Creamy Cheesy Lasagna Recipes

Steps:

• Cook beef and onion in heavy skillet, drain.
• Stir in tomato sauce and next 6 ingredients. Cook over low heat 10 minutes.
• Combine the cream cheese, cottage cheese, sour cream, and eggs; stir well. Spoon a small amount of meat sauce into a lightly greased baking dish.
• Layer with half each of lasagna noodles, cheese mixture, pepperoni, meat sauce, and cheese. Repeat layer with rest of ingredients. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
• Cover, bake for 30 minutes. Let stand 10 minute before serving.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Brown meat with onions in large skillet; drain. Stir in pasta sauce and water; set aside. Mix cream cheese spread and milk in medium bowl until blended. Add ricotta, 1 cup mozzarella and Italian seasoning; mix well.
• Spread 1/2 cup meat sauce onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; top with layers of 6 noodle pieces, half the cream cheese mixture and 1 cup of the remaining meat sauce. Repeat layers. Top with remaining noodles and meat sauce; cover.
• Bake 45 min. or until heated through. Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan. Bake, uncovered, 5 min. or until mozzarella is melted. Let stand 10 min. before serving.

Steps:

• In a skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in tomato sauce, onion, sugar, salt, Worcestershire sauce and garlic salt. In a bowl, beat cream cheese, sour cream and milk until smooth. , In a greased 13x9-in. baking dish, layer a fourth of the meat sauce, six noodles and a third of cream cheese mixture. Repeat layers twice. Top with remaining meat sauce. , Cover and bake at 350° for 40 minutes. Uncover; sprinkle with cheddar cheese. Bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Let stand 15 minutes before cutting. Sprinkle with parsley.

Steps:

• In a dutch oven or very large skillet, brown the meat. Add the onion powder and garlic and cook a couple of minutes more.
• Stir in the tomato sauce, paste, water and seasonings.
• Cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally for 30 minutes.
• With mixer or food processor, mix the cream cheese, ricotta and eggs.
• Preheat oven to 350, and spray a large lasagna pan (11x15) with cooking spray.
• Layer half the noodles in the bottom of the pan, breaking the noodles as needed.
• Add half of the meat sauce, and spread evenly over the noodles.
• Gently spread the cream cheese/ricotta mixture evenly over the sauce.
• Lay the sliced Mozzarella on top of the cream cheese layer, covering completely.
• Lay the remaining lasagna noodles on top of this.
• Top with remaining meat sauce.
• Sprinkle the Parmesan over the entire casserole.
• Bake for 25 minutes. Cool 15 minutes before cutting.
• NOTE: You could divide this into two smaller casseroles and freeze one.

Steps:

• For the meat sauce: In a stockpot or Dutch oven, combine the beef (do not brown first), tomato sauce, tomato paste, chili powder, sugar, salt, pepper, garlic salt, bay leaves and onion. Add 2 cups water. Mix until combined. Cover and simmer over medium-low heat for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, stirring occasionally. Stir in the vinegar and simmer for another 30 minutes.
• For the lasagna: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray and place the dish on a rimmed baking sheet.
• In a medium bowl combine the ricotta, basil, parsley, garlic salt, red pepper flakes, if using, and egg and stir until well blended.
• Spread 2 cups meat sauce across the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Place 4 noodles over the sauce-it is okay if they overlap slightly. Dollop 2/3 cup of the ricotta mixture on the noodles, then spread it in an even layer. Top the ricotta with 4 slices ham, then 4 slices provolone. Sprinkle 1 cup mozzarella over the provolone. Repeat the layering-sauce, noodles, ricotta, ham, provolone, mozzarella-twice more. Top with another layer of noodles, then the Parmesan and the remaining mozzarella.
• Cover the baking dish tightly with foil. Bake until the dish is bubbling and the noodles are cooked (you can test by poking with a sharp knife to make sure the noodles are soft), about 50 minutes. Remove the foil and return to the oven until the cheese is bubbling and golden brown, another 10 to 15 minutes. Let the lasagna rest for 10 minutes, then serve warm.

Steps:

• BROWN meat in large saucepan. Stir in spaghetti sauce; simmer 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. In a separate bowl, mix egg, cream cheese, sour cream, and parmesan together.
• LIGHTLY coat bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish with spaghetti sauce mixture. Top with layers of 3 noodles, 1/3 of the cream cheese mixture, then with 1/3 spaghetti sauce mixture, then 1/3 pkg. mozzarella and 1/3 pkg. cheddar. Repeat for 3 layers. Cover.
• BAKE 30 min. or until heated through. Uncover. Bake, uncovered, 15 min. or until cheese is golden. Let stand 5 min. before serving.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Brown meat with garlic in large skillet; drain. Stir in pasta sauce, tomatoes and 1/4 cup Parmesan. Remove from heat. Mix cream cheese spread, milk and Italian seasoning in medium bowl until blended. Add eggs, shredded cheese and parsley; mix well.
• Spread half the meat sauce onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.
• Spread each noodle with 3 Tbsp. cream cheese mixture; roll up. Place, seam sides down, over sauce in dish.
• Top with remaining meat sauce and Parmesan; cover. Bake 45 to 50 min. or until heated through.

Steps:

• Cook lasagna noodles al-dente (until they are no longer brittle), drain.
• Brown ground beef, drain.
• Add sauce to cooked meat.
• Combine ricotta cheese, cream cheese, and sour cream.
• Layer half of the noodles in a 13 x 9 inch casserole dish (or 2 1/2 quarts).
• Top with half the beef mixture, then half the cheese mixture.
• Repeat layers, then top with mozzarella cheese.
• Bake at 350° for 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°.
• Use a 9x13 GLASS pan.
• Brown ground beef or sausage with onion and garlic.
• Drain off fat.
• Return beef mixture to skillet.
• Stir in spaghetti sauce and water.
• In a small bowl, combine ricotta, Parmesan and parsley; set aside.
• In 13x9" glass pan, layer 1/3 of sauce.
• Layer half of uncooked lasagna noodles. (I often stagger the noodles from end to end as well as overlap them a bit. Centering the noodles in the middle instead of to one end.).
• Layer one half of ricotta mixture and half of mozzarella.
• Cover with 1/3 sauce.
• Repeat layers, ending with sauce mixture.
• Cover tightly with foil.
• Bake 1 hour,.
• Uncover, sprinkle with extra parmesan . Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
• For Florentine, omit meat and parsley. Stir onion, garlic and one 10 oz. package frozen chopped spinach that has been thawed and drained and 1/8 teaspoons nutmeg into cheese mixture. Layer as above. I often use steamed, chopped fresh spinach.
• Microwave directions: ( I have never used these) Prepare as above except use plastic wrap and vent corner. Microwave on high for 10 minute or until sauce boils. Microwave at 50% power for 30-35 minute or until pasta is tender, rotating dish after 15 minute Uncover: top with parmesan cheese. Let stand 10 minute before serving. These directions were for older microwaves, so be careful with the times.

Steps:

• In a skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain.
• Stir in tomato sauce, onion, sugar, salt, Worcestershire sauce and garlic salt.
• In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, sour cream and milk until smooth.
• In a greased 13x9 baking dish, layer a fourth of the meat sauce, six noodles and a third of the cream cheese mixture.
• Repeat layers twice.
• Top with the remaining meat sauce.
• Cover and bake at 350ºF for 40 minutes.
• Uncover; sprinkle with cheddar cheese.
• Bake 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
• Let stand 15 minutes before cutting.
• Sprinkle with parsley if desired.