A fresh take on lasagna

I make lunches for myself at work attempting to have better food and save myself some money.  A pan of lasagna will feed me nine times and microwaves extremely well, which is the method to apply heat to food at work.  I have tried many variations.  This one is fresh with several ideas I’ve never seen elsewhere.  Anyways on to the recipe.

Ingredients:

  • Two bottles of your favorite pasta sauce
  • 1 24 oz container cottage cheese
  • 1 7-9 oz package sliced roast beef
  • 1 7-9 oz package sliced ham
  • 1 7-9 oz package pepperoni
  • 1 lb of your favorite summer squash
  • 1 large fresh tomato
  • 2 Tbsp sriracha sauce
  • 2 Tbsp minced garlic
  • 10 dry lasagna noodles

Instructions:

  1. Mix pasta sauce, cottage cheese,  garlic, and sriracha in large bowl.
  2. In 9 x 13 pan place 2 cups  of sauce mixture over bottom of pan.
  3. Next place 5 lasagna noodles over sauce with slight overlap.
  4. Place about half of your roast beef over noodles in thin layer.
  5. Next do the same with the ham over the roast beef.
  6. Do the same with the pepperoni over the ham.
  7. Slice your summer squash the long way into thin slices.  I used a mandoline.
  8. Make a layer of the summer squash over the pepperoni.
  9. Repeat a second time with 3 cups of sauce, followed by noodles, followed by what you have left of the meat, followed by the summer squash.
  10. Place the rest of the sauce on the top.
  11. Place slices of your tomato on the top.
  12. Place in a 350 degree oven for 125 minutes.
  13. Note:  you may wish to place a large cookie sheet under the 9 x 13 in order to keep your oven clean.

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