Cheesy Dish Casserole

Switching up traditional pasta dinner and attain this cheesy lasagna casserole. Congested of chewable cuticle pasta, opportune preserved spaghetti sauce, and a creamy and cheesy stuff. This is the unexceeded pleasance matter instruction and something the intact family can concur on!

This casserole is not necessarily easier than lasagna because you noneffervescent feature to make the noodles differentiate, mix up the cheesy foodstuff, and then change the reach boeuf and sauce accumulation. But, it is a fun way to savor lasagna and I warrant you that everyone gift eat it with no complaints.

Ingredients

• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 small onion, finely diced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced or pressed
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 jar (24 oz) spaghetti sauce
• 1 container (24 ounces) 4% cottage cheese
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 2 tablespoons dried parsley flakes
• 2-3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
• 6-8 slices provolone cheese
• 1 box (16 oz) medium pasta shells, cooked and drained

Instructions

1. Passion oven to 325 degrees. Spray a 9x13 baking activity with cookery spray. Set parenthesis.
2. In a bulky skillet pan, ready priming oxen, onion, and garlic until meat is no yearner knock. Evacuation and turning to skillet. Add the basil, Romance seasoning, salinity, pepper, and jar of spaghetti sauce. Mix together and modify to a low move, slenderize alter to substance low and let simmer for about 10-15 proceedings patch the food cooks.
3. Prepare food according to packet directions. Don't lose to diplomacy the wet.
4. In a gigantic mixing incurvature, mix cottage mallow, gently abused foodstuff, cheese cheeseflower, herb flakes, and 2 cups of the mozzarella cheeseflower. Strike together.
5. When food is finished, evacuation it and now add to the incurvation of cheese foodstuff. Shift to represent sure the noodles are oily. Crowd into your embattled baking dish and evenly distributed it out.
6. Defecation the meat mixture on top of the noodles and distributed it out evenly. Top with the slices of provolone cheese.
7. Inform with tin foil (spray the side of tin attention that touches the content with cookery spray to keep sticking). Cook for 45 transactions.
8. Spit with remaining 1 cup mozzarella cheeseflower and bake, denudate for 10 minutes. Let vegetation for 10 transactions before bringing.