Dutch Oven Lasagna Recipe

Start your coals before prepping the lasagna… we use a charcoal chimney starter.  They work really well and only require 1 sheet of newspaper and no lighter fluid :)

I made the meat sauce and cottage cheese layer at home and kept them in glad containers in the cooler. This makes it so much quicker to get the lasagna cooking:

Start layering.  Break the noodles to fit your Dutch oven.

Layers finished and ready for the hot coals:

Use enough coals to equal 350 degrees.  Here is a general temperature guide for Dutch oven cooking:

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However, I don’t find that it applies well for high altitudes.  So if you are camping higher than sea level and your Dutch oven doesn’t seem to be heating up well, try adding a few more coals :)  At 7600 feet, we needed 17 coals on top, 11 on bottom to equal 350 degrees.  And I added 2 coals to the bottom for the last 10 minutes.

Bake for 45-50 minutes.  Remove top and continue cooking 5-10 minutes more.  Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Finished!

Mom’s Famous Lasagna Sauce:
1 pound hamburger, browned and drained
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves minced garlic
28 oz. can diced or crushed tomatoes
8 ounces tomato sauce
1.5 cups water (omit if you cook your noodles first)
1 cup salsa
2 tsp. sugar
1-2 tsp. chili powder
1 tsp. fennel seed
1.5 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. basil leaves
1 tsp. salt
Cottage cheese layer: 16 oz. cottage cheese
1 egg
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 cup grated parmesan
1 clove garlic, minced
1 Tbsp. minced parsley or 1 tsp. dried parsley
4-6 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
9-12 regular lasagna noodles

Combine sauce ingredients and bring to a boil. Simmer at least 15 minutes. Meanwhile, combine cottage cheese, egg, salt, parmesan and garlic.  Mix well.

Breaking noodles to fit your Dutch oven, layer 1/3 of the uncooked noodles, about 1/3 of the meat sauce, 1/3 the cottage cheese and 1/3 of the mozzarella cheese. Repeat layers twice.

Cook with 17 coals on top, 11 on bottom for 45-55 minutes.  Uncover and allow the bottom coals to continue cooking for 5-10 minutes more.  Let stand 5 minutes with no heat. 

Enjoy the view while you dine:

Gray and Orange Tractor Blanket

Did you know that I take custom orders for both my Etsy shops? 

Just finished making a custom blanket for a certain sweet nephew…

His auntie wanted a gray, orange and white colorway with a tractor….

I’ve never crocheted a tractor before and it took a few tries to get a pattern worked out. 

I have to say I LOVE these colors together!

So convo me if you would like a custom item from one of my shops… PuddinToes or thePrairieCottage  :)

Freedom

 

But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom,

and continues to do this,

not forgetting what he has heard,

but doing it—

he will be blessed in what he does.

James 1:25

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Freedom

 

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.

Stand firm, then,

and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

Galations 5:1

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Freedom

 

I will walk about in freedom,

for I have sought out your precepts.

Psalm 119:45

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The King’s throne

 

In him and through faith in him

we may approach God

with freedom and confidence.

Ephesians 3:12

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Happy 4th of July!!

 

Now the Lord is the Spirit,

and where the Spirit of the Lord is,

there is freedom.

2 Corinthians 3:17

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