The Best Make Ahead Lasagna Recipe

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The Best Make Ahead Lasagna Recipe

Save time and prepare for busy days ahead with this amazing freeze ahead lasagna recipe. With layers of noodles, cheese, & meat sauce, it's a perfect pasta dinner - without having to cook the noodles first!

Prep

15 min

Cook

1h

Total

1h 15m

Serves

Instructions

  1. 01

    Brown 3 pounds hamburger and add 1 jar of family –sized (1.75 liters) Prego spaghetti sauce and 1/2 cup water. Simmer for a few minutes. This will become the “meat layer”.

  2. 02

    Grate 4 cups mozzarella cheese

  3. 03

    Assemble layers in 2- 9 x 13 inch baking pans in the following order:

  4. 04

    Small meat layer

  5. 05

    Lasagne noodles, uncooked

  6. 06

    Small layer of mozzarella cheese

  7. 07

    Noodles

  8. 08

    cottage cheese (divide the carton between the two pans)

  9. 09

    Small meat layer

  10. 10

    Noodles

  11. 11

    Remainder of sauce

  12. 12

    Mozzarella Cheese

  13. 13

    If freezing ahead, cover with a layer of plastic wrap and then foil. Use a sharpie marker to label it and place in the freezer for up to 3 months.

Nutrition

per serving · 1 grams

Calories
247
Protein
21grams
Carbs
2grams
Fat
17grams
Sugar
1grams
Sat. fat
7grams
Sodium
231milligrams
Cholesterol
71milligrams

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