Microwave Lasagna

Source: Steve Gutzwiller

Yield: ?

Rating: 4 of 5 - simple, very good

Ingredients

• 1 lb. ground beef
• 28 oz. (1 jar ) commercial spaghetti sauce
• ½ c. water
• ¼ c. dry red wine (optional)
• 8-10 lasagna noodles, uncooked
• 3 c. (12 oz.) shredded Mozzarella cheese
• ½ c. grated Parmesan cheese
• 2 c. cottage cheese

Directions

• Brown the ground beef. Drain.
• Combine ground beef, spaghetti sauce, water, and wine. Spread one-third of this sauce in a lightly-greased 12”x8”x2” baking dish. Arrange 4 or 5 noodles on the sauce. * Layer one cup of cottage cheese and one cup of Mozzarella on top. Spoon on a half of the remaining sauce. Repeat, beginning with the noodles, for the next layer, ending with the sauce.
• Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top.
• Cover with plastic wrap, venting at corner. Microwave at medium for 35 minutes, turning once.
• Uncover and top with remaining 1 c. Mozzarella. Microwave at medium for 2 minutes to melt. Let sit for five minutes before serving.

Notes

• Gail Dubovsky’s variant:
  • add 8 oz. tomato sauce
  • mix one eggs and 2 1/2 tsp. oregano with the cottage cheese
  • use half ground beef, half hot Italian sausage
  • spice spaghetti sauce with 2 T. Italian seasoning, ½ T. sugar, ½ tsp. garlic powder, ½ medium onion, and ½ tsp. chili powder
  • microwave 20 minutes at 75%, 15 minutes at 50%, 35 minutes at 75%