Easy Lasagna

overhead image of pan of lasagna in white baking dish.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American, Italian

Prep Time: 20

Cook Time: 55

Total Time: 1 15

Servings: servings

Calories: 493cal

Author: Ashley Fehr

This Easy Lasagna recipe is made with oven ready lasagna noodles, jarred tomato sauce and a couple special ingredients that bring LOADS of flavor! Includes step by step recipe video so you can make this simple lasagna at home.

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Ingredients

1 lb lean ground beef
1 lb Italian sausage loose packed or casings removed (5 sausages)
1 onion finely diced
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
3.5 cups jarred tomato pasta sauce about 1.5 jars
1/4 cup water
2 cups Ricotta cheese 450g
1/2 cup frozen spinach thawed and squeezed dry (100g)
1/4 cup cream
1 egg
1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
3 cups shredded Mozzarella cheese divided
12 oven ready lasagna noodles

Instructions

In a large pan, cook ground beef, Italian sausage and onion until browned, stirring often. If there is a lot of liquid in the pan, drain it before continuing.
Stir in garlic, salt and Italian seasoning and cook 1 minute.
Stir in pasta sauce and water. Let simmer for 10-15 minutes for the flavors to come together. Remove from heat to cool slightly. (This can also be made in advance and refrigerated up to 4 days or frozen up to 3 months)
In a medium bowl, stir together Ricotta, spinach, cream, egg and Parmesan and 1 cup of Mozzarella cheese. Set aside.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (if baking right away) and lightly grease a deep 9x13" pan.
Spread just enough meat sauce in the bottom of the pan to create a thin layer.
Top with 3 lasagna noodles. Spread the noodles with 1/3 of the Ricotta mixture, and top that with 1/4 of the meat sauce.
Repeat layers 3 times, and on the last layer of noodles spread only the remaining meat sauce.
Lightly grease a piece of tin foil or oven safe lid and place over top of the lasagna. Bake for 40-45 minutes until noodles are tender (this can take up to 60 minutes, depending on your brand of pasta) -- it will still be juicy at this point and that's okay.
Remove the foil and sprinkle with remaining 2 cups mozzarella cheese. Bake for 10 minutes until melted and broil for 2 minutes if desired to brown the cheese.
Remove from the oven and let rest for 10-15 minutes -- there should not be any liquid remaining on the edges after this rest. Slice and serve.

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