Skillet lasagna is a quick and easy dinner idea. Everything is layered into one skillet for a simple way to cook lasagna.
No need to spend hours when you can whip this up in about thirty minutes. It even has a few veggies hiding inside. This recipe is great when you don’t want to turn on the oven.
Related: If you have more time and want to fix and forget your lasagna try this crock pot lasagna.
Both recipes are favorites at my house, just add a big salad with homemade ranch and some French bread for a great meal.
Skillet Lasagna
This recipe makes it possible to have homemade lasagna in about 30 minutes. Comfort food made easy! You will love this alternative way to cook lasagna.
Ingredients For The Skillet Lasagna
- ricotta cheese or cottage cheese I used low-fat cottage cheese
- water s
- salt
- ground black pepper
- dried basil
- dried oregano
- grated Parmesan
- shredded mozzarella lean ground beef
- zucchini diced (about 1 cup)
- 26-ounce jar of pasta sauce
- oven-ready no-boil lasagna noodles
Easy instructions for making The Skillet Lasagna
- In a medium bowl, mix together the ricotta or cottage cheese, water, salt, basil, oregano, pepper Parmesan, and 1/2 cup of the mozzarella. Set the mixture aside.
- Brown the beef in a large skillet set over medium-high heat until cooked, about 5 minutes. Drain fat.
- Add the zucchini.
- Stir in 2 cups of the pasta sauce.
- Reduce heat to medium-low.
- Top the mixture with 2 lasagna noodles, set in the center. Break 2 more noodles each into half and fill in the edges.
- Spread the cheese mixture over the noodles.
- Break 2 remaining noodles in half each and lay them on top.
- Pour the rest of the sauce into the skillet and spread evenly, then sprinkle on the remaining cup of mozzarella.
- Cover the skillet and simmer the lasagna over medium-low heat until the noodles are tender about 20 minutes.
- Remove the skillet from the heat and let the lasagna cool for at least 5 minutes. After about 10 minutes most of the liquid was absorbed. Makes about 6 servings.
Skillet Lasagna
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups ricotta cheese or cottage cheese I used low-fat cottage cheese
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 tsp dried basil
- 1/4 tsp dried oregano
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan
- 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 medium zucchini diced (about 1 cup)
- 1 26-ounce jar pasta sauce
- 6 oven-ready no boil lasagna noodles
Instructions
In a medium bowl, mix together the ricotta or cottage cheese, water, salt, basil, oregano, pepper Parmesan, and 1/2 cup of the mozzarella. Set the mixture aside. Brown the beef in a large skillet set over medium-high heat until cooked, about 5 minutes. Drain fat. Add the zucchini. Stir in 2 cups of the pasta sauce. Reduce heat to medium-low. Top the mixture with 2 lasagna noodles, set in the center. Break 2 more noodles each into half and fill in the edges. Spread the cheese mixture over the noodles. Break 2 remaining noodles in half each and lay on top. Pour the rest of the sauce into the skillet and spread evenly, then sprinkle on the remaining cup of mozzarella. Cover the skillet and simmer the lasagna over medium-low heat until the noodles are tender, about 20 minutes. Remove the skillet from the heat and let the lasagna cool for at least 5 minutes. After about 10 minutes most of the liquid was absorbed. Makes about 6 servings.
Serve it up with a nice chopped salad like this.
More Pasta Dishes
- If you want to try another quick and easy pasta dish try Skillet Ziti, it is a family favorite with its creamy tomato-based sauce.
- Creamy One Pot Pasta is a super creamy dairy-free comfort food you can prepare in 30 minutes or less!
- With its layers of rich tomato meat sauce, pasta, and gooey creamy cheese you can‘t go wrong making this Baked Penne Pasta Casserole Recipe.
- Gluten Free Pressure Cooker Pasta with Meat Sauce is a quick and easy recipe for busy weeknight meals.
- Creamy Cajun Shrimp Pasta is a great pasta meal with the added bonus of delicious shrimp.
- Easy Pasta Salad Recipes is a family favorite around here.
- One Pot Pizza Pasta is quick to prepare, easy to clean up, and doesn’t have a lot of ingredients.
- Mexican Spaghetti is my fun, new twist on classic spaghetti.
- Crowd Pleasing Spaghetti Casserole is a delicious dinner that will become one of your regular dinners.
- Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Lasagna what makes this 10-ingredient recipe is the creamy cashew mushroom sauce that replaces cheese.
Did your family enjoy the easy Skillet Lasagna?
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I finally made this recipe and it was totally awesome!! My husband loved it and was impressed by my skills. I’m posting it to my blog, if you don’t mind 🙂
Thanks!!
that sounds really good and easy…i’ll have to try it!
Looks fabulous as usual! Left you something over at goingjane.blogspot.com
Oh, that sounds tasty, and so much easier than normal homemade lasagna. I’d have to substitute fake meat or extra veggies for the beef, but that’s easy enough. Great recipe!
I have a crock pot lasagna recipe that is SOOO easy too- literally, dump and stir. Yum.
Looks delish! And easy! Going to make it this week.
Oops! Sorry for that ^^^^
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This was one of my mom’s fave go-to meals growing up! Thank you for reminding me about it! I’ve put it in the rotation! lol
I love lasagna and this looks like a nice and easy alternative way to cook it!
We love this recipe! It’s one of our family favorites and very easy to put together.
Thanks! This looks easy and delicious. I love zucchini in my lasagna! I love one dish meals! (Maybe I’ll cheat and stir up the cheese/egg mixture in the skillet, too. Haha!)
Yum! I haven’t made Skillet Lasanga in ages! Thanks for the great recipe!
~Liz
Recipe sounds delicious, but where do you get the oven ready noodles? Are those the ones that are in saltwater? Love your napkins and have decided to try them! Sandy in NH
My family loves lasagna! This is on the “must fix” list 🙂
Family Fun is the best!!! This looks great!
Oh, looks yummy! We are a big fan of FamilyFun! Such a great resource. I will have to had this off to my wife the next time she asks if there is anything I would like for dinner! 🙂 Thanks.