Lazy Lasagna

    Since my brother wasn't home for Thanksgiving this year until Friday night, we decided to have Thanksgiving on Saturday so that meant that for the rest of us, my mom and grandparents, we needed to have something for Thanksgiving.  Last year we had a mini Thanksgiving dinner and it wasn't such a good idea because by the time we got to the big Thanksgiving meal, we were all tired of turkey.  So this year I threw out the idea of lasagna and surprisingly everyone was on board.  I wanted something cheesy, meaty, and noodley, the essentials for lasagna.  This recipe for Lazy Lasagna was absolutely perfect!   It also makes a perfect week night dinner because it comes together easily and bakes quickly. 

Recipe
1 lb ground beef
1 jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce
16 oz of ricotta cheese
2 c. sour cream
8 uncooked lasagna noodles
3 pkgs of sliced mozzarella cheese
1/2 c. Parmesan cheese
1 c. of water

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Brown meat in a large skillet over medium heat.  Drain meat and mix in the spaghetti sauce.  Reduce heat to low and simmer until heated through.  In a separate pan, combine the ricotta cheese and sour cream and blend well. 
   Spoon some of the meat sauce in the bottom of the pan and then layer the noodles over the top of the sauce.  Make sure that the noodles go all the way to the edge of the pan, then cover with the ricotta and sour cream blend.  Layer the mozzarella slices and some of the Parmesan cheese over the ricotta and sour cream mixture.  Add more meat sauce, layer the noodles, then the ricotta mixture, and the finally the mozzarella and Parmesan.  Continue this until you run out meat and sauce, ricotta and sour cream and mozzarella and Parmesan.  This should be about 2 layers in a 9x13 inch pan.  Once you've finished layering the lasagna, lay the mozzarella slices across the top.  Carefully add the cup of water around the edges (this will help the noodles cook) and tightly cover the pan with foil.  Bake for 1 hour or until hot and bubble.  Let stand for 15 minutes and then serve!