Lasagna

Lasagna is one of the easiest comfort foods to make!
All you need is a box of lasagna noodles, some tomato sauce, a little bit of parsley and lots of cheese! I added spinach to mine this time.

• 1/2 pound lasagna noodles (9 noodles)
  
• 1 1/2 cups pasta sauce (I used my standard pasta sauce recipe which makes more than enough sauce for this recipe, but I like extra sauce when I am serving),
• an entire tub (32 oz.) of ricotta cheese
• 1 1/2 cups of grated mozzarella cheese
  
• a little grated parmesan cheese
  
• 1 Tbsp. parsley finely chopped (Fresh flat leaf Italian is the best if you can find it.)

Cook the lasagna noodles following the instructions on the box, or until aldente.
Strain the noodles gently so that they do not break, and run some cool water over them.

Mix the entire tub of ricotta with approx. 1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese and 1 Tbsp. parsley. The remaining 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese will be used on the top.

In a 9x13 baking dish layer as follows:

• 1/4 cup sauce
• 3 noodles
• 1/2 cheese mixture
• 3 noodles
• 1/2 cup sauce
• Remaining cheese mixture
• 3 noodles
• 1/2 cup sauce
• 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella
• a sprinkle of grated parmesan

Bake covered at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. Remove the covering and bake for an additional 10 minutes, or just until brown on top.

Let cool 15 minutes and serve warm.