Lasagna

This recipe came to me from one of my Young Women's leaders. Steve loves this recipe and it freezes nicely.

1 lb hamburger
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon whole basil
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 large can tomatoes
2 6 oz. cans tomato paste
lasagna noodles
2 eggs
3 cups cottage cheese
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons parsley flakes
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 lb mozzarella cheese

Brown meat slowly; spoon off excess fat. Add next five ingredients. Simmer uncovered for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cook noodles in large amount of boiling salter water until tender; drain; rinse. Beat eggs; add remaining ingredients except mozzarella.

Layer half the noodles in 13x9x2 inch baking dish; spread with half the cottage cheese filling; add half the mozzarella cheese and half the meat sauce. Repeat. Bake at 375 for 30 minutes. If assembled early and refrigerated bake 45 minutes. If assembled early and frozen bake 1 1/2 - 2 hours. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Eclair Cake

As I was looking for recipes that I thought might work well for our family reunion I remembered that Becky had given us this recipe. As I was rummaging through my recipe cards I found a piece of paper with the same recipe and remembered making it along time ago. One way I found to speed up the process was to buy a container of Milk Chocolate Frosting and microwave it until it was melted and then spread on top. I thought it was just as good but maybe the ease made it tasty to me.

Graham Crackers
3 cups Milk
1 9 oz. Cool Whip
2 small pkg. Instant Vanilla Pudding

Butter bottom of an 8" x 12" dripper. Put 1 layer of graham crackers. Cover with 1/2 of pudding mixture. Repeat with crackers and pudding. Cover with another layer of graham crackers. Beat ingredients of frosting together and spread over last layer of crackers. This is better after it is refrigerated for 4 to 6 hours.

Frosting
1 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar
2 teaspoons Vanilla
2 squares Unsweetened Chocolate
3 tablespoons Milk
2 teaspoons Corn Syrup
2 teaspoons Butter or Margarine