Easy Homemade Lasagna Recipe
This Easy Homemade Lasagna is so simple to throw together, but it tastes like you've been busy in the kitchen baking a classic recipe.
Serving8 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground Italian sausage
- 1 onion, chopped
- 4.5 ounces sliced mushrooms, 1 can
- 28 ounces spaghetti sauce, 1 jar
- 16 ounces cottage cheese, 1 container
- 1 pint ricotta cheese
- ¼ cup Parmesan cheese
- 2 eggs
- 16 ounces lasagna noodles, 1 package
- 2 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese, divided
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉.
- In a large skillet, cook and stir Italian sausage until brown.
- Add onions and mushrooms; saute until onions are clear.
- Stir in spaghetti 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 9x13-inch pan.
- Layer with ½ of the uncooked lasagna noodles, ½ of cheese mixture, ¾ cup mozzarella cheese, and ½ of meat sauce. Continue layering until all ingredients are used, reserving ½ 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.
Notes
Feel free to substitute Ricotta and Cottage Cheese with the other. In lasagna, ricotta cheese and cottage cheese are perfectly interchangeable.
Nutrition
Calories: 707 kcal · Carbohydrates: 55 g · Protein: 39 g · Fat: 37 g · Saturated Fat: 17 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 147 mg · Sodium: 1499 mg · Potassium: 798 mg · Fiber: 4 g · Sugar: 9 g · Vitamin A: 1037 IU · Vitamin C: 9 mg · Calcium: 387 mg · Iron: 3 mg