Natalie's Lasagna:

"Here is my version of the sauce recipe.  I doubled it to do 3 foil lasagna pans.  It was big enough that I needed to use two big pots to cook it up. "

In each pot:

1 small onion - chopped and sauteed until soft.  Remove and set aside until after beef is browned 

1 lb of hamburger - browned

Add:

onions back in

1 small green pepper chopped

1 zucchini chopped small

6 or so mushrooms chopped small

1 - 28 oz can diced tomatoes (add liquid too)

1 - can tomato paste

1 - tall can tomato sauce (I used Hunt's - they are maybe 20 oz or something like that)

2 tsp OXO beef liquid  (I'm sure you could sub powder oxo dissolved in a bit of water)

1/4 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp oregano

1 tsp basil

1/4 tsp cayenne

1 Tbsp dried parsley

1 Tbsp sugar

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

Cover and Simmer at least an hour on low. 

For each pan of lasagna I used 9 lasagna noodles (3 noodles per layer), so plan on a full box plus a few more.  The noodles are a bit long for the pans so I cut the cooked noodles down to fit. With the cut down bits you can actually piece them together and one box will do it for all 3 pans. 

Cottage cheesy layer in the middle:

Mix together and refrigerate until ready to assemble

1 pkg chopped spinach, thawed and drained

1 500 mL cottage cheese

2 eggs

1 can cream of mushroom soup

Assembly:

1) Big scoop of sauce on the bottom of each pan - just enough to barely cover

2) 3 noodles

3) Sauce

4) Shredded Mozzarella - I just buy the generic bag pre-shredded (about 1 Kg, I think)

5) 3 noodles

6) Sauce

7) Cottage cheesy mixture (divided amongst all 3 pans)  spoon around and spread out with a spatula a bit

8) 3 noodles

9) Sauce

10) Shredded Mozzarella

Cover with foil and Bake or freeze.  This time I sprayed the inside of the foil with a shot of PAM so it didn't stick to the cheese. 

Bake @ 400 F for 45 min and broil for a few minutes just to get cheese bubbly and brown.

From frozen - I'm guessing it would take more like 1 1/2 hours, maybe a bit more. 

ENJOY!!