Lasagna

This one I'm proud to say I came up with myself, and Chris LOVED it. It was a delicious lasagna recipe that I may just be in love with. Like, we're getting married and having babies in love with. Here goes:

Ingredients
1/2 lb sausage (any kind, we used mild breakfast sausage)
1/2 lb lean ground beef
1 26 oz jar chunky sauce
1 15 oz can tomato sauce
1 can diced tomatoes
1 8oz package lasagna noodles
1 15oz container cottage cheese (fat free)
1 tsp Italian seasoning
2 cups shredded mozzarella
1/2 cup shredded parmesan

1. Brown meat then stir in with pasta sauce, diced tomatoes, and tomato sauce. Combine cottage cheese with seasoning.
2. Preheat oven to 375. Spread 1 cup sauce in bottom of dish. Top with three noodles. Cover with 1/3 C cottage cheese mix, 1/2 cup mozz, and 1 cup sauce. Repeat. Top with parmesan.
3. Cover with aluminum foil and bake 50 minutes. Uncover and bake for an additional 5 minutes.

Seriously, delicious. And I'm fairly certain that I'll be using the sauce recipe for the baked ziti from now on. DELICIOUS.

Baked Ziti

Another recipe stolen from allrecipes.com, this one is a quick and easy meal for a weekday, and it was also super cheap to make. I'm going to make it for a dinner get together that I'm having tomorrow night, but I'm going to make a homemade sauce instead of just using regular sauce out of a jar to spice things up.

Ingredients:
1 lb dry ziti pasta
1/2 onion, chopped
1 lb lean ground beef
2 26oz jars of spaghetti sauce
12 oz four cheese blend grated cheese
1.5 cups of sour cream
2 tbsp grated parmesan cheese

Directions:
1. Cook noodles as directed on the box.
2. Brown ground beef with chopped onion until cooked.
3. Preheat oven to 350.
4. Butter a 9x13 casserole dish. At the bottom of the dish, layer half the noodles with beef, then half the sauce, then sour cream. Add half the cheese on top of that. Repeat. Add parmesan on top.
5. Bake for 30 minutes or until the cheese is melted.