Garfield's favorite - Lasagna!

Meaty - cheesy deliciousness! Adapted from a recipe on Allrecipes.com - as usual, my way is better! At least - that's what my family says.

Ingredients:

• 1 pound sweet Italian sausage
• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 32 ounce jar of spaghetti sauce
• 1 cup water
• 16 ounces cottage cheese
• 16 ounces ricotta cheese
• 3 cups shredded mozzarella
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 2 teaspoons dried parsley or Italian seasoning
• pinch of salt
• pinch of ground black pepper
• 9 lasagna noodles

Directions:

• In a large skillet over medium heat brown the Italian sausage and ground beef. You really want to chop up the meat small, chunks make for too-thick or uneven layering.  Drain the grease if desired. Add spaghetti sauce and water, and simmer for 5 minutes.
• In a large bowl, mix together the ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, 2 cups of the mozzarella cheese, eggs, 1/2 cup of the grated Parmesan cheese, dried parsley, salt and ground black pepper.
• To assemble, in the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish evenly spread 3/4 cup of the sauce mixture. Cover with 3 uncooked lasagna noodles, 1 3/4 cup of the cheese mixture, and 1/4 cup sauce. Repeat layers twice. Top with 3 noodles, remaining sauce, remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. 
• Cover with aluminum foil. Bake in a preheated 350 degree F(175 degrees C) oven for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 10 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

This can be made a day ahead of time, and kept refrigerated overnight - but plan to let it sit on the counter for an hour or so before cooking - and you may have to cook for a full hour covered, before the 10 minutes uncovered.