Last week I made Lasagna for a couple that came over for dinner. I hadn’t made lasagna in a long time and I loved the recipe I used this time. I actually mixed two recipes that I had, so here is what I came up with! (This is for you, Sean & Laura!)
YUMMY Lasagna
- 1 pkg Barilla No Boil Lasagna Noodles (The “Rolled Flat like Homemade” ones. These are awesome, you don’t have to boil them!)
- 1 lb ground beef
- 2 eggs
- 28 oz Ricotta
- 2- 6oz cans tomato paste
- 1- 14.5 oz can Italian Seasoned Diced Tomatoes, undrained
- 1 clove minced garlic
- Dried Italian Seasonings (I have an Italian Seasoning Grinder, but you can use basil, parsley, oregano)
- Spaghetti Sauce (mine was Classico Olive and Mushroom)
- 1 cup shredded Parmesan
- 4 cups shredded Mozzarella
- Salt
- Pepper
- Garlic Powder
- Preheat oven to 375º
- Brown the meat and stir in garlic.
- Add tomato paste and diced tomatoes. Season with Italian herbs, salt, pepper and garlic pepper to taste.
- Simmer, covered 20 min
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl combine eggs, ricotta, 2 cups Mozzarella, Parmesan, 1 tsp Italian Seasonings and optional: 1 tsp salt
- Spray baking pan if necessary.
- Spread 1 cup spaghetti sauce on bottom of pan
- Layer 4 uncooked Barilla lasagna noodles overlapping (you can overlap because they will expand out as they cook)
- Spread half the Ricotta mixture on top of lasagna noodles
- Top Ricotta with 1/2 the meat/tomato mixture
- Layer with another 4 lasagna noodles overlapping
- Repeat with the other half of the ricotta, meat mixture and then 4 more noodles.
- Spread spaghetti sauce over the top of the lasagna.
- Sprinkle with 2 cups Mozzarella
- Bake, covered with foil 50-60 minutes
- Uncover and bake 10 minutes or until cheese on top is melted.
This is a 3 layer lasagna because my dish is 2″ deep. If you have a 3″ deep dish, you can make it 4 layers by using 1/3rd of the mixtures each time instead of 1/2.
And here’s my Menu Plan for the week!
Sunday: sliders, fries/tater tots
Monday: Crockpot Beef Stew
Tuesday: Garlic Lemon Salmon and Asparagus
Wednesday: something quick and easy or on the go, maybe Grilled Cheese
Thursday: Chicken Flautas
Friday: Mexican Lasagna (thanks, Whit!)
Saturday: leftovers
Sounds yummy!
I must try the Barilla noodles. Sounds great!
Met you over at blogcatalog. Will definitely subscribe to your feed.
Feel free to visit me sometime.
Blessings to you and yours,
Angie
Wonderful menu plan. The lasagna recipe is interesting and I might try it sometime. Thanks!
Thank you for introducing me to orgjunkie’s Menu Plan Monday. I never knew such a resource existed! I linked my menu for this week to you, but I don’t know how to do the trackback thing. Sorry!
Hi Rachel! i’m glad you found it! Don’t worry about linking it to me, I’m just a participant! I appreciate it though
What you do it link to Orgjunkie.com’s menu plan monday post and you add the link to your menu on her post as well so people can find yours! It’s fun 
You can read more about menu plan monday here. Blessings! 