Main dishes

Four-Cheese Lasagna

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I am a lasagna fail, but this turned out great. Instead of the neufchatel cheese I used ricotta, added 1/2 tsp of italian seasoning to the cheese mix, and used 2 jars of sp...read more

posted by

MrsCBarton

on 2/28/2012

time

prep:

20 min

total:

1 hr 10 min

servings

total:

12 servings

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What You Need

lb. extra-lean ground beef

onion, chopped

pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, softened

cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN 2% Milkfat Low Fat Cottage Cheese

pkg. (8 oz.) KRAFT Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese, divided

1/2

cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese, divided

egg, beaten

jar (24 oz.) spaghetti sauce

can (14.5 oz.) diced tomatoes, drained

1/2

tsp. dried oregano leaves

lasagna noodles, cooked

Make It

HEAT oven to 350°F.

BROWN meat with onions in large skillet. Meanwhile, mix Neufchatel, cottage cheese, 1-1/2 cups mozzarella, 1/4 cup Parmesan and egg until well blended.

DRAIN meat; return to skillet. Stir in spaghetti sauce, tomatoes and oregano; simmer 5 min. Remove from heat. Spoon 1 cup meat sauce onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish; top with layers of 3 lasagna noodles, 1 cup cheese mixture and 1 cup meat sauce. Repeat layers twice. Top with remaining noodles, meat sauce, mozzarella and Parmesan; cover with foil.

BAKE 50 min. or until heated through, uncovering after 40 min. Let stand 10 min. before cutting to serve.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Easy Cleanup

Spray the foil with cooking spray before using to cover the lasagna to help prevent the foil from sticking to the melted cheese on the baked lasagna.

Substitute

Substitute whole wheat lasagna noodles for regular lasagna noodles.

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MrsCBarton

posted:2/28/2012

I am a lasagna fail, but this turned out great. Instead of the neufchatel cheese I used ricotta, added 1/2 tsp of italian seasoning to the cheese mix, and used 2 jars of spaghetti sauce, no tomatos. I also used the lasagna noodles you don't have to boil, and extra mozzarella on top. My family loved it!

a cook

posted:12/17/2011

This was a good recipe but it seemed a little sweet. I would not use the nuftchelal (?) cheese I would just double the cottage cheese next time. I also don't like big chunks of tomatoes so I would use petite diced tomatoes. I did use more sauce and I think I would use 2 entire jars next time.

mcorral03

posted:12/8/2011

This was a big hit with my family..they loved it! It just needs a bit more sauce but I'll be making it again for sure

EVELYN041877

posted:11/10/2011

This was really simple to make and the taste was wonderful!! I used ground chicken instead of the beef and fat free cream cheese and fat free cottage cheese. The taste was still amazing.

josephpatz

posted:11/1/2011

Substituted the ground beef with ground deer and it was a hit with everybody. Will end up making this one again for sure.

a cook

posted:9/13/2011

I've made a version of this for years. The version I use calls for a jar of alfredo sauce in those layers and again on the very top. Top the alfredo sauce with reserved grated parmesan. It also calls for ground italian sausage, which I brown with the ground beef. Kraft has pared down it's 4-cheese lasagna and that's too bad. The original was really very good.

leighalynch

posted:9/13/2011

After many tries with different recipes I finally found one that is both easy AND delicious. I especially like the cheese combination ~ very tasty. If you are "lasanga challenged" this is your recipe!

ldreinhard

posted:9/13/2011

This was a nice easy way to make lasagna. Not to mention it was very tasty. Even made good leftovers.

bradyk07

posted:8/30/2011

good recipe. haven't made lasagna in years. could use a bit more sauce but I will made it again.