Roll up your sleeves and grab that apron and make a lasagna that’s truly worth the effort. This isn’t just any lasagna; it’s the perfect work of love featuring homemade bolognese and layers upon layers of cheese, all nestled between sheets of perfectly tender pasta that you didn’t have to boil. Bonus, it’ll have your house smelling amazing for hours! It’s the dish that’ll have the whole family buzzing with anticipation from the moment the sausage hits the pan.

Craving the flavors, but need your fix faster? Check out our lasagna soup or our viral lasagna stuffed chicken breast! For a lighter option, go noodle-free with zucchini lasagna!

A close up view of a fork cutting a bite out of a piece of homemade lasagna.

This is the kind of lasagna people write home about! It brings together all of the things we love in a good pasta dish: noodles, cheeses, fresh herbs and a delicious meat sauce. If you’ve never made lasagna before or haven’t found a good recipe, you have come to the right place. Invite a friend because you won’t want to keep this dish to yourself!

Overhead view of the raw ingredients needed to make a lasagna on a clean kitchen counter.

Canned tomato paste is the best value, but can be annoying to use. If you open a tomato paste can from both ends, you can use one of the lids to push the paste through the other side of the can, which is so much easier than scraping it out with a spoon!

A collage of four images showing the process of how to make a homemade lasagna sauce from start to finish.

Boiling lasagna pasta sheets is an extra step that we would all love to avoid. No boil lasagna pasta sheets, in our opinion, have an unpleasant texture and often turn out soggy. Here is a hack to skip the boil and make perfect pasta every time: All you have to do is place regular lasagna pasta sheets in a container, like a 9 x 13 pan, and pour hot water over them. Let them soak for 30 minutes and they’ll be tender enough to use in the recipe. Don’t worry, they will finish cooking in the oven.

Angled view of a clear glass casserole dish filled with dry lasagna noodles being filled with water poured from a large clear glass measuring cup.
A collage of five images showing the process of how to make the sauce and then assemble a homemade lasagna.

To turn your lasagna into a complete and satisfying meal, consider these classic pairings:

An overhead bird seye view of a pan of homemade lasagna.

Freezing Instructions

Thawing and Reheating

  • Bake covered at 375°F for 60 minutes, then uncover and bake until golden.

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