Muellers Quick No Boil Cheesy Lasagna Food

MUELLER'S CLASSIC LASAGNA

Steps:

• In a large, heavy pan, lightly brown beef and onion in oil. Add tomatoes (put through blender or cut with edge of spoon), tomato paste, water, parsley, salt, sugar, garlic powder, pepper, and oregano; simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, cook lasagne noodles as directed on box; drain. In a 13x9-inch baking pan, spread about 1 cup of sauce. Then alternate layers of lasagne noodles, sauce, ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan, ending with sauce, mozzarella, and Parmesan.
• Bake at 350°F for 40 to 50 minutes until lightly browned and bubbling. Allow to stand for 15 minutes; cut in squares to serve.
• This recipe is made available as a courtesy by Mueller's Pasta, a trademark of TreeHouse Foods Inc.

EASY CHEESY LASAGNA(NO BOIL)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°.
• Use a 9x13 GLASS pan.
• Brown ground beef or sausage with onion and garlic.
• Drain off fat.
• Return beef mixture to skillet.
• Stir in spaghetti sauce and water.
• In a small bowl, combine ricotta, Parmesan and parsley; set aside.
• In 13x9" glass pan, layer 1/3 of sauce.
• Layer half of uncooked lasagna noodles. (I often stagger the noodles from end to end as well as overlap them a bit. Centering the noodles in the middle instead of to one end.).
• Layer one half of ricotta mixture and half of mozzarella.
• Cover with 1/3 sauce.
• Repeat layers, ending with sauce mixture.
• Cover tightly with foil.
• Bake 1 hour,.
• Uncover, sprinkle with extra parmesan . Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
• For Florentine, omit meat and parsley. Stir onion, garlic and one 10 oz. package frozen chopped spinach that has been thawed and drained and 1/8 teaspoons nutmeg into cheese mixture. Layer as above. I often use steamed, chopped fresh spinach.
• Microwave directions: ( I have never used these) Prepare as above except use plastic wrap and vent corner. Microwave on high for 10 minute or until sauce boils. Microwave at 50% power for 30-35 minute or until pasta is tender, rotating dish after 15 minute Uncover: top with parmesan cheese. Let stand 10 minute before serving. These directions were for older microwaves, so be careful with the times.

NO-BOIL-THE-NOODLES CHEESY CHICKEN LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In mixing bowl, stir together the sour cream, cream of chicken soup, and cottage cheese.
• Spray cooking oil spray into bottom of deep lasagna pan.
• Pour all of the chicken broth into the lasagna pan.
• Place 5-6 uncooked lasagna noodles on bottom of lasagna pan (in the chicken broth), making sure they lie flat (even if you have to break off the corners of the noodles).
• Spread 1/3 of the sour cream/soup/cottage cheese mixture over the noodles.
• Sprinkle 1/3 cooked cubed chicken and mushrooms (and spinach if using) over noodles, followed by 1 cup grated mozzarella.
• Repeat layers so you end up with 3 layers, gently pushing each layer down to pack it in and to lie as flat as possible.
• Top final mozzarella layer with grated Co-Jack or Colby cheese and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
• Cover dish with foil and bake at 375 degrees for 60 minutes.
• Uncover dish and bake an additional 10 minutes to lightly brown the top layer of cheese.
• Let dish stand for 10 minutes before cutting.

LASAGNA (CLASSIC MUELLER'S RECIPE)

Steps:

• Spread about 1 cup Prego sauce in bottom of lasagna pan.
• Boil noodles as directed (about 10 minutes). Remove from heat immediately and run cold water into pan so noodles won't overcook.
• While noodles are cooking, brown ground beef in large saucepan. Remove from heat and mix in remaining Prego.
• Set aside 1/2 cup of parmesan and 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese.
• Combine remaining parmesan and mozzarella with eggs, ricotta, and cottage cheese.
• Layer in lasaga pan: 1/3 of noodles, 1/3 meat sauce, and 1/2 cheese mixture. Repeat.
• Top with remaining 1/3 noodles, 1/3 meat sauce, and reserved mozzarella and parmesan.
• Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
• Remove foil and bake for another 15 minutes.
• Let stand 10 minutes before serving.