My Mom's awesome Lasagna

Meat Mixture
1 1/2 lb ground beef
2 cans petite diced tomatoes
1 can tomato paste
1tbsp parsley
1tbsp bail
1/2 tbsp oregano
2 tsp garlic (i like garlic, so i add more, you could do 1 tsp)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1/2 onion, diced
Cheese Mixture:
3 cups (or large container) cottage cheese... yes cottage cheese... its SOOOO good
1/2 Cup Parmesan Cheese (I use shredded. Mom said she uses a little bit of shredded and grated, I didn't have grated)
2 eggs, beaten
1 tbsp parsley
1 tsp salt
1 lb mozzarella cheese (i always seem to buy shredded

9 lasagna noodles


brown beef, drain. Add onion and garlic, cook until soft. Add parsley, basil and oregano, cook until fragrant.
Add diced tomatoes and paste, salt and pepper. Let simmer about 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
In the meantime, boil lasagna in water with salt and a little olive oil. Cook until al-dente, drain.
While meat mixture is cooking combine in a mixing bowl cottage cheese, beaten egg, parsley, salt; mix well.
Then, I make my assembly line. Noodles, cheese mixture, meat mixture, mozzarella cheese.
Layer your 9x13 pan, lightly greased in this order. layer pan with noodles, then 1/2 cheese mixture, 1/2 meat mixture, mozzarella and repeat. end with mozzarella on top. You can also sprinkle a little parm on time if you like.
Bake at 350 for 20-30 minute (i like the top pretty browned and bubbly)
let rest 5 minutes or so before cutting to let settle.