4 - 5 cups meat sauce (see Recipe page on bebeloveokazu.com)
8 lasagna noodles
16 oz non-fat cottage cheese
2 - 3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1½ cups fresh mozzarella cheese
½ cup grated fresh parmesean cheese
¾ cup chopped black olives
Cooked spinach and eggplant, optional
Instructions
Make meat sauce. (See Recipe page on bebeloveokazu.com)
Boil the lasagna noodles for 6 -8 minutes until tender. Using cooked noodles instead of dry noodles drastically cuts the baking time.
COOKING TIP: Spray the water with Pam Cooking Spray to prevent the lasagna noodles from sticking together.
Assemble the lasagna in a 9 x 13 baking dish by layering the ingredients in the following order: hamburger sauce, olives, noodles, cottage cheese, small bits of fresh mozzarella, shredded mozzarella, grated parmesan cheese
Repeat once. I find that two layers of the ingredients usually fit in the dish. If I have some spinach or eggplant, I'll either blanch the spinach and/or bake the eggplant and then layer this into the lasagna on top of the sauce and olives.
Bake the lasagna, uncovered at 400 degrees F for 25 minutes. Set the oven on low broil, then broil for 5 minutes to get the top of the lasagna nice and toasty.
Notes
Meat sauce recipe available on Recipe page of BebeLoveOkazu.com
Recipe by Bebe Love Okazu at https://bebeloveokazu.com/2010/05/18/lasagna/