All the Italians will be aghast but my mil had a very old better homes and gardens recipe. Calls for cottage cheese and cubed Swiss cheese. That is the version my husband likes because he likes how his mom made everything lol!
That’s how I make mine. Although I usually use ziti noodles and just mix everything up.
My daughter who is married to a man of Italian descent, hers is very different. Very cheesy, ricotta, very little meat sauce, the red sauce is ladled on top after baking.
It’s very good except that my daughter eats meat free most of the time and now uses impossible meat. They think it tastes just like meat, spoiler alert it doesn’t and is very salty. It’s all good because I’m not cooking!