This is a really simple lasagna recipe to make. I always use the no bake noodles. I know that there are several different schools of thought on this. Yes, I do like the texture of the boiled noodles better but really the noodle is just a vehicle for the sauce and that all gets soaked up into both of them! This recipe will make enough for about 6 people. We increased our from Friday night for enough to fill a 20 X 13 aluminum pan. My sauce is incredible and so easy to make. Do yourself a favor and start making your own sauces. I make one almost the same as this one for our pizza's. I just use chunked tomatoes instead of pureed ones. (What is with my font here???!!! LOL) Homemade Lasagna Ingredients: 1 box no bake Lasagna 1 (15 ounce) container Ricotta cheese 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese salt and pepper pinch of nutmeg 2 eggs 4 cups (1 pound) shredded Mozzarella cheese 5 cups homemade pasta sauce,(see below), or 2 jars Hunt's Spaghetti Sauce, sausage flavor 1 pound bulk Italian sausage, cooked, drained, crumbled | | |||||
| Directions: Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine Ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese, eggs, salt, pepper, nutmeg & 1 cup Mozzarella cheese in a medium bowl; mix well. Spread 1 cup pasta sauce in a 13x9-inch baking dish. Layer with half each of the lasagna, Ricotta cheese mixture, sausage, remaining pasta sauce & Mozzarella cheese. Repeat layering. Bake uncovered 40 minutes or until hot & bubbly. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.  Pasta Sauce Ingredients: 1 onion, diced 5 cloves of garlic, minced About 5 cups pureed tomatoes (I use ones that I froze last winter) oregano garlic powder salt and pepper to taste Direction: In a small amount of oil cook onions and garlic until the onions are translucent. Add the tomatoes. Bring to a boil. Turn the heat to simmer and add the rest of the ingredients. Simmer uncovered for about 1 hour or until the sauce has reached the consistency of a jarred sauce. The freshness of the sauce still comes through and everyone will wonder what your secret is. They did mine and that is one of the reasons I am posting this now! As Always... Happy Entertaining!!! Judy www.nofearentertaining.com | ||||||
18 comments:
I make this frequently and call it "Lazy Day Lasagna" - it's a fave around my house!
I love lasagna..and using the precooked noodles does speed up the process. I use noodles that I get at the Italian market that are in flat or corrugated sheets. I don't cook these either. I add some sauce and then a very little water to cover the bottom of my casserole dish then start layering. The noodles are perfectly cooked in the sauce with out cooking. Way to go Judy!!!
Really - don't you just love those no bake noodles? I absolutely love those.
-DTW
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Hi Jen-It is a lazy day meal. I love it made ahead of time and then reheated though!
Hey Val-Great hint on the noodles. I will have to try that. I always thought that might work but now I have proof!
Hi DTW- The easiest!
The Italian sausage in here is "le difference"...I would have no probs with these leftovers.
This looks wonderful - I am with you I prefer to cook my noodles first and not a fan of the no bake ones. Love your homemade sauce and making sauce yourself really adds to the dish. Paula Dean has a great sauce as well that I have made a couple times - excellent and easy!!
The sauce you made is a Spanish Sofrito Judy!!!! I make it without the herbs but is mainly the same :D I know what you talk about... it must have been wonderful ;D
I have to get out of my old school thinking and give these noodles another try! More sauce I think I need. I saw someone soak them for a couple of minutes on tv once. Did you ever do that? Anyway your lasagna looks moist and delicious!
I always use no cook noodles. Apparently you can use regular noodles as well and just not cook them - someone told me about that the other day! :)
Your sauce sounds so good! I need to add sausage to mine the next time I make it - sounds yummy! I make a similar sauce, but I always add a tsp of sugar when I make baked pasta dishes with ricotta (like lasagna, stuffed shells, etc.)! My grandmother and mom always did this and now, so do I. LOL!
Hey Peter-The sausage is what makes it!
Thanks Cathy!
Hey Nuria-Wow-I made Sofrito!!! It really was wonderful!
Hi Maria-Try them. They really are just a vehicle for a ton of cheese and sauce!!!
Hey Jenn-When you use sausage in your sauce be sure to taste it before you add the sugar. The sausage gives a sweet taste to the sauce and you don't want it too sweet!
I love lasagna and this looks great! Also good call on keeping the sauce simple. I know I can get away without cooking the noodles, but my OCD side takes over every time and I just have to cook them, even if just a little. lol, I really need to try not doing that some time. Eliminating work when making lasagna is always a good thing.
Those no bake noodles make it so much easier don't they! Your lasagna looks delicious...total comfort food for me! I'm going to put sausage in my next lasagna!
I love the no bake noodles...but when I make lasagna, I just use the regular noodles like they are no bake-I assemble the whole lasagna leave it in the fridge until ready to bake and they come out just as if I boiled them!
That looks too delicious. When isn't homemade lasagna one of the best things ever? Damn, yet another thing to put on my "must eat soon" list. Geez, I think i could eat for the next six months easy off of that list. Thanks for sharing!
Want to eat it:)
Ooooooh YUMMY! Lasagna is one of life's best foods, imo. And yes! Homemade sauce is key. I'll have an extra large slice please. :)
You've just reminded me it's been way too long since I made lasagna!!
Yum.....
who doesn't love lasagna?
I love it with or without meat, a vegetable one or even a white sauce lasagna.
Layered noodles are fantastic!
Yours looks very authentic.
Stacey
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