Lasagna (Meat or Veggie)
Classic layered lasagna with rich marinara sauce - customize with sausage or keep it vegetarian
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 28 oz jar good marinara sauce
- 2 large garden tomatoes, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 cup spinach, chopped
- 1 lb ground hot Italian sausage (optional and leave out for vegetarian option)
- 1.5 cups water
- 12 oz ricotta cheese
- 3 cups mozzarella
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
- 2 eggs
- Small bunch parsley
- 9 uncooked lasagna noodles
- 1 garden tomato, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup mozzarella
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- In deep fry pan, cook sausage and garlic until cooked through. Add and cook spinach for another minute. Add marinara sauce, tomatoes, and 1.5 cups water. Simmer for 10 minutes
- In large mixing bowl, mix: ricotta, mozzarella, parmesan cheese, eggs, and parsley
- In deep baking dish, layer in order: some sauce → 3 noodles → half cheese mixture → some sauce → 3 noodles → other half cheese mixture → some sauce → 3 noodles → any remaining sauce → thinly sliced tomato evenly on top → mozzarella sprinkled on top
- Cover with tinfoil and bake for 1 hour. Last 15 minutes, remove the tinfoil