Easy Beef & Ricotta Lasagna

Name: Easy Beef & Ricotta Lasagna
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 794 grams crushed tomato; 227 grams tomato sauce; 113 grams cream cheese; 12 servings garlic salt; 454 grams ground beef; 9 lasagna noodles; 118 milliliters grated Parmesan cheese; 12 servings pepper; 473 milliliters mozzarella & provolone cheese, shredded (we use Sargento); 170 grams ricotta; 1 package spaghetti sauce mix (I use McCormicks )

Easy Beef & Ricotta Lasagna might be just the Mediterranean recipe you are searching for. This recipe serves 12. One portion of this dish contains around 20g of protein, 20g of fat, and a total of 350 calories. It works best as a main course, and is done in approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. Head to the store and pick up spaghetti sauce mix, tomato sauce, pepper, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the cream cheese you could follow this main course with the Cream Cheese Dessert Wedges as a dessert.

Instructions

In a large pot or dutch oven, cook ground beef over medium high heat just until meat is no longer pink. Season with garlic salt and pepper Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, and seasoning packet. Simmer, covered, for about 1/2 hour, stirring occasionally.While sauce is simmering, prepare water for the lasagna noodles and boil according to directions

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Crushed Tomatoes

Seasoning Mix

Lasagne Noodles

Salt And Pepper

Tomato Sauce

Ground Beef

Garlic

Sauce

Water

Meat

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Dutch Oven

Drain noodles, and rinse with cold water.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

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Pasta

Water

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Oven

Add cream cheese to meat sauce and stir until melted and blended, then remove meat sauce from heat. Stir in ricotta cheese.To assemble, line the bottom of a greased 9×13 glass pan with 3 or 4 noodles, spread 1/3 of meat & cheese sauce over noodles. Top with 1/3 of mozzarella & provalone cheese, sprinkle with 1/3 of Parmesan cheese. Repeat with 2 more layers.

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Parmesan