Pepperoni Lasagna

The major difference in mine was that I add pepperoni to the sauce and since I don't care for ricotta cheese, I use small curd cottage cheese in it's place. But here is how I make it.

Sauce:
Brown 1 lb of either ground round or ground turkey and 1 lb of ground veal or pork.
When it is browned, I pour off the grease and add 1 small chopped onion.
Cook for a few minutes and then add 1 package of either McCormick or Lawry's Italian seasoning packet. Add about 1 teas garlic powder or 1 cloves of crushed fresh garlic.
Pour over meat mixture, 1 large can of Hunts Traditional Spaghetti Sauce.
Add 1 large can of tomato sauce, chopped tomatoes or another can of Spaghetti sauce.
Add 1 small package of pepperoni if desired.
I cook this in the oven covered for about 2 to 3 hrs, in a heavy covered saucepot or a crockpot all day. The longer it cooks, the thicker and dark and rich it becomes.

Cheese mixture: 1 16 oz. small curd cottage cheese
2 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese
1 egg
1/2 cup grated or powdered parmesan cheese
Add this altogether.

I use the oven ready Skinner Brand lasagna noodles that you don't have to preboil. It is an 8 oz. package

To prepare: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Spray a 9x13 pyrex dish with Pam.
Spoon about a cup of the sauce in the bottom. Lay noodles across the bottom of the pan, not touching the sides of the pan or each other, as they expand when cooked.
Spoon about 1/3 of the cheese mixture over the noodles. Pour sauce to cover the cheese mixture. Repeat this process until all sauce and cheese mixture is used. It might not take all the noodles. The last layer of sauce will be covered with sprinkled parmesan and about 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese. Cover with aluminum foil which you have sprayed with Pam to prevent sticking to the cheese while baking. Bake for about 30 min, but the last 10 min. uncovered.
Serve with salad and garlic bread.

(Trudy Cox made this for our family when she saw (from facebook) that we had spent the night in the hospital with Katelyn when she had a stomach bug and needed IV fluids. It was so thoughtful and now this is the only lasagna I make!)