Mock Lasagna Casserole

 An old favorite of my family. 

Mock Lasagna Casserole

1 pound ground beef or ground pork

1 - 15 oz. can of tomato sauce (2 cups) (I have used ready made spaghetti sauce to make it easier)

1/2 tsp each of garlic salt, pepper, crushed dry basil leaves

1 1/2 cups cream-style cottage cheese

6 oz. of shredded cheese

6 oz package of elbow macaroni

1. Cook elbow macaroni.

2. While the macaroni is cooking, brown the ground beef or pork. Add salt and pepper.

3. Add spices and tomato sauce to the ground, cooked meat.

4. Drain macaroni and put half of it into a 2 quart casserole dish.

5.  Put half of the cottage cheese on top of the macaroni

6. Layer half of the cheese on the cottage cheese.

7. Layer half of the meat sauce.

8. Repeat the layers.

9. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. 

10. You can add a little more cheese to the top when there are about 5 minutes left to bake.

Serves 6-8.