John's Lasagna

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 12 lasagna noodles, cooked
• 1 1/4 lbs ground beef
• 1/2 onion, diced
• 1 stalk celery, diced
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 (32 ounce) jar marinara sauce
• 1 (4 1/2 ounce) jar mushrooms
• 1 1/2 cups mild cheddar cheese
• 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese
• 1 cup of freshly grated romano cheese

Recipe

• 1 for meat sauce: fry ground beef, onions, and celery until lightly brown. stir in marinara sauce and mushrooms.
• 2 to assemble: put a small amount of meat sauce in a 9x13 inch baking pan. top with 4 lasagna noodles. add 1/3 of remaining meat sauce. top with 1/3 c of cheddar and 1/3 c of mozzerella cheeses and 1/4 c romano cheese. top with 4 additional noodles, then repeat layers, ending with the meat sauce.
• 3 sprinkle remaining 1/2 cheddar and 1/2mozzerella cheese and 1/4 c of romano cheese over lasagna.
• 4 bake , uncovered, for 60 minutes at 350 degrees. let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
• 5 to freeze: bake, cool, wrap well, and label. freeze up to 2 months.
• 6 to serve, defrost overnight and then bake until warmed through, or bake from frozen for 1 hour and a half.