Recipe: Lickety Split Lasagna

Lickety-Split Lasagna
Ingredients:
12 ounces ground beef
2-1/2 cups spaghetti sauce
6 lasagna noodles
1-1/2 cups cottage cheese
1-1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (6 ounces)
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese (optional)
Cook meat in a large skillet over medium-high heat till no pink
color is left in meat, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon
and breaking up the meat. Remove skillet from heat. Place
colander over bowl. Spoon meat into colander and let fat drain
into bowl. Return meat to skillet. Put fat in a container to throw
away.
Spoon 1 cup of the spaghetti sauce in the bottom of a 2-quart
rectangular baking dish. Stir remaining spaghetti sauce into meat
in skillet. Cook over medium heat till hot, stirring occasionally
with a wooden spoon. Remove meat mixture from heat.
Place 2 uncooked noodles on sauce in bottom of dish. Spread
one-third of the meat mixture on top of noodles. Spread 3/4 cup
of the cottage cheese over meat. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the
mozzarella cheese over cottage cheese. Add another layer of 2
uncooked noodles, one-third of the meat mixture, the rest of the
cottage cheese, and 1/2 cup of the mozzarella cheese. Layer
remaining uncooked noodles, meat mixture, and mozzarella
cheese. Finally, sprinkle Parmesan cheese over top, if you like.
Cover baking dish with foil. Bake in a 350 F. oven for 1 hour.
Remove from oven and let stand on a cooling rack with foil cover
in place for 15 minutes. Carefully remove foil from dish so steam
escapes away from you. Makes 6 servings.
Nutrition facts per serving: 430 calories, 20 g total fat (8 g
saturated fat), 61 mg cholesterol, 928 mg sodium 33 g
carbohydrate, 0 g fiber, 29 g protein.