Beef Lasagna with Three Cheeses

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Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Servings 6

Ingredients
1 lb Lasagna pasta
2 lbs ground beef
1 chopped medium onion
2 chopped cloves garlic
2 chopped fresh tomatoes
1 Ts tomato paste
2 ts paprika
1 cup chopped cilantro
2 Ts chopped basil
1 ts oregano
2 bay leaves
2 Ts olive oil
1 ts salt
ยผ ts black pepper
1 cup water
ยฝ cup Parmesean cheese
ยฝ cup monterey jack cheese
ยฝ cup mozarella cheese

Preparation
1- To make the meat sauce, put olive oil in a large sauce pan over medium high heat.
2- Sautรฉ the onion and garlic in the olive oil for 4 or 5 minutes until translucent.
3- Season with salt and pepper.
4- Add in bay leaves, tomatoes, paprika, tomato paste,cilantro, oregano, basil and the ground beef. Stir for 2 to 3 minutes, then pour in the cup of water.
4- Bring to boil.
5- Reduce the heat to medium low and let simmer for 15 to 20 mn.
6- In meanwhile preheat oven to 350ยฐF.
7 – Cook the lasagna pasta as directed in the package until el dente.
8- Put the cooked lasagna in cold water.
9- Laddle 1/3 of the sauce meat In a rectangular baking dish of about 9โ€ณ x 12โ€ณ x 2โ€ณ. Spread the meat sauce to coat the bottom of the dish.
10- Add lasagna noodles on top of the meat sauce. The noodles should overlap on top of each other.
11- Cover the pasta with a ยผ cup of each cheese, the mozzarella, the montery and the parmesan cheese.
12 Pour the remaining meat sauce on top of the cheeses.
13 -Repeat the operation by putting the lasagna noodles on top.
14 -The final layer should be the lasagna noodles covered with meat sauce. The meat sauce will be topped evenly with the remaining mozzarella, and monterey jack cheese, sparkled with parmesan cheese.
15 โ€“ Cover the lasagna with aluminum foil and bake for approximately 1 hour.
16- For the last 20 minutes, uncover the lasagna and let it bake until golden.

17- Serve warm.
Recipe by: LDS’s Mom

 

Smoked salmon Cucumber rolls

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Preparation time: 10mn

Ingredients
1 cucumber
1/2 cup smoked salmon
2 Ts cream cheese softened
2 ts chopped dill
1 ts lemon juice
salt
Salad dressing

Preparation
1- Peel off the cucumber into stripes and set aside.
2- Mix the cream cheese with dill until combined, using a fork to help soften the cream cheese. Set aside.
3- cut the smoked salmon into stripes and add the lemon juice. Mix well and set aside.
4- Gently spread the cream cheese mixture along the length of the cucumber stripe.
5- Top the cream cheese with the smoked salmon stripe.
6- Roll the cucumber up tightly. 4Repeat the operation to all the cucumber stripes.
7- Drizzle your favorite salad dressing over the cucumber rolls.
8- Secure the cucumber rolls with toothpicks.
9- Serve immediately if possible.
Recipe by: LDS’s Mom

 

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