Easy One Step Lasagna Recipes

EASY LASAGNA I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large skillet, cook and stir ground beef until brown. Add mushrooms and onions; saute until onions are transparent. Stir in pasta sauce, and heat through.
• In a medium size bowl, combine cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, grated Parmesan cheese, and eggs.
• Spread a thin layer of the meat sauce in the bottom of a 13x9 inch pan. Layer with uncooked lasagna noodles, cheese mixture, mozzarella cheese, and meat sauce. Continue layering until all ingredients are used, reserving 1/2 cup mozzarella. Cover pan with aluminum foil.
• Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes. Uncover, and top with remaining half cup of mozzarella cheese. Bake for an additional 15 minutes. Remove from oven, and let stand 10 to 15 minutes before serving.

EASIEST EVER LASAGNE

Steps:

• Heat a large non-stick frying pan until hot. Add about half the mince and fry it over a medium heat for 4-5 minutes until browned. Stir it with a wooden spoon and press out any lumps while it is frying. Tip the browned mince into a bowl. Tip the remaining raw mince into the pan and add the garlic and oregano. Fry it as you did with the previous batch, then return all the mince to the pan and mix it together.
• Tip in the mushrooms and roasted veg sauce, and squirt in the ketchup (you can be generous). Season with black pepper and salt if you like. Stir well to mix everything together, turn the heat up under the pan and bring to the boil, then turn it down so it bubbles gently. Cover the pan and cook for 30-35 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes to mix everything together. As it cooks, the mushrooms will shrink and make the mince more saucy.
• While you're waiting for the meat to cook, break the egg into a large bowl and beat it with a whisk or fork to break up the white and the yolk. Pour the cream into the bowl, then grate about two thirds of the cheese and add to the bowl. Be careful, a grater looks innocent enough, but it's sharp so mind your fingers. Season with a good grinding of black pepper. Beat well to mix. Now turn the oven on to 180C/gas 4/fan 160C.
• Lay the lasagne in a dish and cover with boiling water. Leave for 5 minutes. Take an ovenproof dish measuring about 28-30cm x 22-23cm and 7.5cm deep. Spread about a couple of spoonfuls of meat sauce over the bottom, then cover with 3-4 sheets of lasagne (lift them out of the water with tongs) overlapping them slightly to make them fit if you need to. Drizzle over just a little of the cheese sauce - about 2-3 spoonfuls.
• Spoon over half the remaining meat and spread it out, right to the edges of the dish. Cover with 3-4 more sheets of lasagne, then spoon over the remaining meat, spreading it out evenly and almost to the edges. Cover with 3-4 more sheets of lasagne.
• Pour what's left of the cheese sauce over the top. Jiggle the dish so the sauce runs to the edges and squelch the corners of the pasta into the sauce so there's none poking up. Grate the rest of the cheese evenly all over, then grate over about 1⁄2 teaspoon of nutmeg. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes or until bubbling and golden. Leave to stand for 5 minutes before decorating the top if you like. Cut into 6 portions and serve with a salad.

EASY LASAGNA II

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat brown the ground beef. Drain the grease. Add spaghetti sauce and simmer for 5 minutes.
• In a large bowl, mix together the cottage cheese, 2 cups of the mozzarella cheese, eggs, half of the grated Parmesan cheese, dried parsley, salt and ground black pepper.
• To assemble, in the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish evenly spread 3/4 cup of the sauce mixture. Cover with 3 uncooked lasagna noodles, 1 3/4 cup of the cheese mixture, and 1/4 cup sauce. Repeat layers once more: top with 3 noodles, remaining sauce, remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Add 1/2 cup water to the edges of the pan. Cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degree F(175 degrees C) oven for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 10 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

RECIPE: EASY LASAGNA

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat brown the ground beef with the diced onions. Drain the grease. Add spaghetti sauce and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Mince garlic clove and add to cottage cheese, mix well.
• To assemble, in the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish evenly spread a few tablespoons of the sauce mixture. You don't need a lot, just enough to give the bottom a liquid base so your noodles don't stick.
• Start by laying down lasagna noodles to cover the bottom - you may need to get creative and snap noodles in half to fit in spots.
• Cover noodles with ½ of your sauce, ½ your spinach, and all your cottage cheese (see photo below).
• Cover with lasagna noodles.
• On this layer, cover with ½ sauce, ½ your spinach and all your shredded cheese this time.
• Cover with tin foil and bake in 350 oven for 50 minutes.

