I dont like the riccatta cheese or whatever.
I just want meat, shredded cheese and noodles..
any recipes to fit that tab?
Keep in mind I can.. um.. pour cereal!!!! and even then, half of the cereal goes onto the counter top.
If you are a cheese person (and you HATE ricotta like I do), and you enjoy velveeta cheese, then this is for you...
10 cheese Lasagna recipe
--16 oz. block of mozzarella -- grate it.
--8 cup package of shredded Sargento Italian 6 cheese mix
--8 cup package of shredded Sargento Mexican 4 cheese mix
- Mix all the grated cheeses together in a large bowl.
--medium box of Velveeta cheese.
- Cut velveeta up into small 1/2" diced pieces
Any 2 boxes of noodles. I actually do not use the standard lasagna noodle strips. I prefer the little mini lasagna noodles when I can find them (hard to find), and usually end up using rotini, etc... get creative.
- Cook the noodles then rinse off in cold water.
--large jar of speghetti sauce (I normally use Ragu original)
--2-3 lbs of ground hamburger (80/20 or 90/10 is best) - if you want to be healthier.. use all venison, or split the amount between half ground burger, half ground venison if you can't tolerate straight venison.
- Brown the meat, drain any grease off.
- In a large pot, mix the sauce and noodles in with the meat.
In a large pan (may need more than one pan)... I usually use a large disposable aluminum foil turkey pan with handles.
- put a layer of meat/noodles/sauce on the bottom....
- Put a layer of velveeta squares
- Put a layer of the grated cheeses
- Repeat process until pan is full.
- Once pan is full, use any left overs to fill or partially fill another pan.
- Cover pans lightly with tin foil and put in oven.
- Cook at 350F until the velveeta squares in the center of the pan are thoroughly melted....could take up to 45-60 minutes..just keep checking pans until the cheese is melted.
Usually I work on prepping the cheeses while the meat and noodles are cooking so putting it all together is actually pretty fast to do. The hard part is waiting for the oven to cook the cheeses down to the proper melting points <g>. Left overs heat up very nice in a microwave.
I did the half burger / half vension version one year for a party... people who swore up and down that they hated venison could not even tell there was venison in it ...the pan was scraped clean by the time the party was over. <g>.