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October 9, 2014 14 Comments

No-Boil Meatless Lasagna…on the table in just over an hour

No Boil Meatless Lasagna on the table in less then an hour

A few years ago my sister-in-law let me in on the little secret that you don’t have to boil noodles to make awesome lasagna. Life Changing!

I went from making lasagna once every three years to making it at least monthly. It’s a simple meal I can throw together in a matter of minutes and it only needs to bake for 45-60 minutes. Awesome weeknight dinner.

I have a veggie version I make frequently, but every so often I don’t have time or don’t feel like sauteing veggies, so I make this super simple meatless version.

You can use whatever sauce, homemade or store-bought, that you want.  I have started making this Amazing Homemade Spaghetti Sauce in large batches and freezing it in 4-cup portions. I’m not kidding it really is amazing and it makes fabulous lasagna or stuffed shells.

The filling is also very versatile, you can use cottage cheese or ricotta cheese for the base. My kids like cottage cheese better, but I prefer ricotta.

Alright, I think that covers all the important stuff, lets get to the recipe.

Oh wait…don’t forget to check out the Amazing Homemade Spaghetti Sauce recipe.

Amazing Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

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No Boil Meatless Lasagna...on the table in just over an hour
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
55 mins
Total time
1 hour 5 mins
 
Super Simple ingredients come together to make a fast and delicious lasagna the whole family will love.
Author: Maria
Recipe type: Dinner
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 10 dry lasagna noodles
  • 1 bottle or can of your favorite spaghetti sauce, or 3-4 cups of homemade sauce
  • 1 can diced tomatoes
  • 1 large clove garlic, crushed or ¼ tsp garlic powder
  • 2 tsp sugar, divided
  • ½ tsp basil or Italian Seasoning
  • 1 container cottage cheese (16 ounce) or Ricotta Cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tbsp Parmesan cheese (optional)
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp dried parsley (optional)
  • 2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. In a medium size bowl combine jar of sauce (or homemade sauce), can of tomatoes, garlic (or powder), 1 tsp sugar, ½ tsp basil or Italian seasoning. Mix well and pour half of mixture into bottom of a 9x13 pan.
  3. arrange 4-5 noodles over sauce, you will need to break one into pieces to get it to fit on the one side.
  4. In a small mixing bowl, combine cottage or ricotta cheese with one egg, parmeasean cheese if desired, 1 tsp sugar and 2 tbsp dried parsley (optional). Mix well and spread over dry noodle layer.
  5. Top Cheese mixture with remaining dry noodles in same manor that you put down first noodle layer. Pour remaining sauce over the dry noodles. Cover with tinfoil and bake for 40-45 minutes at 350.
  6. After 40-45 minutes remove foil and sprinkle mozzarella cheese evenly over cooking lasagna. Return to over for 10-15 minutes or until cheese is melted and noodles are soft and tender when poked with fork.
  7. Let set for 5-10 minutes before cutting.
  8. Enjoy
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Serve with a salad and garlic bread! Yummy!

Keep it Real!

Maria

 

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14 Comments

  1. Lila

    November 19, 2015 at 10:29 am

    If you use the spaghetti sauce recipe from the previous page do you need to add additional spices to the sauce for this recipe???

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    • Maria

      November 19, 2015 at 3:41 pm

      Good question. No you don’t need to, I don’t. But you can if you want. It won’t make a huge difference.

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  2. Anna

    January 15, 2016 at 11:39 am

    Thank you for sharing this recipe – I’ve assembled lasagne with cooked noodles ahead of time (and refrigerated for a day or two until baking). Can I do the same with the uncooked noodles?

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    • Maria

      January 25, 2016 at 11:11 pm

      Yes, you totally can!

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  3. Megan

    December 27, 2016 at 10:22 pm

    Why only one layer of noodles? Will they cook if you do several layers?

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    • Maria

      January 2, 2017 at 12:23 pm

      Hi Megan, there are actually two layers of noodles. Because this is a no boil recipe, the noodles need to be touching sauce to cook properly. If you want to add more layers you can, you will need to make sure to have sauce right next to the noodles. Does that make sense? This recipe only makes enough sauce for two layers of noodles so you would need to make more sauce if you wanted to have more layers. Hope this helps.

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      • Diana Czebotar

        March 7, 2020 at 11:03 pm

        What size can of tomatoes?

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        • Maria

          March 16, 2020 at 7:12 am

          Hi Diana, sorry that wasn’t clear on the recipe. I use a 15 ounce can.

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  4. Emma

    July 21, 2019 at 4:11 pm

    i’m very confused at the amount of ricotta cheese. 116oz? or 1.16 oz?

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    • Maria

      May 13, 2020 at 4:26 pm

      Sorry about that! It’s one 16 ounce container of cottage cheese or ricotta.

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  5. Sarah W.

    May 13, 2020 at 7:15 pm

    Just made this tonight for a 2 year old, a 13 year old, one vegetarian and one picky eater.
    All of them said “keep this recipe”!

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    • Maria

      May 14, 2020 at 6:18 am

      Yay! I absolutely love hearing that! Thanks for leaving a comment Sarah!

      reply to this comment
  6. Leslie Rogakis

    July 5, 2020 at 12:06 am

    If I freeze this after its cooked, what kind of re-heating instructions do you think I need to give. I am making it for a friend who’s son just had surgery.

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    • Maria

      July 6, 2020 at 10:57 am

      Good Question, I have never reheated this from frozen after it has been cooked. It might be better to boil the noodles and freeze it uncooked in this situation.

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