EASY ONE STEP LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray bottom and sides of 9 X 13 pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• Layer noodles on bottom of pan.
• Mix all ingredients except Mozzarella cheese and parsley flakes.
• Pour over noodles.
• Top with cheese and parsley flakes.
• Bake 1 hour.
• Remove from oven and let stand 15 minutes or more to thicken up.

LASAGNA, FOR ONE (OR TWO)

Steps:

• Pour tomatoes with their juices into 1-cup liquid measuring cup. Add water until mixture measures just over one cup.
• Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat until shimmering. Add onion and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook until onion begins to brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and pepper flakes and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Scatter pasta on top but do not stir. Pour diced tomatoes with juice and tomato sauce over pasta. Cover and bring to simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until pasta is tender, about 20 minutes.
• Remove skillet from heat and stir in 1/8 cup Parmesan. Season with salt and pepper. Dot with heaping tablespoons of mozzarella, cover and let stand off heat for five minutes. The cheese will melt and ooze all over the softened pasta by the time you remove the cover. Sprinkle with basil and remaining Parmesan. Serve.

ONE STEP LASAGNA

Steps:

• Combine water with spaghetti sauce in a bowl.
• Cover the bottom of a greased 9"x13" baking dish with 1 1/2 cups of the mixture. Arrange a layer of uncooked noodles, slightly overlapping, on top of the sauce.
• Spread half of the ricotta and half the mozzarella over noodles.
• Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese.
• Add another layer of sauce.
• Repeat with another layer of noodles, the remaining ricotta and mozzarella and 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese.
• Top with a layer of noodles.
• Pour remaining sauce over noodles; sprinkle with remaining parmesan cheese.
• Cover and bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour.
• Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

ONE-STEP LASAGNA WITH SAUSAGE AND BASIL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Sauté beef and sausage in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat until cooked through, breaking up meats with back of spoon, about 4 minutes. Transfer meats to bowl.
• Combine spaghetti sauce, water and basil in large bowl. Spread 1 1/2 cups sauce mixture in bottom of 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Arrange 1/3 noodles, slightly overlapping if necessary, atop sauce. Spread half of ricotta over noodles. Sprinkle with half of mozzarella cheese, half of meat mixture and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Top with 1 1/2 cups sauce. Repeat layering with noodles, ricotta, mozzarella, meats and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Arrange remaining noodles over. Spoon remaining sauce over, covering completely. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup Parmesan. Cover tightly with heavy-duty foil. Place on baking sheet.
• Bake until noodles are tender and lasagna is heated through, about 1 hour. Uncover; let stand 15 minutes. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Rewarm covered in 350°F. oven about 45 minutes. ) Cut lasagna into squares and serve.

EASY ONE-STEP LASAGNA

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350. Brown beef, drain & stir in spaghetti sauce, water, basil & oregano. Simmer 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 2. In a small bowl, combined cottage cheese & beaten egg.
• 3. Spread thin layer meat sauce in bottom of 9 x 13 pan. Layer 1/3 noodles, 1/3 sauce, 1/3 cottage cheese & 1/3 mozzarella; repeat, ending with mozzarella; sprinkle with parmesan. Cover with foil, bake 30 minutes. Remove foil & bake additional 25-30 minutes. Let stand 10-15 minutes before serving.
• 4. Serve with garlic bread & salad.