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Skillet Lasagna

skillet lasagna

Lasagna is one of our favorite dishes. However, unless you put it in the crock pot (which I’ve done, it’s delicious, and will be sharing later), it seems to take forever from prep to layering, and then cooking to the dinner table. This skillet lasagna uses oven ready noodles, your favorite sauce. lot’s of cheese, and a secret ingredient that will have this on your table in 30 minutes or less. Now that is my kind of lasagna!

This is perfect for those nights where you don’t have a lot of time, your questioning take out, and your kids are hungry. Turn on a 30 minute tv show, pull out a fun game, or put them to work in the kitchen with you, and dinner will be ready in no time flat. You’ll be eating something far more healthier than take out, and your family will eat this up.

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What do you need?
1 pound ground beef
1 green pepper, washed, seeded, and sliced
1 onion, diced
3 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 jar spaghetti sauce (we use Simply Balanced from Target)
1 ⅔ cup water
¼ Italian dressing (we use Hidden Valley Farmhouse Originals, it’s soy free)
12 oven-ready lasagna noodles, broken into squares
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
½ cup shredded parmesan cheese

What do you do?
Heat one tablespoon oil in a large pan over medium high heat.
Add your pepper, onion, and garlic. Sauteing until the garlic is fragrant.
Add your ground beef, and cook until no longer pink.
Add water, dressing, and sauce.
Bring to a boil and add your noodles.
Cover and cook on medium low heat 10-15 minutes or until your noodles are tender. Stirring occasionally.
Remove from heat, sprinkle with cheeses, cover, and let stand 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted.

No More Mayhem: 5 Tricks to Fast Weeknight Dinners

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  1. Becky

    This looks great! I love lasagna but it’s such a pain to make.This simplified idea sounds excellent. Thanks for sharing.

    • Joanna

      So glad to help! Don’t ya hate all the effort it takes to make lasagna, and then to have it do that?! Make this next time, and save all that time and effort for something else. 🙂

  3. Lorey Lyons

    I’ve never made lasagna before but my son recently discovered Garfield (thanks Netflix!) and has been begging for some! This seems more my speed starting out! Thanks for the share!

    Found you at Modesty Mom Monday

    • Joanna

      I will pull out all the stops and make lasagna once a year. But, I have no idea why, because this tastes the exact same, with far less time and effort! 🙂 Btw, love that your son is watching Garfield! I love old school shows like that!

  11. Erin

    My coworker and I were just discussing how we love lasagna but never cook it because it takes so long. Sounds like a delicious dish and I will definitely be trying. Pinning for future use. Thanks.

    • Joanna

      So glad that my recipe could help! It’s one of our favorites because of the amount of time it takes, with such a huge impact in flavor. 🙂

  12. Creatively Homespun

    This looks amazing!!! Thank you for linking up at the Creative K Kids’ Tasty Tuesdays! I have pinned all your posts to our Tasty Tuesdays Pinterest Board!! I hope to see you again next week! xo

  14. Chantale Evans

    I’m always looking for quick, easy and yummy meals for my big family an this definitely fits the bill!! thanks so much for sharing and thank you for joining us on #MeanderingMondays visit us again soon!!

  18. Erlene

    I’m all over 30 minute or less meals and it’s even better that it’s done in all one skillet. Thanks for sharing this on Merry Monday. Pinned.

  19. Melissa Vera

    Thank you for this recipe. I printed it out and hope to make it this week. Thank you for linking up on the #HomeMattersParty. Come back and share again next week.

  22. Miz Helen

    What a great recipe for the lasagna, I will sure be trying this recipe. Hope you are having a great day and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

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