This Easy Lasagna recipe is pure comfort food with a flavorful homemade meat sauce, ricotta (or cottage) cheese, parmesan cheese, Italian herbs, and pasta!
It’s the best lasagna I’ve ever eaten.

Easy Lasagna Recipe
- Lasagna pan
- Traditional lasagna noodles
- Oven-ready lasagna noodles (do not need to be pre-cooked)

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Easy Lasagna
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Save To Your Recipe BoxIngredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 pound Italian sausage
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 2 6-ounce tomato paste
- 2 15-ounce diced tomatoes I use low sodium
- 1 cup water
- 1 8-ounce package lasagna noodles boiled and drained
- 3/4- pound mozzarella shredded
- 2 cup ricotta cheese or cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Brown meat and drain.
- Add seasonings, water, tomato paste and diced tomatoes to meat.
- Simmer 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- Spray a large casserole dish (12x9) with non-cook spray.
- Add 1 spoonful or 1/2 cup tomato mixture in bottom of dish.
- Layer: noodles, 1/3 meat, 1/3 mozzarella, next layer: noodles, all ricotta cheese, next layer: noodles, 1/3 meat, 1/3 mozzarella, next layer: noodles, remaining meat and mozzarella.
- Sprinkle 1/2 cup parmesan cheese over last layer of mozzarella.
- Bake 350 degrees 30 minutes. Let sit 10 minutes before cutting.
Notes
Nutrition

Lauren says
What size cans diced tomatoes and tomato paste did you use? Can’t wait to try!
Paula says
Hi Lauren, sorry for the delay in getting back to you, after 2:00 I get pretty busy with my boys for a while. I use the 1 lb 11 or12 oz for the tomatoes and the 6 oz tomato paste cans. I’m going to add that to the recipe
Paula says
or you can use 2 15 oz cans of the tomatoes. I usually use whichever I have on hand.
Carrie This Home says
I LOVE easy recipes! Your lasagna looks so good & it’s the perfect meal for a family dinner. I would love it if you could link this up to my blog hop. Our readers would love to see this! Thanks & have a great week!