It’s been a while (like several years!) since I’ve attempted homemade lasagna, but the stars aligned this evening. We had lasagna noodles. We had basil, farm fresh cheese (tastes similar to Ricotta), mozzarella cheese, a can of crushed tomatoes, onion, and garlic. I just had to make lasagna.
I love Stouffer’s Lasagna very much but it is always a bit pricey. This is a no meat lasagna recipe that is easy and fun to prepare and delicious to eat!
No Meat Lasagna Recipe
Ingredients (for a 9×13 inch baking dish):
- 2 drizzles of olive oil
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 4-6 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 (28 oz)can crushed tomatoes
- about 2/3-3/4 C. chopped fresh basil
- 1 tsp. salt and 1/4 tsp. pepper (divided)
- 2 C. Farm Fresh Cheese (or Ricotta)
- 1 3/4 C. mozzarella cheese (divided)
- 12 lasagna noodles (you can buy a 1 lb. container and you might have a few noodles left over)
- water to boil the noodles
Instructions:
- Heat a pan or saucepan to medium heat. Drizzle a little olive oil in and swish it around. Saute onions and garlic until onions are translucent. Add the can of crushed tomatoes, 1/2 tsp. of the salt and 1/8 tsp. of the pepper, and the basil. Stir and simmer for about 10-15 minutes (stirring occasionally).
- In another saucepan, combine the Farm Fresh Cheese with 1 C. of the mozzarella cheese, the last 1/2 tsp. of salt and the last 1/8 tsp. of pepper. Stir together of medium/medium-low heat until melted.
- Cook lasagna noodles according to package instructions.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. and drizzle a little olive oil into the bottom of a 9×13 inch glass baking dish.
- When the sauce, cheese mixture, and lasagna noodles are done cooking, it is time to layer them in the baking dish. First some of the sauce, then 3 lasagna noodles, then spread some of the cheese mixture on top of the noodles. Sauce, noodles, cheese, sauce, noodles, cheese, you get the idea. They don’t have to be measured out perfectly. Just save a bit of the sauce to go on the very top. Then sprinkle with the remaining 3/4 C. grated mozzarella cheese (you can use Parmesan if you want).
- Bake in preheated oven for 15-20 minutes. Let cool for about 10 minutes before serving.
*Inspired by THIS recipe.