Ryan's Mom' Lasagna

Total Time: 48 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 48 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 lb hamburger
• 2 cups chopped tomatoes (i just chopped up a couple tomatoes and call it good)
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can tomato soup
• 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 (29 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup of chopped celery (approx. to get in the nutritional facts)
• 1/4 cup chopped green pepper (approx. to get in the nutritional facts)
• 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 lb italian sausage (optional)
• 1 lb fresh mushrooms (optional)
• 2 tablespoons garlic butter (optional)
• 24 ounces cottage cheese
• 1 lb lasagna noodle
• 2 lbs mozzarella cheese
• cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 combine all the sauce ingredients in a large sauce pan and simmer for at least 6 hours. the longer you cook the better. *ryan's mom would simmer it for 2 days for about 5 hours a day and make the lasagna on the third day after warming it on the stove top.
• 2 when you are ready to make the lasagna start by preheating the over at 350 and cooking noodles.
• 3 coat 9x13 pan with cooking spray.
• 4 layer in the following order:.
• 5 sauce, noodles, sauce, cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese--repeat until you run out of ingredients.
• 6 cook for at least 1/2 an hour (i keep an eye on it and make sure all the cheese is melted).
• 7 let sit for 15 minutes before serving so that it will stay together better.
• 8 best when served with garlic bread.
• 9 ***optional ingredients: i cook the sausage and hamburger together and only use half in the sauce and freeze the other half for another time. i saute the mushrooms in the garlic butter and add them as a couple layers with the sauce.