Lazy Day Lasagna

Bobo helped me cook dinner last night. We made lasagna. Lazy Day Lasagna. The reason it is called Lazy Day Lasagna is because this is a lasagna recipe where you don't cook the noodles before you assemble the lasagna. My kind of cooking. First you brown the hamburger meat. We used about a pound and a half. While the hamburger meat is browning, add one carton (15 oz) of ricotta cheese to a mixing bowl.

Then two tablespoons of Parmesan cheese.

One teaspoon of Italian seasoning.

And combine.

Once the meat was browned we added one and a half jars of spaghetti sauce. (about 40 oz)

Now assembly time. First start by putting about 1.5 cups of sauce/meat on bottom of casserole dish.

Then layer on your uncooked noodles.

Then add half of the ricotta cheese mixture, spreading to cover the noodles.

Sprinkle 1 cup of mozzarella cheese on.

Then start the process over. 1.5 cups of sauce/meat.

Noodles.

Ricotta and mozzarella.

Finally, pour the rest of the sauce/meat mixture on making sure to cover the noodles and sprinkle with even more mozzarella.

Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.

Let cool for about 15 minutes

And serve with some garlic bread.

Yummy!

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National Soup Month

January is National Soup Month.

I decided that it was only appropriate that I share a soup recipe. I would have loved to have some pictures of the soup to go along with this post but alas I do not. Life got in the way.

Taco Soup

1 small onion
2 pounds hamburger meat
2 cans corn
2 cans dark red kidney beans
2 cans pinto beans
2 cans sliced stewed tomatoes
1 can rotel original
1 package taco seasoning
1 package dry ranch dressing
2 tablespoons sugar

Dice the onion and put it in a large pot with the hamburger meat to brown. After draining the browned meat and onions pour all other ingredients into pot. Do not drain any of the cans! Then let the soup heat on the stove for 30 to 45 minutes so all the flavors can mingle and get to know one another. This soup is fabulous with corn bread, sprinkled with cheese, tortilla chips, or tortillas. (I usually eat mine with cornbread mixed in it like chili.)