna. You do what you want!
• Now - take a big scoop of sauce and slather it on the bottom of your baking pan. Layer 4 noodles across to cover the bottom. Take half of your cheesy mixture and spread all over the noodles -- try to cover it evenly. Now add half of your sauce mixture. Now more noodles. Then other half of your cheese mixture. Another layer of noodles. Now the rest of the sauce. And finally top with your remaining 1 cup of mozzarella cheese! Doesn't it look and smell good already?!
• Cover with a piece of tin foil (I get a large piece and try to "tent" the top a little so the cheese doesn't melt to the tin foil -- that stuff is gold!) Bake for 45 minutes. (You may want to put your baking dish on a baking tray while cooking in case it boils over during the baking process -- cleaning a tray is much easier than cleaning an oven.).
• After 45 minutes -- visit your lasagna and take off the tin foil. Yum, right? Let it cook 15 minutes more.
• Now the hard part -- take the delicious lasagna out of the oven and LET IT REST for 20 minutes! What?! You wanted to eat it right away?! Me, too - but too bad -- it needs to rest! If you want a soupy, runny mess of hot lasagna -- then go ahead and eat it right away. But if you want a beautiful, photo-worthy cut piece of lasagna that is Pinterest worthy -- just wait. Sit down and have some wine -- make a salad -- or garlic bread!
• This feeds 6 big eater,s OR 8 regular eaters, OR 12 small eaters.
• Ok - that's it! Enjoy your lasagna!

EASY LASAGNA II

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat brown the ground beef. Drain the grease. Add spaghetti sauce and simmer for 5 minutes.
• In a large bowl, mix together the cottage cheese, 2 cups of the mozzarella cheese, eggs, half of the grated Parmesan cheese, dried parsley, salt and ground black pepper.
• To assemble, in the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish evenly spread 3/4 cup of the sauce mixture. Cover with 3 uncooked lasagna noodles, 1 3/4 cup of the cheese mixture, and 1/4 cup sauce. Repeat layers once more: top with 3 noodles, remaining sauce, remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Add 1/2 cup water to the edges of the pan. Cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degree F(175 degrees C) oven for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 10 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.