Mama Joy's Lasagna

Name: Mama Joy''s Lasagna Recipe
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Hunts Spaghetti Sauce (2 cans); Italian Sausage (ground - 1 lb); Lasagna Noodles (12 noodles); Fat-Free Ricotta Cheese (15 oz); Mozzarella Cheese (16 oz); Garlic (1 clove chopped); Onion Powder (1 tsp); Basil Leaves (1 Tbsp ground); Oregano (ground 1 tsp)

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Minutes to Prepare: 25
Minutes to Cook: 30

Number of Servings: 12

Ingredients

Hunts Spaghetti Sauce (2 cans)Italian Sausage (ground - 1 lb)Lasagna Noodles (12 noodles)Fat-Free Ricotta Cheese (15 oz)Mozzarella Cheese (16 oz)Garlic (1 clove, chopped)Onion Powder (1 tsp)Basil Leaves (1 Tbsp, ground)Oregano (ground, 1 tsp)

Directions

Slow-Cooker Sauce:
Pour two cans of Hunts spaghetti sauce into crockpot/slow cooker
Add Garlic, Onion Powder, Basil, and Oregano
Put slow-cooker on low and let sauce cook for about 4 hours
In last hour add browned italian sausage to sauce

Regular Sauce:
Mix sauce and spices in pot on stove on medium-high heat for about 15 minutes
Brown italian sausage, then add to sauce

Bring large pot of water to rolling boil, then add lasagna noodles one at a time
Let noodles boil for about 10-15 minutes
Strain noodles and rinse under cold water until they don't burn fingers when touched

Put a thin layer of sauce in bottom of glass lasagna pan
Layer 3 noodles, spread approx. 1/2 cup sauce over noodles, put total of 9 Tbsp Ricotta cheese on each layer, top each layer with mozzarella cheese, sparing more cheese for final layer
Cover with aluminum foil, and bake in 400 degree oven for 20 minutes
Uncover lasagna and continue baking for another 10 minutes
Remove lasagna from oven and let sit for 10 minutes before serving
Best with a green vegetable and garlic bread!

Number of Servings: 12

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JOYBEE81.

Servings Per Recipe: 12

Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving

Calories: 239.6
Total Fat: 13.6 g
Cholesterol: 39.9 mg
Sodium: 524.5 mg
Total Carbs: 17.4 g
Dietary Fiber: 1.7 g
Protein: 16.7 g

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Member Reviews

A_DANIEL
This was so good. My two year old daughter even loved it! Both my husband and I went back for seconds. We even had it for lunch the next day. I probably would use more ricotta next time. - 4/16/10
PWILLOW1
ONLY THING I CHANGED WAS I USED COTTAGE CHEESE INSTEAD OF RICOTTA. GREAT RECIPE. IT WILL BE A KEEPER - 2/25/18
CD14290580
My family loved this recipe! Will definitely make again! - 10/16/13
CD13938308
Great recipe. I used to load my lasagna with lots of pasta but this is so much better. My son loved it. I will be making this version from now on. - 5/26/13
CD12740916
This recipe was awesome! I added some spinach to the sauce and used no boil lasagna noodles so it was even faster. I will definitely make this again! - 7/14/12
KRISTALD76
Incredible! I felt so proud to have made a lasagna that was not in a box and tasted amazing! Family loved it as well choosing to eat leftovers for dinner the next night. I used the honey idea mainly because I did not have the corn syrup. - 4/26/12
MONICATREJO90
My first time making lasagna, even my picky husband luved it. Added ground turkey and ketchup to it. Will make it again next week, there were hardly any leftovers:(!!!! Thank you for sharing, hopefully you have more to share:) - 2/23/12
MOVIEFREAK00
Great recipe!! Made this last night and substituted ground turkey for italian sausage. I also used 15 oz cans of sauce and it turned out amazing! I will definitely be making again, very easy too! - 7/28/10
LAURENBARTH31
Delicious! I didn't use Hunt's, but everything else was the same. So good! I will never use another lasagna recipe! - 2/20/21
NANASUEH
yummy - 1/2/21
4CONNIESHEALTH
Awesome! - 3/28/20
SHOAPIE
I never precook my lasagne noodle anymore. Just add a little more liquid (water, wine, sauce) and bake the same. Made need a little extra time to bake. - 1/11/20
PICKIE98
I cooked the whole thing in the crockpot after half-cooking the noodles. - 12/6/19
NASFKAB
Great - 9/25/19
REDROBIN47
I used fat free cottage cheese instead of ricotta and half Italian sausage and have lean ground turkey. It was very good and I will make it again. - 9/21/19
HOTPINKCAMARO49
Awesome recipe! - 6/16/19
EVIE4NOW
This is much as I make it except I make my own sauce and use fat free cottage cheese. I also add parmesan cheese. - 5/17/19
LOSER05
Yummy - 4/18/19
RYCGIRL
very good - 4/5/19
ROSSYFLOSSY
Classic family recipe. - 3/5/19
PATRICIAANN46
Excellent.............. - 1/29/19
DJ4HEALTH
ok but like mine better - 12/15/18
BETRUE6
Thanks for sharing! I'm making it for dinner tonight! - 2/27/18
JAMER123
A favorite of our! - 5/23/17
DANIELLE0588
- 3/19/17