[robex]

I always use cottage cheese instead of ricotta in lasagna.

Did you know you can use regular uncooked lasagna noodles when you prepare your lasagna? Add 1.5 cups of water to the pan once your lasagna is assembled, cover it with tinfoil and bake at 350 for 1.25 hours? It cooks the noodles while it bakes!

I don't know about muffin tins, but I read in a freezer cooking book that you can assemble the lasagna in an ice cream bucket, freeze it, and when you want it, knock it out of the bucket and stick the frozen lasagna in the crockpot to cook. I haven't tried it, but I will the next time I make one!