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Prep Time30 mins
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Cook Time35 mins
My husband and I love lasagna! There are so many kinds and ways to make it which is a beautiful thing! This recipe I grabbed a bunch of tomatoes from the garden rough chopped them, tossed them in the blender and blended till smooth. The beginning of the amazing sauce!
Ingredients
Directions
Equipment: 9x13 glass baking dish
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
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In a large skillet add 1 tablespoon of olive oil and heat on medium high heat. Add chopped onions to skillet and sauté for a few minutes. Add ground beef to the onions and cook till no longer pink. Drain onion and beef mixture and set aside.
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In a medium large pot add the 28 ounces of tomato sauce, granulated sugar, salt, oregano, basil, red pepper flakes, balsamic vinegar and 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Heat to a boil then reduce heat to a simmer.
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Add meat and onion mixture to the simmering sauce pot and continue simmering until sauce thickens and desired consistency is reached.
While sauce is simmering, boil noodles to al dente.
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Pour ricotta in a medium mixing bowl, set aside. Add a tablespoon of olive oil to a medium skillet and saute spinach.
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Add spinach to ricotta and mix until combined. Set aside.
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Now to assemble layers. In a 9x13 baking dish add a small amount of sauce to the bottom of the dish and then layer 5 lasagna noodles.
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Layer half of the remaining sauce on top of the noodles.
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Layer all of the ricotta mixture on top of the sauce.
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Layer half of the mozzarella cheese and a generous sprinkle of Parmesan cheese.
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Layer 3 more lasagna noodles side by side then the rest of the meat sauce, mozzarella and another generous sprinkle of Parmesan and fresh cracked rainbow peppercorns on top.
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Bake at 350 for 35 minutes or until top is bubbly and golden brown. Cool for 15 minutes and serve.
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3 Cheese Lasagna with Zesty Meat Sauce
Ingredients
Follow The Directions
Equipment: 9x13 glass baking dish
![3 Cheese Lasagna with Zesty Meat Sauce](https://cottagepantry.net/wp-content/themes/ranna-child/assets/img/noimage_210X210.jpg)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
![](https://cottagepantry.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/lasg4.jpg)
In a large skillet add 1 tablespoon of olive oil and heat on medium high heat. Add chopped onions to skillet and sauté for a few minutes. Add ground beef to the onions and cook till no longer pink. Drain onion and beef mixture and set aside.
![](https://cottagepantry.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/lasg2.jpg)
In a medium large pot add the 28 ounces of tomato sauce, granulated sugar, salt, oregano, basil, red pepper flakes, balsamic vinegar and 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Heat to a boil then reduce heat to a simmer.
![](https://cottagepantry.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/lasg7.jpg)
Add meat and onion mixture to the simmering sauce pot and continue simmering until sauce thickens and desired consistency is reached.
![3 Cheese Lasagna with Zesty Meat Sauce](https://cottagepantry.net/wp-content/themes/ranna-child/assets/img/noimage_210X210.jpg)
While sauce is simmering, boil noodles to al dente.
![](https://cottagepantry.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/lasg9.jpg)
Pour ricotta in a medium mixing bowl, set aside. Add a tablespoon of olive oil to a medium skillet and saute spinach.
![](https://cottagepantry.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/lasg-10.jpg)
Add spinach to ricotta and mix until combined. Set aside.
![](https://cottagepantry.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/lasg-12.jpg)
Now to assemble layers. In a 9x13 baking dish add a small amount of sauce to the bottom of the dish and then layer 5 lasagna noodles.
![](https://cottagepantry.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/lasg-13.jpg)
Layer half of the remaining sauce on top of the noodles.
![](https://cottagepantry.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/lasg-14.jpg)
Layer all of the ricotta mixture on top of the sauce.
![](https://cottagepantry.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/lasg-15.jpg)
Layer half of the mozzarella cheese and a generous sprinkle of Parmesan cheese.
![](https://cottagepantry.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/lasg-18.jpg)
Layer 3 more lasagna noodles side by side then the rest of the meat sauce, mozzarella and another generous sprinkle of Parmesan and fresh cracked rainbow peppercorns on top.
![](https://cottagepantry.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/lasg-16.jpg)
Bake at 350 for 35 minutes or until top is bubbly and golden brown. Cool for 15 minutes and serve.
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