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Home » Main Dishes » Super Easy Midweek Lazy Lasagne

Super Easy Midweek Lazy Lasagne

By Karon Grieve 2 Comments

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Lasagne is total comfort food at its best. However it is often thought to be a total faff to make. This super easy midweek lazy lasagne is my take on this Italian classic. Rich and creamy, packed with juicy tomato and meat sauce, delicious. And honestly, it really couldn’t be easier.

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Why you will love this recipe

  • This has to be the easiest lasagne recipe there is, fuss free cooking at it’s best!
  • Lasagne is comfort food at its best and always a real crowd pleaser for a midweek family meal or for a weekend with friends round.
  • No layers, no hassle. Just great taste and a calm cook too.
  • It’s comfort food at its very best!

Scruffy, sure. Tasty? Bet your ass it is!

uncooked lasagne

Like most people I love lasagne. Come on, what’s not to love about creamy cheese sauce, hearty beef mince in rich tomato sauce and the tender bite of pasta. Oh yes, good old lasagne ticks all the boxes for comfort food.

It seems a bit mad to be sharing comfort food type recipes when we should be getting into salads and spring/summery food.

But honestly at the present moment in lock down I think we all need a bit of good old fashioned comfort food. And my super easy midweek lazy lasagne fits the bill perfectly.

lasagne in baking tin

Forget the whole business of carefully layering the cheese sauce with mince and tomato sauce and sheets of pasta. Just chuck it all in together. It’s a two pan job.

One pan for the cheese sauce and an oven proof tray that you can both cook your mince sauce in and pop right into the oven to bake.

Less washing up always works for me.

piece cut out of lasagne in tin

How many does this easy lasagne serve?

This recipe will serve four people. Just multiply the ingredients to serve a crowd.

Store cupboard ingredients

It’s such a good midweek meal that you can pull together with your store cupboard supplies and some mince from the freezer.

I’ve used beef mince but you can use pork, lamb or turkey mince. You can even use a combo of mince, the choice is yours.

I always think lasagne is a great way to make a relatively small amount of mince go a long way. I’ve used 500g in this recipe.

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What type of pasta for this lasagne recipe?

I’ve used fresh lasagne sheets that I had in the freezer. If you have dried lasagne sheets then just boil those guys up as per the packet instructions then let them cool before you rip them up and squish them into the lasagne.

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Got time on your hands during lock down and fancy making your own pasta? It’s so easy and great fun for kids to get involved with. Check out my step by step guide to pasta making.

You can even make your own homemade tomato sauce for pasta.

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Can you freeze this lasagne?

You certainly can. Just pop it into a freezer proof box and freeze for up to three months.

Defrost completely and reheat in the oven making sure it is piping hot when you serve it.

forkful of lasagne

So that’s it folks. My lazy easy midweek lasagne. A real comfort food favourite that can be made really easily and with no faffing at all.

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Looking for more quick, easy and tasty pasta recipes? Then check these out before you go;

Super easy gammon, peach and orzo pasta traybake

Haggis spaghetti

Pumpkin pesto pasta bake (+video!)

30 minute squash and orzo risotto traybake

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super easy lazy lasagne by larderlove

Super Midweek Easy Lazy Lasagne

Karon
No layering, keep it totally simple in this super easy lazy lasagne. All the taste and none of the hassle!
5 from 3 votes
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 45 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4 people
Calories 787 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 500 g minced beef
  • 1 onion diced
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 400 g tin of tomatoes
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 tbsp tomato puree
  • 6 lasagne sheets

For the cheese sauce

  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 3 tbsp cornflour
  • 400 ml milk
  • 1/4 tsp grated nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 125 g mozzarella cheese
  • 4 tbsp grated parmesan
Metric – US Customary

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180C
  • Heat the oil in your ovenproof dish and brown the mince
  • add the onion and saute for 5 minutes then add the garlic for 1 minute
  • Pour in the tinned tomatoes, oregano, cinnamon, seasoning and tomato puree and simmer for 10 minutes while you make the sauce

For the sauce

  • In a small pan heat the butter and add the cornflower to form a paste then add milk and keep stirring
  • Add nutmeg and seasoning and the mozerella all torn up and let it melt into the sauce, stir well to combine

Bringing it together

  • Pour the cheese sauce mix over the mince and tomato base and scrunch up the torn lasagna sheets and pop them in all over, some poking out and overs pushed under the cheese. Be random! Sprinkle with parmesan and more dried oregano then pop into the oven for 40 minutes

Notes

You can use oat milk, Flora block and lactose-free cheddar cheese for this recipe if avoiding dairy.

Nutrition

Calories: 787kcalCarbohydrates: 54gProtein: 41gFat: 45gSaturated Fat: 18gTrans Fat: 2gCholesterol: 128mgSodium: 833mgPotassium: 981mgFiber: 4gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 690IUVitamin C: 12mgCalcium: 417mgIron: 5mg
Keyword easy midweek meals, lasagne, mince, pasta
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Comments

  1. Lauren Beveridge says

    February 26, 2021 at 9:26 am

    5 stars
    The idea of assembling everything in the meat sauce pan is genius, this worked great in my cast iron casserole dish. The whole family loved this, I had to use lactose-free cheddar, oat milk and flora block to make it all lactose free but it was really yummy and felt a bit lighter than a regular lasagne.

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    • Karon Grieve says

      February 27, 2021 at 9:40 am

      Hi Lauren
      so glad the recipe was such a great hit for you and the family. I’ll add in notes to the recipe re using lactose-free cheddar, oat milk and flora block as an option, thanks for that.
      K

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