Easy Lasagna

     This is an oldie but a goodie. A few years ago I was looking for a fast easy way to make Lasagna without going through all of the trouble of boiling noodles, making sauce, etc.

What you'll need:
1lb of ground beef or ground turkey
1 67oz jar of Prego Traditional Italian Sauce
1 16oz container Ricotta Cheese
1 Box of regular lasagna noodles
Apprx 4 cups Mozzarella cheese
1 Tablespoon minced garlic, (I use the kind in a jar).
Garlic Salt, Season Salt, Pepper

     Season the ground beef with garlic salt, minced garlic, season salt, pepper, and minced garlic. Brown the ground beef in a large saucepan. Add the entire jar of sauce to pan. Simmer for a few minutes to meld the flavors. Now your going to layer the dish. I use a 9X13 but really a larger pan would be better. Put a good amount of meat sauce on the bottom of the pan. Add a layer of uncooked noodles. Spread a layer of ricotta cheese on top of the noodles. You can spread them with a butter knife, drop them in globs. You can mix the ricotta with a little bit of milk in a bowl too to make it easier to spread. No matter what you do it will spread out evenly when it cooks. After you spread the ricotta, add more sauce. Add a layer of mozzarella cheese. Follow that order, Noodle, ricotta, meat, mozzarella, until you are almost to the top. Place a layer of noodles, add meat sauce, and sprinkle mozzarella on the top. Cover with foil and put in the oven at 375F for 1 hour. If you want the top to be crispy/crunchy, remove the foil for the last 10 minutes of cooking! Enjoy! I usually serve this with a crisp romain salad and garlic bread. We top our lasagna (on our own plates) with cottage cheese. 
   
  This meal freezes really well and is a good and easy one to make ahead and freeze or take to someone when they are in need of a hot meal. Just write the cooking instructions on the foil.