Gloria's Lasagna

Ingredients:
delicious slice of lasagna with fresh basil garnish

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 large jar Ragu Traditional sauce
    • OR 1 12-oz can Hunts whole tomatoes and 1 6-oz Hunts tomato paste
  • 3 cups Ricotta cheese
  • 1 12-16 oz bag mozzarella cheese
  • 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
  • 2 tsp dried basil
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 package lasagna noodles (can use no-cook noodles)

Directions:

  1. Cook onion and garlic in oil until transparent. Add beef and cook until no longer pink. Add tomato sauce (or tomato & paste), salt, pepper, and sugar.
  2. In lasagna pan put one scoop of sauce on bottom of the pan.
  3. Layer ingredients: noodles, 1/2 of Ricotta, 1/3 of mozzarella, sprinkle of parmesan, and some basil & oregano. Repeat layers. Top with noodles, sauce, mozzarella, basil, and oregano.
  4. Bake at 375 F for 30-40 min or until done. Let stand 10 min.
hand-written recipe on scrap of paper