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If you are like me, and love Italian cuisine, this Ground Beef and Italian Sausage Lasagna is for you. This simple, but yet delicious recipe will have your family coming back for seconds! 

Ground Beef and Italian Sausage Lasagna

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Ingredients
  

  • For the sauce:
  • 2 lbs Ground beef
  • 1 lb Sausage
  • 1 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 - 1 lb cans stewed Italian tomatoes
  • 2 - 15 oz cans tomato sauce
  • 2 tbsp parsley
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp Pink Himalayan salt
  • 2 tsp basil
  • For the cheese mixture:
  • 3 cups cottage cheese 4% milkfat
  • 1 cup of grated cheese
  • 2 tsp oregano
  • 2 tbsp parsley
  • 1 tsp Pink Himalayan salt
  • For the layers:
  • 1 cup grated cheese
  • Lasagna noodles I use Barilla Oven-Ready, so I don't have to pre-cook the noodles

Method
 

  1. Cook meat, add tomatoes, tomato sauce, parsley, sugar, salt, and basil.
  2. Simmer for 1 hour, or until mixture is the consistency of spaghetti sauce.
  3. preheat oven 350 F
  4. Mix cottage cheese, 1 cup of shredded cheese, 2 tbsp parsley, 1 tbs salt, and 2 tsp oregano.
  5. Reserve 1 cup of meat sauce for thin top layer
  6. In a baking pan, layer noodles meat sauce, cottage cheese mixture, repeat. Spread meat sauce on top then sprinkle grated cheese on top.
  7. Bake covered (I use aluminum foil) for 45 minutes or until noodles are soft. Remove cover and bake an additional 15 minutes or until cheese is golden brown. Serve, and enjoy!