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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Brown ground beef, stirring till no large lumps remain. | 2. Push meat to sides of pan and let water cook away until water has evaporated. | 3. While there is still water in the pan, pour in dried onion flakes. | 4. When water is gone and only grease remains, stir and then drain the meat through a colander. | 5. Add remaining spices and stir. | 6. Then add the spaghetti sauce and let simmer. | 7. While sauce is simmering, combine Cottage Cheese and Ricotta Cheese in mixing bowl. | 8. Beat together with a mixer until smooth. | 9. (At this point you can put the baby spinach in a food processor and chop finely and add to cheese mixture, if desired) Once sauce has simmered 15 to 20 minutes, gather cheese mixture, sauce, noodles and Mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. | 10. Pour a layer of sauce into 13 x 9 inch baking pan or casserole dish. | 11. Using DRY noodles, spread the Cottage and Ricotta cheese mixture on each noodle and place in pan side by side. | 12. Then pour a layer of sauce over the cheese. | 13. Sprinkle with Parmesan to cover and then add a thick layer of shredded mozzarella. | 14. Repeat until there are 3 layers of each. | 15. (Note: When using dry noodles sauce should be a bit more thin than if using cooked noodles. The dry noodles will absorb the liquid and cook along with the rest) Cook in preheated oven at 350 degrees for 40- 45 minutes. | 16. Keep covered loosely with aluminum foil for the first 30- 35 minutes so cheese doesn't brown too much. | 17. Once it has baked, remove from oven and let sit for 10 minutes to make cutting easier. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
beef	2 1/2		ground lean	1326.003	0.0	261.4606	30.4867
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
beef bouillon cube	2			0.7	0.004	0.114	0.022000000000000002
garlic powder	1 -2	tablespoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
onion flake	1 -2	tablespoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
italian seasoning	2 -3	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
spaghetti sauce	2	jars		-	-	-	-
ricotta cheese	1	carton		-	-	-	-
cottage cheese	1	carton		-	-	-	-
mozzarella cheese	3	packages	shredded	-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese				-	-	-	-
lasagna noodle	1	package		-	-	-	-
baby spinach				-	-	-	-

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