brown ground beef, italian sausage, onions and garlic in a pot. 10 minutes. remove the grease

add crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce and water. gently stir this into the cooking meat.

add white sugar, fennel seed, basil leaves, parsley, salt, italian seasoning, and ground pepper. gently stir seasoning into sauce.

cover the pot and let the meat simmer. simmer on low for 1 hour and 30 minutes.

soak lasagna noodles in hot tap water for 15 minutes

mix together the ricotta cheese, nutmeg, egg and parsley with a spoon.

use 9x13 inch baking pan.

spread 2 cups of meat sauce on the bottom of the pan.

lay 6 noodles across the layer of sauce.

spread half of the ricotta cheese over the layer of noodles.

spread half of the mozzarella cheese over the ricotta layer. sprinkle half the parmesan cheese over the mozzarella layer.

spread 2 cups of meat sauce over cheese layer.

lay down next layer of noodles.

spread the remaining ricotta cheese over the meat layer.

spread mozzarella and parm cheese saving some for the top

put the last layer of meat sauce over the cheeses

sprinkle cheeses on top

cover with foil.

bake in preheated oven at 350 for 25 minutes

remove foil and bake uncovered for another 25 min