Shhhh Make Believe Lasagna!

Shhhh Make Believe Lasagna!

I was in the mood today for lasagna but it is the beginning of the month and I can not afford to get the ricotta cheese and it was time to use up some of what  was left from last month. I needed to get creative so off to the net I went to find a solution. After some time I found what I was looking for and I was able to assemble a delicious lasagna for dinner tonight.

This is what I did:

                                        Shhhh Make Believe Lasagna!

Ingredients:

1/4 pound of pasta (egg noodles, lasagna noodles broken in half or any wide noodle)

1/4 pound ground beef

14 oz spaghetti sauce

1 cup of vegetables (I used tomatoes, zucchini, and onions. In otherwise what I had on hand)

1/2 cup cottage cheese

1/2 cup sour cream

2 teaspoons garlic

1 onion

1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

Sea salt to taste

Directions:

Heat oven to 375 degrees

Put pasta in salted water and while the pasta is cooking

Brown the ground beef and half of the onion you have finely chopped to the beef add a teas of Italian seasoning salt and pepper

While the beef  and pasta are cooking place 1/2 cup of cottage cheese and 1/2 cup sour cream in a blender along with 1 teaspoon of garlic . Blend until smooth.

Once everything is ready its time to assemble.

Lawyer as you would when making lasagna . Noodles sauce vegetables cheese then repeat.

Top your lasagna with shredded italian cheese and grated Parmesan cheese.

Bake in oven for 35 minutes.

Take the lasagna out of the oven and allow it to rest for 20 minutes before serving.

Serve with a toss salad and enjoy.

I had this for dinner froze two good size meals for another day and the next day had it for dinner again. 
It passes the test. I could not tell the diffrence in what I used for the cheese and it made it so much more affordable than if I had to buy the Ricotta.