This is not your Nona’s lasagna, but this is MY version of Lasagna, a version I’ve made and fed my growing boys so many many times. My older son Adam at 3 used to call it ‘Pisania’ “Mom I love Pisania” lol This recipe is basic, but you can add and subtract ingredients to change it up!
Lasagna – Old family favourite
Ingredients
- 1 cup diced Onions?3 tbsps minced Garlic
- 2 lbs ground meat (Beef, Lamb, Pork, Chicken)
- 1 tsp of salt?2 tsps Cumin powder?680 ml Tomato sauce.?200 ml of water
- Fresh Basil
- 2 tbsp Hot sauce (optional)
- 200 - 300 gms Lasagna Noodles
- 24 leaves of baby kale
- 1 - 1 1/2 cup shredded cheese
Instructions
- Heat the oil and add the onions
- Allow the onions to sweat and add the garlic to cook off that raw garlic flavour
- Add in the ground meat
- Break up the meat and allow it to infuse with the onions and garlic
- Add salt and cumin powder and mix it in
- After a few minutes you will notice liquid coming out of the meat, keep stirring to break up the lumps
- Add 680 ml of tomato sauce and mix this in well
- Add 200 ml of water int the jar to catch all that residual sauce
- Throw in some fresh Basil
- Put a lid on this for 2 mins and allow this to simmer
- Add hot sauce for a little kick
- Layer the sauce, lasagna, cheese & kale
- Stick this uncovered in a 350 degree oven for about 30 mins
