This is a simple version of lasagna that turned out quite good. The longing for some real comfort food and the desire to make it easy and cook with what was on hand gave way to this dish.
Almost Lasagna
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 5-6 1x
Ingredients
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- 2 lbs. of loose Italian sausage
- 9 oz box of frozen chopped spinach
- 1 quart of button mushrooms - sliced
- 4 - 5 cups of marinara sauce
- 16 oz of mozzarella - shredded
- Parmesan or Romano cheese for grating
- Olive oil
- Dashes of salt
- Dashes of dried oregano
- Dashes of red pepper flakes
- Dashes of black pepper
- 1 lb. of lasagna noodles
Instructions
- Heat the sauce.
- Heat a large frying pan with 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Add the spinach and sauté in the pan until thawed and dry. Remove and place in a dish until ready to use.
- Add another tablespoon of olive oil to the pan; add the sliced mushrooms to the pan; along with dashes of all the spices. When the mushrooms are slightly golden remove and toss with the spinach.
- Add the sausage to the pan and sauté until cooked. Add the sausage to the mushrooms and spinach and toss.
- Cook the noodles as directed.
- In a large baking dish; ladle sauce at the bottom and top with the noodles. Spoon the sausage, mushroom and spinach combo on top. Sprinkle with the cheese and grating cheese; more sauce and another layer of noodles. Repeat this process until the noodles are used.
- Preheat Oven 300 degrees.
- Bake for 40 – 45 minutes.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
Enjoy with Love,
Catherine
xo
Barbara says
That looks delicious, Catherine! We do love pasta dishes. So comforting!
Cakelaw says
Yum! What a wonderful looking dish. Lasagne is one of my favourite pasta dishes, so I am sure I'd ove this.
Srivalli says
Your version of lasagna surely lives up to the name..looks so nicely done..I have been having making lasagna from scratch on my to do list for the longest time..:)..should atleast give recipes like this a shot!
Brandi says
We love lasagna so much that we had it twice so far this month. Next time I'll have to try your version!
Victoria says
Looks delicious! I love that you included mushrooms and spinach 🙂
speedy70 says
Bellissima questa lasagna riccia, e tanto gustosa, brava!!!!
what's baking?? says
Looks really good
Chiara says
When I think of Italian comfort food, a yummy lasagna like this comes to mind, blessings my dear, xo