My Standard Lasagna

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef (or mix ground beef with Italian sausage meat)
• garlic powder, to taste
• 3 cups spaghetti sauce (a meat flavored version, homemade is best, but bottled is ok too)
• 1 (15 ounce) container light ricotta cheese (or small curd cottage cheese, drained well)
• 1 1/2 - 2 cups part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 6 slices provolone cheese
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 -2 large egg
• parsley, to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 0.5 (16 ounce) package lasagna noodles, cooked until just soft, approximately