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A classic and hearty dish, this Homemade Lasagna is filled with meat, sauce, and cheese. The perfect dinner or freezer meal for any day of the week.

Are you a pasta lover, because I am! Pasta has been my love language for so many years. It is just those comforting carbs that you crave sometimes.

This Homemade Lasagna is a classic. Honestly, it is one of our favorite pasta dishes and comes together relatively easily with readily available ingredients.

Now we do know that making Homemade Lasagna does take some time and effort, but in the end, it is always worth it.

You have yourself a hearty meal that is filling, and so many different sides can go with it, such as a salad, garlic bread, soup, and more.

Everyone has their preference for Lasagna recipes, this one is mine that I have perfected throughout the years to taste exactly how I have wanted it to.

Now there are some swaps you can make, and I will tell you them below, but trust me – once you bite into my Homemade Lasagna Recipe, you will fall in love.

Some of my other favorite pasta dishes that we have on our site include: Tortellini Pasta Salad, Pizza Pasta Bake and Chick-fil-A Mac and Cheese.

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:

Super filling and feeds a crowd.
Easy ingredients.
Can be frozen for a freezer meal!

INGREDIENTS NEEDED (FULL RECIPE BELOW):

Lean ground beef
Ground Italian sausage
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Grated parmesan cheese
Kosher salt
Pepper
Canned whole tomatoes
Garlic cloves
Dry red wine
Tomato paste
Canned tomato sauce
Dried oregano
Lasagna noodles
Ricotta cheese
Egg
Mozzarella cheese
Fresh chopped basil for garnish, optional
Fresh chopped parsley for garnish, optional

HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE LASAGNA:

In a large bowl add the ground beef, sausage, garlic powder, onion powder, parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper. Mix together until combined.
Heat a dutch oven or large pot over medium-high heat. Add the meat mixture and brown it, breaking it up into crumbles until no longer pink, 10-15 minutes. Drain any excess liquid that comes off the meat.
While the meat is cooking, put the whole tomatoes into a large bowl along with the juice. Using your hands, crush the tomatoes into small pieces, discard any hard pieces of tomato, set aside.
Add the minced garlic cloves to the pot and mix them in, cook until fragrant, 30 seconds. Add the wine and tomato paste, mix it in. If there are any browned bits on the bottom of the pan scrape them off.
Add the tomatoes you crushed by hand along with the tomato sauce, parmesan, oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, and black pepper. Mix it in fully until combined.
Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, cover and simmer for at least 30 minutes. If you can let it simmer longer, I suggest you do, up to 2 more hours. Stirring occasionally.
Taste the sauce and add more salt or other seasonings if needed to your taste.
While the sauce is simmering, cook the lasagna noodles per the directions on the back of the box. Drain them.
Spray a large sheet tray lightly with cooking spray. Lay the noodles out flat, spraying the tops lightly with more cooking spray between layers so they don’t stick together.
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Spray a 9x13x3 baking dish with cooking spray, set aside.
In a medium-sized bowl, stir together the ricotta, egg, parmesan, and half of the mozzarella set aside.
To assemble the lasagna, spread a heaping cup of the sauce on the bottom of the baking dish.
Place 4 lasagna noodles down the length of the dish, they will need to overlap a little to fit.
Spread ⅓ of the cheese mixture on top of the noodles. Spread another heaping cup of the sauce on top.
Repeat two more times with the noodles, cheese mixture, and sauce with another layer of noodles on top. You may not use all of the lasagna noodles. Top the whole thing with 1 & ½ cups of the sauce. Cover with foil.
Bake for 25 minutes until bubbly. Take off the foil and add the remaining cheese. Sprinkle the dried oregano and garlic powder on top. Place it back in the oven and bake for 5-8 more minutes until the cheese is melted.
If you want to brown the cheese, turn the broiler on high and broil until you reach your desired browning. Make sure to watch it the entire time so it doesn’t burn.
Take out of the oven and let it sit for 15 minutes before slicing to serve. Garnish with fresh chopped basil and parsley if desired.

CAN I USE THIS WITHOUT THE MEAT SAUCE?

If you are not a meat fan, no problem! You can leave out the meat entirely and make this just a cheese Lasagna which will still taste amazing.

CAN OTHER MEATS BE USED IN THE SAUCE?

Yes, we like to use a mixture of ground beef and Italian ground sausage. You can use one or the other, or you can also use ground chicken or turkey as well.

We like to add both ground beef and sausage as it really brings out a nice hearty and meaty flavor, especially with the spices that are in the Italian sausage.

DO I HAVE TO MAKE MY OWN SAUCE?

If you do not want to make your own sauce, which I will mention does not take much time at all. You can just use 2 32-ounce jars of your favorite pasta sauce in its place.

HOW TO STORE:

This can be stored covered in the pan with plastic wrap in the refrigerator, where it will keep for up to 3 days.

This can also be frozen, which makes it a great freezer meal. Wrap your pan in plastic wrap and then foil, and it will keep in the freezer for up to 3 months.

To defrost, place in the refrigerator overnight until thawed. To reheat, place in the oven covered with foil until heated through. Or you can reheat each slice by itself in the microwave.

TIPS AND TRICKS:

Swap out your meat if you’d like, see suggestions above.
This can be made meatless.
If you don’t want to make your own sauce, use your favorite pasta sauce from the store.
This does make extra sauce, so you can keep some to serve over the lasagna or for dipping garlic bread into.
Make sure you are using a pan with deep sides, as this is thick.
This can be frozen, see above on how to do that.

Love a good hearty, comforting dinner-time meal? This Homemade Lasagna will check all the boxes that you are looking for.

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