This Five Cheese No Boil Lasagna is as easy as it is cheesy! You’re going to love all the layers of the hearty Italian sausage meat sauce, perfectly al dente pasta, and mouthwatering cheese. Use no boil lasagna noodles to save some time and dishes, and you’ll be enjoying your Italian meal in no time!
Why You’ll Love This No Boil Lasagna
This lasagna is going to quickly become one of your family’s favorites It’s cheesy enough that the kids love it, and the meat sauce is so delicious that the adults will be coming back for seconds (and thirds)!
I initially used no boil noodles because I hate having the extra pot to wash, and then I realized this hack reduced a lot of frustration too. My lasagna noodles were always getting stuck to the bottom of the pan or each other, and no boil noodles solve that!
In no time at all you’ll be layering your lasagna, popping it in the oven, and drooling over that heavenly smell! Serve it alongside a salad or garlic bread and then enjoy your food coma!
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Ingredients
For this recipe, I’m going to divide the list into sections to make sure it’s easier for you to shop and check your pantry. Get ready for lots of cheesy goodness!
Fresh Ingredients
- Onion
- Garlic
- Tomatoes
- Fresh Parsley
- Eggs
Cheese
- Mozzarella
- Cottage Cheese
- Ricotta
- Parmesan
- Non-Smoked Provolone
Then all that’s left is Italian sausage, spaghetti sauce, and no-boil lasagna noodles!
How to Make Five Cheese No Boil Lasagna
Step 1: Preheat
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.
Step 2: Cook Sausage
- In a large skillet or dutch oven, brown the Italian sausage, onion, and garlic.
- Drain the grease off.
- Add spaghetti sauce and diced tomatoes.
- Reduce heat to low and allow the mixture to simmer while preparing the rest of the lasagna.
Step 3: Mix Cheese
In a large bowl, combine the cheese and eggs.
Step 4: Grease Pan
- Lightly grease a 9×13 baking dish and a large piece of foil.
- Set the foil aside.
Step 5: Layer Lasagna
- Smear a small amount of meat sauce on the bottom of your baking dish.
- Place a layer of noodles on top of the meat sauce.
- Add a third of the meat sauce and a third of the cheese mixture.
- Top with a single layer of noodles.
- Add another layer of meat sauce and the cheese mixture.
- Add 6 slices of provolone cheese.
- Repeat the layer one more time.
Note: I don’t like having only a few extra noodles, so I place them on top of the last cheese layer. You wouldn’t normally do this, but I like it! You can give it a try if you want, but this is completely optional.
Step 6: Cheese and Bake
- Top the final layer with the remaining mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
- Cover the dish with the greased foil sheet and place the whole thing on a baking sheet to catch any spills while it cooks.
- Bake for 30 minutes covered and 10 minutes uncovered.
Note: I sometimes broil my lasagna for a minute or two at the end to get extra color and crunch on top, but this is optional!
- Let the lasagna stand for 15 minutes before cutting. Enjoy!
FAQs
If you don’t have no boil noodles, you can still do this the easy way! The Barefoot Contessa herself has a phenomenal hack – just soak your lasagna sheets in hot water for a few minutes to soften them while you’re making the meat sauce. Then add them to your lasagna how you normally would and they’ll finish cooking with all of the sauce and cheese. Yum!
If your no cook noodles are hard after baking your lasagna, they weren’t covered enough by the moisture of the lasagna. Also, if your meat sauce is too thick you can thin it out with a little bit of water. That’ll help with the noodles too!
However many layers feel right to you! I think most traditional lasagna recipes call for 7-9 layers, but this recipe has so much cheesy goodness that you don’t even need that many layers.
Store your leftovers in an airtight container and it should be good for 3-5 days. Enjoy!
More Italian Inspired Recipes You’ll Love
- Homemade Italian Bread Bowls
- Three Cheese Pasta Bake
- Cheese Manicotti
- One Pot Italian Sausage Pasta
- Chicken Parmesan Pasta Skillet
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Five Cheese No Boil Lasagna
Ingredients
- 1 pound Italian sausage
- 1 small onion chopped
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 jar of spaghetti sauce
- 1 15 oz can diced tomatoes
- 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese divided
- 1 16 oz container cottage cheese
- 1 15 oz container ricotta cheese
- 1 1/4 cups shredded Parmesan cheese divided
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 2 eggs
- 1 8 oz pkg sliced non smoked provolone cheese
- 1 pkg oven ready no boil lasagna noodles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a large skillet or dutch oven brown the Italian sausage, onion, and garlic. Drain any grease off. Add in the spaghetti sauce and diced tomatoes. Reduce heat to low and simmer while preparing the rest of the lasagna.
- In a large bowl combine 2 cups mozzarella cheese, cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese, fresh parsley and eggs.
- Lightly grease a 9×13 baking dish and a large piece of foil. Set foil aside.
- Begin by smearing a small amount of meat sauce on the bottom of your baking dish. Place a single layer of noodles on top followed by 1/3 of the meat sauce and 1/3 of the cheese mixture. Top with a single layer of noodles, another 1/3 of the meat sauce, 1/3 of the cheese mixture and 6 slices of provolone cheese, repeat one more time.
- This step is optional- I don’t like having only a few extra noodles so I place them on top of the last cheese layer which you would not normally do. They turn out fine but it is completely up to you if you want to do this.
- Top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. Cover with greased foil and place on a baking sheet to catch any spills. Bake for 30 minutes covered and 10 minutes uncovered. I sometimes broil mine to get the extra color and a little crunch on top (again optional) Let stand 15 minutes before cutting.
It was very good thanks we are making it for Christmas dinner
Thank you so much!! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!!
I love those no boil noodles!! And all that cheese is calling my name.
Yeah I do too, I wish I would have used them a long time ago! Thanks, Dorothy!
Sounds good! Will try this after school starts and I have the kids here for lunch again. I have used the no boil noodles for quite a while and they are so much easier.
Yeah they are a lot easier! Thanks Grandma! XOXO