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To make the sauce, brown the ground beef with the chopped onion.
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Salt and pepper generously, breaking up the beef into tiny pieces; drain.
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Pour in the canned tomato saucethe amount can vary depending on how saucy you like your meat sauce to be.
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As it simmers, add more sauce if you like.
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Add whatever spices you like (I used oregano, dill and red pepper flakes).
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Be free to try different spices to suit your taste.
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Have funexperiment!
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Let the sauce simmer for at least an hour, more if you have the time.
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The longer it simmers (a low simmer), the better it tastes.
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Cook the penne pasta in salted water well.
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When al dente, drain and leave in the pan.
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Add some of the sauceno meat, just the sauceenough to coat the pasta.
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Pull out two 12x9 baking pans.
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Start building the lasagna, and please, you dont have to be neat about it, its why I call it LAZY lasagna!
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Do a layer of the pasta, toss in some blobs of the meat sauce, toss in the different cheeses but save the parmesan for the topping!
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Put in more pasta, then more meat, then more cheese.
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You know the routine!
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When you get to the top, use the last of your cheeses and top with the parmesan.
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Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees F for about 20-25 minutes or until the pasta is heated through.
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Remove the foil and bake another 10 minutes or so until the top cheese is melted to gooey goodness.
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I only served garlic bread with this; I was really lazy.
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You can use Italian sausage in place of the ground beef.
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That is actually my favorite way to prepare this recipe.
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Experiment with the cheeses too.
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These are my favorites so I tend to stick with them.
