recipes

[Erisianmonkey]

Pursuant to the X Marks cookbook thread, I'll start the recipe thread with one that my wife absolutely loves. Here's my recipe for chili lasagna. It's not health food, but it's a wonderful supper.

48 oz homemade chili (OK, you can use canned if you want, but you'll probably need to adjust the rest of your recipe.)
2 lbs ground beef
2 lbs cottage cheese
1 lb cheddar or colby cheese, shredded, divided
8 oz mozzarella cheese, shredded, divided
lasagna noodles (I recommend Barilla no-boil)
salt
pepper
chili powder
1/2 cup flour

cook and drain ground beef. combine with chili
mix cottage cheese, 4 oz cheddar, 4 oz mozz, and flour with a pinch of salt, a pinch of pepper and a dash of chili powder.
mix remaining shredded cheese together.
put a layer of chili in the bottom of a large baking dish (Mine's 11x16) follow with a layer of noodles, then the cottage cheese mixture, more chili, shredded cheese, then noodles. continue until you fill the dish, making sure you get the top covered with shredded cheese.

Bake covered in a 350 degree oven until set, about 50 minutes. Uncover and bake until cheese is crusty and bubbly. Let cool 15 minutes. Serves a whole passel of folks. Or feeds two for about three days.