All Natural Avocado Lasagna Casserole

Made this for dinner last night. Totally gluten free with all fresh, natural ingredients. It got some pretty good reviews from family, friends and my two adorable nephews who inhaled it (seriously, I cleaned it out of their stinkin' cute little noses).

Ingredients:
Beef 1lb roll
1 medium red onion, chopped
1 green or color of your choice bell pepper, chopped
2 cloves fresh garlic, chopped
1 jar Ragu sugar free tomato basil spaghetti sauce
1 large container low fat small curd cottage cheese
1 block of jack cheese (that you will shred yourself)
1 box gluten free corn or rice noodles - I used penne
1 fresh chopped avocado
2 tbsp cilantro
*jalapenos optional and awesome if chosen

Start boiling the noodles to get them done. Simultaneously, I brown the beef in a skillet with the chopped red onion, green pepper, and garlic all frying together. Then add the ragu sauce and cilantro. Stir and keep it on low heat.

Your noodles should be done boiling and soften around the same time your beef sauce mixture is done.

In a baking pan or dish, pour in all of the cooked noodles. Next layer will be the beef sauce. Next layer is the cottage cheese. Next layer evenly distribute the chunks of avocado (and jalapeno peppers if you choose them). Next layer will be the jack cheese. I buy blocks of cheese versus already shredded, bagged cheese for two reasons: 1. it's cheaper per quantity of cheese you get and 2. shredded cheese is waxed and who wants to eat wax? Shredding your own cheese is faster and fluffier and tastes better - and doesn't have nasty wax on it.

Sprinkle a bit of pepper on top and bake on 425 until golden brown (about 20 minutes). Yum.