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Crumble grnd beef and cook on high in microwave for 2 to 3 min.
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Drain.
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Stir in spaghetti sauce and water.
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Meanwhile, combine Ricotta cheese, egg and pepper.
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In oblong microwave dish, spoon 1/2 c. sauce, alternately layer noodles, egg mix, Mozzarella cheese and sauce, forming 2 layers.
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Heat covered 8 min on high, then 30 to 32 min on medium-low.
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Let stand uncovered 15 min.
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Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
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Cooks Notes: Use uncooked noodles.
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It sounds bizarre, but it works.
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Do not boil the noodles, and you save a lot of time cooking and cleaning up.
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You do not have to boil a huge pot of water, you do not have to dirty a colander to drain the noodles, you do not have to handle warm, sticky noodles with your fingers.
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Use a bottled sauce, and you can assemble the recipe lickety-split.
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And the resulting dish is easier to handle.
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Since the noodles cook as the lasagna bakes, they take up extra moisture in the cheese and sauce.
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Which eliminates the runniness of conventional lasagna.
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Cut a square of this lasagna, and it stays a square all the way to your dinner plate.
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Use Provolone cheese in lasagna because it melts like store-bought Mozzarella and has a lot more flavor, eliminating the extra expense of using grated Parmesan.
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Mozzarella may be substituted in the recipe with great success, however, if which's what you prefer.
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Substitutions can go on forever.
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If desired spinach in your lasagna, add in it to the sauce recipe.
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Or possibly use Italian sausage rather than hamburger.
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Season your sauce with a little allspice, that you could add in to this recipe.
