Down South Lasagna

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb ground beef or 1 lb if you prefer ground turkey
• 1 (26 1/2 ounce) can tomato sauce, i prefer 3 cps homemade (hunts garlic & herb)
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
• 16 ounces cottage cheese
• 8 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon dried italian herb seasoning
• 10 -12 lasagna noodles, cooked al dente

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 2 heat up a saute pan add meat and season with salt and pepper, cook 2 min add remaining seasons. brown meat breaking any large lumps, until it is no longer pink. remove from heat and drain any excess fat. set aside and allow to cool.
• 3 meanwhile cook spinach according to package, drain.
• 4 in a medium sized bowl add softened cream cheese, cottage cheese and spinach,mix well.
• 5 in bottom of 13 by 9-inch baking dish spread about half of a cup sauce, now start your layers this will be 3 layers, place 3 lasagna noodles down add cheese mixture, add about 5 to 6 tbs meat then 3-4 tbs sauce on top, repeat till you have 3 layers, top with mozzarella, sprinkle with a little bit dried herbs. cover with foil and bake for 45 min to an hour till middle is hot and top is bubbling.