Saucy Cheesy Lasagna

• 1 lb italian sausage
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/2 cup minced onion
• 2 clove garlic, minced
• 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 2 (6 ounce) cans of tomato paste
• 2 (6.5 ounce) cans of tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup of water
• 2 tbsp of sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp dried basil leaves
• 1 tsp italian seasoning
• 1 tbsp of salt
• 1 tsp of salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 4 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
• 6 lasagna noodles
• 16 oz of cottage cheese/ricotta cheese
• 1 egg
• 1 mozzarella cheese slices

1. Preheat oven to 375f
2. In a large pot cook sausage, ground beef, onion, and garlic over medium heat until well browned.
3. Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water.
4. Season with sugar, basil, Italian seasoning, 1 tablespoon salt, pepper, and 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley.
5. Simmer covered for about 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
6. Now you can choose to either cook your lasagna noodles or soak them in hot water.
7. I soaked them in hot water until they were soft and tender
8. In a mixing bowl, combine ricotta or cottage cheese with the egg, remaining parsley, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
9. Now to assemble your lasagna layers you grab your baking dish, spread the meat sauce on the bottom, lay your noodles on top of that, spread your ricotta/cottage cheese, and then cover that with your mozzarella slices.
10. Repeat this process to your liking layers.
11. Cover with aluminum foil, making sure it doesn't touch the top of your lasagna sticking to your cheese.
12. Bake 25 minutes covered with foiland another 25 minutes uncovered.
13. Let stand for 15 minutes.
14. Serve and enjoy immediately!

italian sausage, ground beef, onion, clove garlic, tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, water, sugar, basil, italian seasoning, salt, salt, pepper, parsley, lasagna noodles, cottage cheese, egg, mozzarella cheese

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/332923-saucy-cheesy-lasagna (may not work)