For YEARS I have been buying the family size frozen lasagna from the store. My family likes lasagna, but for some reason I always thought it was complicated to make. It wasn’t until recently that I attempted to make my own. My neighbor who is also my friend spoiled our family last month with a big dish of her homemade lasagna. After that night I was determined to make homemade lasagna too!
Not only is lasagna easy to make, it also tastes way better than the frozen stuff I have been buying all this time. Below is my recipe for lasagna:
| Easy Lasagna Recipe |
Recipe Type: Main Dish
Author:
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 1 hour 10 mins
Total time: 1 hour 30 mins
Serves: 8
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 2 jars marina sauce
- 2 cups finely shredded Mozzarella cheese
- 1 15oz container Ricotta cheese
- 12 lasagna noodles – cooked
- 1 TSP Italian seasoning
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 egg
Instructions
- In a skillet over medium heat, add ground beef and Italian seasoning. Brown ground beef and drain fat.
- Add 1 1/2 jars of marinara sauce to skillet and simmer on low for 10 minutes.
- In a bowl, add ricotta cheese, 1 1/2 cups of Mozzarella cheese and egg. Mix until blended.
- In a 13×9 casserole/baking dish add about 1/4 cup of the remaining jar of marina sauce to bottom of dish and spread.
- Place 3 lasagna noodles in dish and add 1/3 of sauce/meat mixture. Sprinkle with Parmesan Cheese, then 1/3 of cheese mixture.
- Repeat layers above 2 times.
- Add remaining layer of lasagna noodles, then pour remaining marina sauce from jar.
- Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Remove and cover top with remaining 1/2 cup Mozzarella cheese. Bake uncovered an additional 15-20 minutes until cheese is completely melted.
- Remove from oven, cool, cut and serve!
For those that have never made lasagna, once you make it, you will always want to make it this way!
I’ve been looking for a quick and easy lasagna recipe and this looks good!
my kids have been asking for lasagna, I don’t really have a recipe, might just steal this one 🙂
I love easy especially on week days when I’m swamped and the boys are hungry.
I’ve only made a “veggie” lasagna, but my boys and will really like one with meat! Thanks for sharing this totally do-able recipe!
My recipe is similar except I use cottage cheese instead of ricotta.
I have also made a crockpot lasagna recipe.
My family loves lasagna. I normally make a lasagna casserole instead. Maybe I’ll put that on the list for next week.
That looks so yummy!
I’m not a fan of the frozen lasagna so when we have it it’s because I made it (or someone else did). But your recipe sounds like it’s really simple and quicker than mine – I’ll have to give it a try one night!
Looks delicious!
That lasagna looks yummy!
I love Lasagna, I actually served it on Thanksgiving day at my house. I like that it can be made up in advance and just tossed in the oven. We usually have a hectic morning that day so I made it easy. I like that you can add just about anything you like to lasagna, it’s one of those “blank canvas” meals, kind of like pizza!