EASIER lasagna

I'm all about the Italian food...especially lasagna! That said, I've never been too skilled when it came to cooking the lasagna noodles and keeping them in tact!

So I loved it when I found this great recipe (pampered chef) for Inside Out Lasagna. Same ingredients practically, just easier. And just like all the recipes I seem to fall in love with, it's modification friendly in case you don't have something in your pantry :)

1 12 oz. box of your favorite pasta (tonight I had on hand whole wheat shells)

1/2 medium onion chopped

1lb of lean ground beef

1 26 oz. jar of spaghetti sauce

1 14.5 oz can of diced tomatoes, in juice

2 cloves minced garlic

4 eggs

1/2 cup parmesan cheese

2 cups Mozzarella cheese

32 oz Ricotta Cheese (I only had a 15 oz. tub on hand and it still came out terrific)

1 TBS dried parsley

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp black pepper

• Preheat oven 350
• Cook Pasta according to box
• Chop onion and put it and ground beef in skillet to brown over medium heat (8-10min)
• Press garlic into beef mix
• Stir in pasta sauce and tomatoes, remove from heat
• In a mixing bowl, lightly beat eggs. Add cheeses, parsley, salt, and pepper. Mix well.
• Assemble lasagna. Cooked pasta, meat mixture, then spoon ricotta mix over sauce. Spread evenly.
• Bake uncovered, 1 hour or until ricotta mix is set and lightly browned.

Yields 15 servings (ha! yeah right if you're a mini-person)

~Amanda