The one I want to share today is from Wendi, a friend of mine who participated in our menu exchange. She calls it Easy Italian Dish, we call it Faux Lasagna (Faux is a fancy word for “fake”). My kids ate this up and kept asking for more fake lasagna since it tasted like a cheesy lasagna, similar to the one from Costco.

Faux Lasagna

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

1 lb. mostacholi noodles

1 lb. ricotta cheese

6 oz. grated Romano cheese

16 oz. mozzarella cheese, shredded

¼ bottle parsley flakes

1 egg

Salt and pepper

2 – 24oz. or 26 oz. jars of your favorite Spaghetti sauce

Directions:

Boil mostacholi for 10 minutes and drain. Mix cheeses, parsley, egg, one bottle of sauce, and salt and pepper in a bowl. Spread half of remaining jar of sauce in the bottom of a 9×13 pan. Top with cooked noodles and the rest of the sauce. Top with cheese mixture. Bake for 30 minutes at 350.