THE lasagna.

  

Ingredients:

• 1lb sweet Italian sausage 
• 3/4 lb group beef
• 1/2 cup minced onion( which I did not use due to my hate for this vegetable) 
• 2 crushed garlic cloves
• 1 (28oz) can crushed tomatoes ( or diced or whatever)
• 2 ( 6oz) cans tomato paste
• 2 (6.5 oz) tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup of water
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp basil
• 2 tsp Italian seasoning 
• 1 tsp salt
• some pepper
• 4 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
• 12 lasagna noodles
• 16oz ricotta cheese (+ if you're like me)
• 1 egg (2 if you like more ricotta cheese mixture)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3/4 lb mozzarella cheese
• 3/4 cup parmasean cheese 
• oil

Directions: ( I split mine in 2, made one half for today and froze the other, since my family is tiny)

1. In a large pot, stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water. Season with sugar, basil, Italian seasoning, 1 tbsp salt, pepper, 2 tbsp parsley and a bit oil so it won't stick. Simmer ( COVERED, because it will splash) for 1 1/2 house, stirring. ( but if you don't have that much time, just don't add that much water and simmer away!

    2.   In a large skillet, cook Italian sausage till it's golden. In another skillet, cook ground beef, onions and

          garlic, mixing occasionally. Once both are complete, slice the italian sausage and cook it a little bit more

          with the ground beef mixture. Set aside.

    3.   Bring a pot of salted ( 1 tsp) water to boil. Cook lasagna noodles 8-10 mins, or till ready. Drain and

          rinse with water. 

     4.  In a bowl, combine ricotta cheese, egg, 2 tbsp parsley and 1/2 tsp salt.

     5.  Once all have been cooked, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

     6.  Layer the lasagna: 

• layer 1: meat sauce, noodles, 1/2 mozzarella cheese 
• layer 2: meat sauce, noodles, ricotta cheese mixture, and parmasean cheese
• layer 3: meat sauce, noodles, other 1/2 of mozzarella cheese

( I like alot of cheese, so I just pile on till it looks good to me)

    7. Bake for 25mins with sprayed (pam or some butter or oil, so it won't stick) foil. Then remove foil and bake for another 15-20 mins, till it's golden, but not black. Cool and enjoy.