Tomato Basil Meat Lasagna

Chanie Nayman Chanie Nayman
5.0 (4 reviews)

I created this recipe right before Pesach. Sounds like terrible timing, but it was actually perfect. Everyone had a hot and filling supper, something not to take for granted erev Pesach!

1h 40m 6
Easy Meat Freezer-Friendly

Contains: Wheat, Egg, Gluten

Directions

Make the Meat Lasagna

  1. Heat oil in a very large skillet or a wide-bottomed pot. Add the chopped onion and sauté until golden, about 10 minutes. Add the chopped meat and garlic and sauté until browned, approximately five minutes. Add the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and seasonings. Mix well and remove from heat.

  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a 9×13-inch baking pan, layer the lasagna, starting with one ladleful of sauce, then a layer of noodles. Repeat layering until the noodles are used up, ending with the sauce. Cover pan tightly and bake for an hour. Remove cover and bake another 20 minutes.

Tips:

If you don’t have oven-ready lasagna noodles, use regular raw lasagna noodles and add 1/2 cup water to the meat mixture. For a super shortcut, use 1 and 1/2 jars marinara sauce in place of the crushed tomatoes and tomato sauce.

Notes:

This freezes well. For best freezer results, use oven-ready lasagna noodles.

Description:

Yields 1 9x13-inch pan.

Suggested Recipes

Explore

Chanie Nayman easy dinner food freezer-friendly ground meat lasagna meat-lasagna noodles pasta tomato sauce
Did you make this recipe yet?

What Cooks Are Saying

5.0 out of 5

4 global ratings

5 star
100%
4 star
0%
3 star
0%
2 star
0%
1 star
0%

Photos from Our Community

See how these recipes turned out in real kitchens. Photos from home cooks will appear here as they're shared.

Tell Us How It Went: Share Your Experience

2 Comments

Sarah Elias •

My family loves it. To up the vitamin content (or at least to make me think I do), I process a carrot and a zucchini (separately) with the S-blade. I add the carrots when I brown the beef and the zucchini to the sauce. Nobody notices.

Tzivia •

Marinara sauce sub You say you can sub marinara sauce for the crushed tomatoes and tomato sauce.
If I put in 2 jars marinara can that sub the crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce and tomato paste?

Chaia Frishman •
Reply to Tzivia

I'm not sure of the measurement of your marinara sauce, but offhand I think it should be ok. The tomato paste makes it rich and has a thicker consistency. See if your lasagna is too dry.