Making Lasagna can seem like a lot of work, but I have a make-easy secret: using no-boil lasagna noodles (they cook when they bake). This takes a lot of work out of making your homemade Lasagna Recipe, not to mention how annoying it is when the noodles break!
Ingredients for Homemade Lasagna Recipe
- Olive oil
- Lean ground beef
- Onion
- Garlic
- Bell peppers
- Tomato sauce
- Crushed tomatoes
- Tomato paste
- Italian seasoning
- Salt
- Pepper
- Parsley flakes
- Ground cinnamon
- Granulated sugar
- No-boil lasagna noodles
- Full fat ricotta cheese
- Mozzarella cheese, freshly shredded
- Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
How to Make Homemade Lasagna Recipe
1. Make the meat sauce: heat the olive in a large skillet and saute the onion, garlic, and bell peppers until soft, about 3 minutes.
2. Add the ground beef and cook until no longer pink, breaking it up as it cooks.
3. Mix in the tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, Italian seasoning, parsley flakes, ground cinnamon, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer for 30 minutes.
4. Preheat the oven to 375 F and assemble the lasagna.
5. Cover the bottom of a 9×13-inch baking dish with two ladles of meat sauce. Cover the sauce with lasagna noodles. Pour in ⅓ of remaining meat sauce. Sprinkle ⅓ of mozzarella cheese. Add half of the ricotta by placing evenly-spaced spoonfuls over the mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle ½ of the Parmesan cheese.
6. Repeat layers (noodles, ½ remaining meat sauce, ½ remaining mozzarella, all remaining ricotta, and all remaining Parmesan.
7. End with a noodle layer, remaining meat sauce, and remaining mozzarella cheese.
8. Spray a sheet of aluminum foil with cooking spray (so the cheese doesn’t stick to it) and “tent” it over the lasagna. Bake for 45 mins, removing the foil for the last 5 minutes. Let it rest for 10 minutes before cutting into it and serving!
How to Store Homemade Lasagna Recipe
If you have any leftovers, let them come to room temperature, place them in an airtight container, and refrigerate for up to 4 days.
If you wish to freeze this lasagna, you can assemble it, cover with plastic wrap and foil, and freeze for up to 3 months. You can also freeze it after baking. Let it come to room temperature, cover with plastic wrap or foil, and freeze for up to 3 months as well. You can freeze it whole or portion it.
How to Reheat Homemade Lasagna Recipe
If your lasagna is frozen, thaw it in the refrigerator the night before. Take it out and let it come to room temperature for at least 30 mins before covering with foil and reheating in a preheated 350 F oven for 15-20 minutes.
If you are reheating refrigerated leftovers, you can do it in the microwave or in a 350 F oven.
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Homemade Lasagna Recipe
For lasagna lovers, this one's for you ! This tasty and simple recipe of homemade lasagna is rich with beef/tomato sauce, ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan cheese between lasagna sheets.
Ingredients
For the meat sauce:
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ½ cup onion, finely chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 medium bell pepper, finely chopped (your favorite color)
- 28 oz can crushed tomatoes
- 14 oz can tomato sauce
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 tsp Italian seasoning
- 2 tsp parsley flakes
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp salt, or to taste
- Ground black pepper to taste
For the lasagna:
- 1 box no-boil lasagna noodles (I used Barila)
- 15 oz full-fat ricotta
- 24 oz mozzarella cheese, freshly shredded
- 4 oz Parmesan cheese, grated
- Chopped parsley for serving
Instructions
- Make the meat sauce: heat the olive in a large skillet and saute the onion, garlic, and bell peppers until soft, about 3 minutes.
- Add the ground beef and cook until no longer pink, breaking it up as it cooks.
- Mix in the tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, Italian seasoning, parsley flakes, ground cinnamon, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 375 F and assemble the lasagna.
- Cover the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish with two ladles of meat sauce. Cover the sauce with lasagna noodles. Pour in ⅓ of remaining meat sauce. Sprinkle ⅓ of mozzarella cheese. Add half of the ricotta by placing evenly-spaced spoonfuls over the mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle ½ of the Parmesan cheese.
- Repeat layers (noodles, ½ remaining meat sauce, ½ remaining mozzarella, all remaining ricotta, and all remaining Parmesan.
- End with a noodle layer, remaining meat sauce, and remaining mozzarella cheese.
- Spray a sheet of aluminum foil with cooking spray (so the cheese doesn’t stick to it) and “tent” it over the lasagna. Bake for 45 mins, removing the foil for the last 5 minutes. Let it rest for 10 minutes before cutting into it and serving!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 581Total Fat: 63gSaturated Fat: 29gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 27gCholesterol: 318mgCarbohydrates: 51gFiber: 6gSugar: 18gProtein: 85g
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