Lasagna is for Lovers

I love to cook, but I never use recipes. I'm going to attempt to write some out and post one at least once a week. I hope someone is actually daring enough to try them!YOU WILL NEED:

1 pkg shredded cheese (I like mozzarella, but it's your call)

2 cans of tomato paste

1 box lasagna pasta

1 container of cottage cheese (I think it's a 12 oz container?)

4 eggs

a little mile (a few cups will do - I never really measure)

Green olives

Mushrooms

Artichoke hearts

Pesto

Shallots

Spices as preferred

Ground beef or a meat substitute is optional. I like to put meat in one half for Nic and leave the other side meatless and I try to mark which side is which with a toothpick. That's why it looks kind of two-toned in that photograph.

- Pre-heat oven to 350.

- Boil water, cook pasta.

- In a mixing bowl, combine eggs, milk and cottage cheese. Whisk.

- Chop olives, mushrooms and cooked artichoke hearts and shallots as finely as possible.

- In another bowl, combine tomato paste, vegetables and pesto.

- Mix in spices as you wish. I use onion powder, Italian seasoning, rosemary, thyme and basil.

- Layer in the casserole dish the egg-milk-cottage cheese mixture, the pasta and the sauce mixture. I save the cheese for last, but if you want to you can put the cheese in the middle too. Eyeball it. You know what you like.

- Bake it for 45 minutes or until golden around the edges. Enjoy!