This ladies and gentlmen, is my Specialty! I’ve listed it as ‘Infamous’, quite the contrary, I get repeated requests for this lasagna at company potlucks, and the lack of vegetables makes it perfect for the kids!
You can add pretty much whatever you’d like, Olives, Onions, Etc! I’ve also done vegetarian style, so if you need a recipe for that, please let me know!
You will need:
1 medium package Monterey Jack Cheese
1 medium container Cottage Cheese
1 box Lasagna Noodles
1lb Ground Turkey Meat
Salt
Pepper
Garlic Powder (Minced Fresh Garlic works better!)
1 jar/can preferred spaghetti sauce (I used Ragu Meat-Flavored)
To make the Lasagna:
Start a large pot of water to boil. add 3 teaspoons salt.
Boil Lasagna Noodles until soft
Brown Turkey Meat, season with salt, pepper, and Garlic to taste, adding a little extra of everything. (This provides much of
the flavor for the lasagna, but shouldn’t be overpowering)
While browning Turkey Meat, Grade all of the Monterey Jack Cheese.
Take 4/5ths of the graded cheese and place in a large bowl.
Add the Cottage Cheese to the 4/5ths graded cheese, mix well.
Preheat oven to 375
Drain Ground Turkey and set aside.
Drain Lasagna Noodles
Building your lasagna:
Always keep a visual of your ingredients. Chances are, your meat will the the first to run-out, so use this sparingly so it lasts throughout the Lasagna.
In a 9×13 pan, start by pouring a small amount of the spaghetti sauce in the bottom and spreading evenly. The sauce
should cover the bottom of the pan thinly. Top the sauce layer with lasagna noodles, laying them side by side (each layer
requires 3 noodles).
Use the following steps to stack your ingredients into Lasagna!
Top the noodle layer with spaghetti sauce, coating the noodles thinly and evenly. Evenly sprinkle turkey on top of the sauce
layer. Evenly sprinkle cottage cheese mixture over turkey. (if you’re cooking for yourself, you can use your hands here as
the mixture is somewhat sticky) the cheese mixture will be ‘clumpy’ but it all melts together in the end, so it doesn’t have
to be perfectly spread. Top the cheese layer with more noodles.
Somewhere in the middle, season lightly with salt, pepper, and garlic.
For the last layer, generously cover the noodles with spaghetti sauce. (this prevents the noodles on the top from drying out
while baking.) Sprinkle the remainder of your cheese mixture over the top of the sauce. Take the remaining 1/5th of your
cheese and sprinkle over the top of your lasagna.
Bake the lasagna for 35-45 minutes, or until bubbly in the center. the cheese on top will lightly brown at the edges when
done.
To top it off, here’s a simple process for Garlic Bread:
You will need:
1 loaf fresh french bread
Butter or Margarine
Garlic Powder
Slice french bread to desired width. Spread with butter. Arrange slices on flat baking sheet and sprinkle with garlic powder.
Note: if you don’t have garlic powder, you can mix butter and fresh minced garlic (1 part garlic to 6 parts butter) in a small container and spread this ‘Garlic Butter’ over
the bread.
Broil Garlic bread until brown on the edges.
Finally, go get yourself a nice bottle of wine, and Enjoy!
