The first time I made this was for my in-laws on Christmas a few years ago- it was a big hit! I have tweaked it a bit: I add parmesan and mozzarella in with the cottage cheese mixture. I also add minced garlic and some dried spinach dip seasoning (from Tastefully Simple) and it really adds some zing. I'm not a huge fan of poultry seasoning so I cut that down just a bit and since no one in my family likes mushrooms I use some other variety of cream soup- typically cream of celery- and it turns out great. I also use italian seasoned bread crumbs and I add parmesan cheese to those as well- I figure one can never have too much cheese! When you remove from the oven let it rest a few minutes so the inside sets up a bit more- you'll avoid losing the inside when you cut it.
I found the taste rather mediocre. The cheese mixture was tasty (although I felt it needed more olives).
The first time I made this was for my in-laws on Christmas a few years ago- it was a big hit! I have tweaked it a bit: I add parmesan and mozzarella in with the cottage cheese mixture. I also add minced garlic and some dried spinach dip seasoning (from Tastefully Simple) and it really adds some zing. I'm not a huge fan of poultry seasoning so I cut that down just a bit and since no one in my family likes mushrooms I use some other variety of cream soup- typically cream of celery- and it turns out great. I also use italian seasoned bread crumbs and I add parmesan cheese to those as well- I figure one can never have too much cheese! When you remove from the oven let it rest a few minutes so the inside sets up a bit more- you'll avoid losing the inside when you cut it.
This recipe is absolutely delicious. I especially love the flavor of the stuffed green olives. Top rating! It takes a few steps to put together but worth it. Recipe gets added to my "favorite Recipes." Loved this recipe. Goes to the top of my list. I didn't have cottage cheese so used ricotta. It takes a little time but could do some of the preparation the night before. This is definitely being served to company.
Tasted okay my parents loved it. If I make this again I will add a 3rd layer of noodles as used in Italian-style lasagna (and this recipe is just as much work!). I would also add sliced mushrooms or more olives and cut back on half the breadcrumbs.
I loved this! I added some garlic salt to the top of the breadcrumbs. Make sure you chop the ingredients bite size. Don't get lazy it won't turn out as good.
This was suprisingly good. Wasn't sure about the olives but I had em so I used em. I used all the ingredients listed didn't substitute or add anything different. But I think I might try this next time with crab meat. I am a seafood freak and I think the sauce will compliment the crab well. Thanks for a different twist to lasagna!
Really an awesome dish. My husband took the rest to work & all the guys who shared it with him all asked for the recipe! It's a keeper!
I am not sure what went wrong with this recipe because all alone I really like all the ingredients this called for. What a disappointment. I am giving 2 stars (though would be 1 star for taste alone)for the creativness of the recipe even though the flavor was just REALLY off to me. Thanks for a different recipe but this is something that will never get made again.
I'm on the South Beach diet and am in maintenance mode so the normal lasagna noodles were replaced with whole wheat lasagna noodles and the bread crumbs were replaced with cracked wheat. Great results!
