Homemade Lasagna

Cheesy & Comforting

Homemade Lasagna is a well-loved comfort food that has layers of homemade meat sauce, soft noodles, and a ricotta cheese mixture! Bakes right in the oven in just 40 minutes!

Ingredients:

-ground beef -Italian sausage -tomato sauce -crushed tomatoes -garlic -sugar -Italian seasoning -salt & pepper -Italian dressing -lasagna noodles -ricotta cheese -parmesan cheese -eggs -basil -parsley -mozzarella

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Cook the Italian sausage and ground beef in a large skillet then drain the excess grease. Stir in the tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Boil this mixture and then reduce the heat to simmer. Stir in the Italian dressing and turn off the heat.

Cook the lasagna noodles until al dente. Then drain and cool them so that they’re easier to handle. Prepare the cheese mixture by stirring together the ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, egg, basil, parsley, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Spray your baking dish with non-stick spray. Next, spread a bit of the sauce on the bottom of the pan to lightly coat it.

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Assemble the lasagna by layering the noodles lengthwise over the sauce base. Then spread some of the ricotta mixture evenly over the pasta. Top the cheese mixture with the meat sauce and sprinkle with mozzarella. Repeat this process two more times. Sprinkle on the remaining mozzarella cheese.

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Bake the lasagna covered with aluminum foil in the oven and then remove the foil towards the end of baking. Cut and serve after the lasagna has had time to sit.

Expert Tip: You could use cottage cheese instead of ricotta. Just make sure to go for the full-fat kind. And if you think you won’t like the texture, you could just use a hand blender to smooth it out.

Storage Tip: Lasagna keeps really well in the fridge for 3-5 days. In fact, it is often better the next day. To reheat, cover the pan with tin foil and bake for approximately 30 minutes, or until heated through. It is also good reheated in the microwave.

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