Shortcut Lasagna - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1 1/2 lb. ground chuck
1 (1 lb. 12 oz.) can whole tomatoes
1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce
2 envelopes dehydrated spaghetti sauce mix
2 (12 oz. each) cans cocktail vegetable juice
1 (16 oz.) pkg. lasagna noodles
1 (12 oz.) carton cottage cheese
8 oz. Mozzarella cheese, shredded
8 oz. Parmesan cheese
chopped parsley

Preparation

Heat oil in large skillet; add meat and cook, breaking up with wooden spoon.
Drain grease.
Stir in tomatoes, tomato sauce, sauce mix and vegetable juice.
Bring to boiling; lower heat and simmer 10 minutes.
Cover bottom of oiled pan (13 x 9 x 2-inch) baking dish with a thin layer of meat sauce.
Then add a layer each of uncooked noodles, cottage cheese and Mozzarella.
Repeat layers until all ingredients are used, ending with meat sauce.
Cover casserole tightly with heavy-duty aluminum foil.
Set on a jelly roll pan.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour.
Remove from oven; let stand 15 minutes.
Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and chopped parsley.
Cut into squares to serve.