#9 The Best Lasagna

This is another meaty pasta dish! This is another recipe my mom sent with me to University.

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 2 - 20 oz cans whole or diced tomatoes
• 1 - 12 oz can tomato sauce
• 1 1/2 tbsp sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp oregano leaves
• 1/2 tsp thyme
• 1/4 tsp garlic salt
• 1 bay leaf
• 3/4 of a 750 g brick of mozzarella cheese
• 12 Lasagna noodles

Directions:

1. Cook hamburger and onion until meat is brown.

2. Add all ingredients but cheese and lasagna noodles. If using whole tomatoes, break them up with a potato masher.

3. Simmer for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.

4. In the meantime cook lasagna noodles. Drain and lay one layer of 6 noodles on bottom of a 9 x 13 pan.

5. After the sauce has finished simmering, discard the bay leaf.

6. Layer 1/3 of the meat sauce over the noodles. Top with slices of mozzarella cheese. Add another 1/3 of the sauce over the cheese. Then top with the remaining 6 noodles. Finish off the lasagna with a layer of some of the remaining 1/3 sauce, then cheese slices, and any remaining sauce.

7. Bake in 350 degree Celsius oven for 1 hour. Let sit out of the oven for 10 minutes before serving. NOTES

Oven ready noodles can be used in place of regular lasagna noodles. Also feel free to add a layer of fresh mushrooms or fresh or frozen spinach.