Louise's Lasagna

This lasagna gets cheesy with mozzarella cheese, cottage cheese, white American cheese, and Parmesan cheese. Adding salami and pepperoni sausage to ground beef in the tomato sauce adds yet more flavor.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 2 hr
• Total Time: 2 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 545 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 cups cottage cheese
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 2 (14.5 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
• 9 lasagna noodles
• 1 onion, minced
• 16 ounces tomato sauce
• 6 ounces tomato paste
• 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• grated Parmesan cheese
• ¾ pound ground beef
• ½ pound salami, chopped
• ½ pound pepperoni sausage, chopped
• 9 slices white American cheese

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Crumble ground beef into skillet; add salami, pepperoni, and onion. Cook and stir mixture until beef is completely browned, 7 to 10 minutes. Drain grease from skillet. Transfer meat mixture to a slow cooker; stir stewed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, garlic powder, oregano, salt, and pepper into the meat mixture.

Step 3

Cook mixture in slow cooker on Low for 2 hours.

Step 4

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles in boiling water until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain.

Step 5

Spread a thin layer of the sauce from the meat mixture into the bottom of a baking dish. Layer about 1/3 of the noodles into the bottom of the dish; top with about 1 1/3 cup mozzarella cheese, 2/3 cup cottage cheese, 3 slices white American cheese, and 4 teaspoons grated parmesan cheese. Spread about 1/3 of the meat mixture over the cheese layer. Repeat layers twice more.

Step 6

Bake in preheated oven until the cheese melts throughout the lasagna, about 30 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes before cutting to serve.