Mom's Lasagna

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 (16 ounce) box lasagna noodles
• 32 ounces mozzarella cheese, grated (not skim)
• 2 lbs ricotta cheese (not skim)
• 1 cup parmesan asiago and romano cheese blend (shredded or grated)
• 1/4 cup parmesan asiago and romano cheese blend (shredded or grated)
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 2 (16 ounce) jars Prego spaghetti sauce (your favorite flavor)
• 1 lb sweet Italian sausage

Directions

1. 1

   Fill large pot with water, add oil & salt, bring to boil. Add lasagna noodles & cook according to package directions (I always use Ronzoni).

2. 2

   Remove casings from sausage & cook until browned, breaking up as you go. Drain & set aside.

3. 3

   Preheat oven to 350.

4. 4

   Once pasta is done, gently remove from pot being careful not to tear (I use plastic tongs) and lay flat (not touching) on a large sheet of foil, the pasta won't stick to the foil, until cool enough to handle.

5. 5

   Beat eggs until smooth.

6. 6

   In large bowl combine mozzarella (all but reserved cup), ricotta, 1 cup parmesan, raw eggs & oregano, mix well.

7. 7

   In large baking dish (I believe mine is 9 x 13) spray with Pam & lay one layer of noodles out, overlapping edges & running up sides of dish. If you have a deep pan use that as this will overflow a bit. If you don't have a deep sided pan just line oven with some foil under it so it doesn't make a mess.

8. 8

   Spread 1 or 2 ladels of sauce & smooth over noodles then take 1/3 of cheese mixture and spread over that, evening it out, add desired amount of sausage. Top with one layer of noodles. Repeat until all of sauce (except about 2 ladels) cheese mixture, sausage & noodles are used.

9. 9

   Top layer at this point should be noodles. Top that with reserved mozzarella, parmesan & sauce. Bake at 350 for about an hour.

10. 10

    Edges will be crispy, this is my sweetheart's favorite part, sometimes we fight over them but I usually let him have them 'cause he's pretty good to me -- .