Frying Pan Lasagna

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 ounce spaghetti sauce mix (whatever size they come in)
• 1 lb cream-style cottage cheese (full-fat is best)
• 3 cups broad egg noodles, uncooked
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1 small bay leaf, crushed
• 28 ounces tomatoes
• 5 1/2 ounces tomato paste (small can)
• 1 cup water
• 12 ounces mozzarella cheese, cut in slices (i use a mozarella ball)

Recipe

• 1 melt butter in a heavy frying pan (or electric skillet). brown the ground beef, breaking it up with a fork and spreading over the pan.
• 2 sprinkle with half the dry spaghetti sauce mix.
• 3 spoon on the cottage cheese.
• 4 top with the noodles.
• 5 sprinkle with remaining sauce mix, salt, oregano, basil & bay leaf.
• 6 combine the tomatoes, paste and water & pour over.
• 7 bring to a boil, lower heat, cover and simmer until noodles are tender - about 40 minutes. you may need to add a bit more water as needed during cooking (this seems to happen more when you make it stovetop).
• 8 top with strips of mozarella cheese, let soften & serve.