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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. To make the sauce: In a stockpot, combine the tomatoes, tomato sauce, water, onions, peppers, garlic, parsley, seasoning mixtures, sugar and bay leaves. | 2. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 1 hour. | 3. Crumble the ground beef in a saucepan. | 4. Cook until no pink remains, then drain off the fat. | 5. Add the ground beef to the stockpot. | 6. Simmer for another 20 minutes. | 7. While the sauce simmers, cook the pasta according to the package directions. | 8. If the sauce is too thin for your taste, you can thicken it up at this time by mixing 1 tablespoon of cornstarch and 1/4 cup cold water-- bring the sauce back to a boil and stir in the cornstarch mixture, stirring constantly. | 9. Remove the bay leaves. | 10. Preheat the oven to 350º F. | 11. Mix together the cottage cheese with the 1 beaten egg and the 1/2 cup grated Parmesan Cheese. | 12. To assemble the lasagna: Place a thin layer of sauce in the bottom of a 9" x 13" x 2" pan. | 13. Layer 1/3 each of noodles, cottage cheese mixture, Gruyere, Swiss and Cheddar Cheeses. | 14. Pinch off small pieces of cream cheese and dot over the other cheeses. | 15. Add another layer of sauce. | 16. Repeat layering 2 to 3 times, ending with sauce. | 17. This may be covered and refrigerated at this point. | 18. Bake for 20 minutes. | 19. Remove from oven and top with the Mozarella Cheese and continue to bake for another 10 to 15 minutes. | 20. Note: If the lasagna has been refrigerated, bake for 40 minutes total. | 21. Enjoy! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
tomato	2	cups	canned diced	82.8	18.36	4.32	0.72
tomato sauce	2	cups		-	-	-	-
water	1	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
onion	1/2	cup	diced	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
green bell pepper	1/2	cup	diced	-	-	-	-
garlic clove	2		diced	-	-	-	-
parsley leaf	1/4	cup	chopped	-	-	-	-
italian seasoning	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
house seasoning salt black pepper garlic powder	1 1/2	1/2	mixed	-	-	-	-
seasoning salt	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
sugar	1 1/2	1/2		1208.97	302.394	0.0	0.0
bay leaf	2			-	-	-	-
beef	1 1/2		ground	1347.1709	0.0	132.1316	86.6136
lasagna noodle	9			-	-	-	-
cottage cheese	12	ounces		332.22	11.4582	37.6968	14.577
egg	1		beaten	71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
parmesan cheese	1/2	cup	grated	148.0	16.0	16.0	2.0
gruyere cheese	1	cup	grated	545.16	0.4752	39.3492	42.6888
swiss cheese	1	cup	grated	518.76	1.9008	35.5872	40.9068
cheddar cheese	2	cups	grated	-	-	-	-
cream cheese	8	ounces		669.06	7.938	16.1028	64.8648
mozzarella cheese	1	cup	grated	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.