I absolutely love Lasagna, but it has a few strikes against it. Even though my slow cooker lasagna is a dear favorite, it makes enough to feed an army and requires a little bit of planning ahead – and if you’re just not tuning in, there are two things that I’m not: organized or a planner.
This skillet lasagna is a new favorite of mine for several reasons. First of all, let me start by telling you that no matter what you think, it does not taste just like spaghetti.
Four Good Reasons To Get This Lasagna In Your Life
It tastes like skillet lasagna, and you need to make it soon because it is:
- Easily made in about 20 minutes
- Economical (stretches a 1/2 pound ground beef to feed 4 people)
- All the flavors I love in Lasagna but in a perfect serving size for a smaller family.
- Easily doubled (see recipe for notes on how I do that)
I’m hungry so let’s get started:
Recipe Ingredients You Will Need:
- Italian seasoning
- Garlic powder
- Diced tomatoes
- Tomato paste
- Ground beef
- Onions
- Mozzarella cheese
- Cottage cheese
- 1/2 a package of egg noodles.
As usual all specific ingredient quantities are down below in our printable recipe card.
How To Make A Recipe for Skillet Lasagna Step By Step
The beauty of this recipe is that it feeds about four people with only 1/2 pound of ground beef, which is a real budget saver.
How Hungry Are You?
I say “about” because putting servings on a recipe is very relative. The first thought that comes to mind every single time anyone asks me how many a recipe feeds is “How hungry are you?“. If you have a casserole that some “say” feeds 6, but four are little kids, it may feed 8-10. Likewise, if you have a half starved lumberjack in the family, it may feed two :).
In a large skillet over medium high heat, brown ground beef and onions until it’s no longer pink in the center, breaking it up into smaller pieces as you do so. Drain off any grease once it’s cooked.
Add in your water, tomato paste, tomatoes (with juice), Italian seasoning (Pronounced EYE-talian by my grandmother), and garlic powder.
Stir that up good and reduce heat to low. Simmer for about ten minutes – or until you get tired of simmering.
Either or works for me – I promise I’m not grading on how well you follow instructions.
Cook them thar noodles!
Your package tells you how in case you need to know 🙂
Stir in your cooked egg noodles.
Stir your two cheeses together.
Drop that by spoonfuls onto the top of your skillet.
Get Creatiive
You don’t have to put it in the center like I did, you can just go crazy putting it all over if you want – or even make a smiley face out of cheese blops on the top!
Get creative but if you do anything really fun be sure and send me a picture 🙂
Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 16 ounce can diced tomatoes undrained
- 6 ounce can tomato paste
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon dry Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 8 ounces Egg Noodles half of a 16 oz pkg, cooked and drained
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 1 cup Mozzarella
Instructions
- In large skillet, cook ground beef and onion over medium high heat until no longer pink in center. Drain off any grease.
- Add tomatoes in juice, tomato paste, water, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder to skillet. Stir well and lower heat to simmer for ten minutes, while you cook the egg noodles separately.
- Stir cooked egg noodles into the sauce.
- In separate bowl, stir together cottage cheese and mozzarella. Drop by spoonfuls over top of lasagna skillet. Cover and let cook about five minutes, until the cheese melts.
To double: Cook the entire package of egg noodles and double the sauce and cheese recipe. After you drain egg noodles, pour them into a 9x13 baking dish. Spoon cooked sauce over top and dollop with spoonfuls of cheese and bake in a 350 oven until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes.
Nutrition
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If I were to use dehydrated ground beef, would the measurement still be 1/2 cup? Just wondering. All your recipes sound delicious!!!
I would still use half a cup. Remember to cover your beef in boiling water and let it sit for a bit to rehydrate. It seems like mine always takes longer than I plan on it taking so I’m just mentioning that 🙂
I have just recently discovered your website. Haven’t tried any of your recipes but this Skillet Lasagna is definitely going on the table one day this week. Like you, I am not a planner or very organized. My husband retired 18 years ago when he was 55 and I was only 47. Our youngest son was still at home. Once he moved out a few years ago, I decided that *I* should get to retire from something. So, I chose cooking. 🙂 I enjoyed cooking when the kids were young, but not so much for the last several years. This recipe sounds perfect for two people and can easily be made on the spur of the moment, if you have all the ingredients. Thanks for helping me out with my “retirement plan”!
I’m rather new to cooking and I just stumbled upon your recipes. They all look and sound delicious! I need a little help on the doubling of this recipe though. I would like to use a whole pound of ground beef, instead of half. Because I’m not totally sure what to cook using the other half. I’d like to know how to double using 1 pound of beef for this recipe and/or another recipe to use up the rest of the beef. Thank you!
Gotta tell you. I know my lasagna. I’ve used the same recipe for 30 years. Baked in the oven. This one looked too easy to be good. I needed something quick and thought this recipe would do for one night and just one time. How could I have ever doubted you, Christy? Absolutely delicious! This may be my new lasagna recipe to go to for the next 30 years. Thanks so much!