High Protein Lasagna Soup

• 1 tbspolive oil
• 1yellow onion — medium, diced
• 1red bell pepper — diced
• 1 lblean ground beef — or ground turkey or ground chicken
• 1 lbchicken sausage (casing removed) — or chopped fully cooked chicken sausage
• 4garlic — minced
• ¼ tspsalt
• ¼ tspblack pepper
• 1 tspItalian seasoning
• 2 tbsptomato paste
• 28 ozcrushed tomatoes — canned, 1 can
• 8 oztomato sauce — canned, 1 can
• 5–6 cupschicken broth
• 8regular lasagna noodles

Cheese Topping

• 1 cupfull fat cottage cheese — or ricotta cheese or 1/2 and 1/2
• 1 cupmozzarella cheese — shredded
• ½ cupparmesan cheese — shredded