How To Make Lasagna With Cottage Cheese And Meat

Serve the lasagna with a dollop of additional.
How to make lasagna with cottage cheese and meat. Layer 2 noodles 1 3 of the meat 3 4 cup of cottage cheese 1 2 cup mozzarella. Make the meat sauce. I know you cottage cheese haters are holding back a gag right now but i promise there s nothing offensive about cottage cheese lasagna. For variety if we.
Fit our better than ever cheesy meat lasagna into a healthful eating plan. In a large bowl add your cottage cheese ricotta cheese mozzarella parmesan eggs parsley salt and nutmeg and mix until. Next add your sausage and beef with a touch of water and garlic cooking until the meats are cooked through. Make it dairy free vegan.
It makes a huge difference. Double the recipe for my vegan sour cream also available in my cookbook page 217 and use 2 cups instead of the cottage cheese. For the last layer use the final two noodles meat mozzarella and parmesan cheese on top. In this case cottage cheese and swiss cheese.
About this cottage cheese lasagna. Usually when i make my own lasagna i don t precook my noodles and we prefer shredded chicken over ground beef. Yes as the name makes crystal clear this lasagna uses cottage cheese instead of ricotta cheese which is more traditional in authentic italian food. As tempting as it is to buy it already shredded do not do that.
This recipe calls for cottage cheese and again to avoid watery lasagna i drain the cottage cheese for an hour or so in the sink. You gotta do what you gotta do sometimes. Cover baking dish with foil and bake at 350 for 1 hour. Mom s lasagna has two things that set it apart from the rest of the pack and of course it s all about the cheese.
Season and mix in your marinara sauce then set aside. Omit the mozzarella and use all of the tomato sauce for the final layer. I probably use more cheese and sometimes cheddar in addition to the mozzarella. You ll also need a pound of mozzarella cheese.
Other than that this is pretty close to how i make mine. Skip the step where you would blend the cottage cheese and just barely blend the spinach veggies into the sour cream. Heat a large skillet over medium heat and saute your onions. This cheesy meat lasagna is made with cottage cheese ground beef and pasta sauce.
You don t really taste the cottage cheese but it gives the filling a less mushy more creamy texture which is something everyone even the haters will appreciate. Just for personal preference i d give it 4 stars because i don t care for the cottage cheese egg layer and leave that out. First let s chat about that cottage cheese. Hey this recipe is from the midwest where cottage cheese is readily available affordable and delicious and i am here.