The Recipe Thread [tm--CajunCook]

My aunt's lasagna recipe she uses. We're all cajun but she married a Vizzini and had to learn from his mother:

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2 Pounds of ground meat<o></o>
1 clove garlic minced<o></o>
1-tablespoon parsley<o></o>
1-tablespoon basil<o></o>
1 ½ teaspoon salt<o></o>
2 cups tomatoes whole (you can find this canned)<o></o>
2 6-ounce can tomato paste<o></o>
1 10-ounce package lasagna noodles (the no boil noodles)<o></o>
2 12-ounce carton large curd cream style cottage cheese<o></o>
I like to add ricotta cheese about ¼ cup<o></o>
2 beaten eggs<o></o>
2-teaspoon salt<o></o>
½ teaspoon pepper<o></o>
2-teaspoon parsley<o></o>
½ cup Parmesan cheese<o></o>
1-pound mozzarella cheese<o></o>
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Brown meat slowly; add the next 6 ingredients to the meat. Simmer uncovered until thick about 45 minutes. Stirring occasionally. <o></o>
Combine cottage cheese with the next 5 ingredients, mix well.<o></o>
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Get a rectangular pan about 13”x9”x2” baking dish.
First add about half of meat mixture and spread in pan add hard no boil noodles over meat then spread about half of cheese mixture. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese. Repeat layer meat, noodles cheese mixture and sprinkle mozzarella. Add a little meat mixture and mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. <o></o>
Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes<o></o>
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