The Easiest Lasagna....EVER!

I love lasagna but always thought it was too time consuming to make it very often. When trying to figure out what to make for supper the other night I realized I kinda sorta had most of the items on hand, and would "wing it" with the items I didn't have. What came out of the oven was a big hit. So big, that I've now made it 3 times in the last several days. With requests to make enough to have leftovers!

1 pound (or so) hamburger and/or sausage (I like a combo of the 2)

About half a box of lasagna noodles

About 3/4 jar of spaghetti sauce

1 16 oz carton of cottage cheese*

2 cups Mozzarella Cheese

Sprinklings of garlic salt

Boil your lasagna noodles per the directions on the package. You can use the kind that doesn't require boiling, which will make this recipe even easier! Brown the hamburger and/or sausage together until no pink remains.

Preheat oven to 350.

When the noodles are ready, take your casserole dish and spoon a little spaghetti sauce in the bottom and then place one layer of noodles over the sauce. Then place half of the meat mixture on top of that followed by half of the cottage cheese and a sprinkling of garlic salt.

Then repeat the layers, using the remainder of the meat and cottage cheese and more garlic salt, but not too much. Finish by layering the last of the noodles on top and then sprinkle all of the Mozzarella Cheese on top.

Ready to be placed in a preheated oven for 30 minutes.

Best paired with French bread with garlic butter and a side salad.

*You can replace cottage cheese with Ricotta if you want. Ricotta is more expensive and as far as I am concerned, when it is baked like this you can't tell the difference between the 2 cheeses. If you don't like cottage cheese, please don't omit it. Whether you use cottage or Ricotta, they add a nice creaminess to the dish.