Lazy 5-Ingredient No-Boil Spinach Lasagna Recipe
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This easy spinach lasagna recipe is a lazy cook’s dream, as it takes less than five minutes to assemble the lasagna and stick it in the oven! The secret is no-boil lasagna noodles, plus a clever combination of only 5 simple ingredients!
If you are used to lasagna being a labor-intensive recipe, your totally need to re-think your strategy. Come on, who wants to fumble with a pot of boiling water to cook the noddles just to have them shamelessly stick to each other? Who wants to measure, peel, chop and pre-cook a mile-long list of fancy ingredients? Who wants to wash a pot, a pan, a cutting board, a stove and a counter that are all dirty before the lasagna is even in the oven? No worries – with this breakthrough recipe you are going to have a mouthwatering lasagna made with delicious fresh ingredients without any of this painful and unnecessary prep work!
No-boil lasagna noodles come to the rescue – there is no need to pre-cook them and you can use them for layering straight out of the box! If you never used no-boil lasagna noodles before, be assured that they taste exactly the same as regular ones – there is no difference in taste whatsoever! And once you go with the no-boil, you’ll never go back :)
I’m using the following common and easy-to-find ingredients to layer with the no-boil noodles in this tasty easy lasagna: ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, pasta sauce and FRESH spinach! That’s all – it’s as simple as that!
Another huge bonus of this lasagna is the fact that it is fairly healthy! You can use part-skim ricotta cheese and mozzarella cheese to cut down on calories, use whole-wheat no-boil lasagna noodles for added fiber, and not to mention you are getting in a huge amount of healthy nutritious spinach that’s so good for you! Yes, this lasagna is a great way to get more healthy greens into your diet :) How’s that for an excuse to make it?
Why am I using fresh spinach? Isn’t the spinach lasagna typically made with frozen spinach? Wouldn’t frozen spinach be easier? This lazy cook says “No” to frozen :) Seriously, there are 4 reasons why I’m using fresh spinach instead of frozen in this lasagna:
- It’s easier to open a package of pre-washed fresh spinach than to thaw that old frozen green block of ice!
- It’s more pleasant to handle the fresh crispy green spinach leaves than the mushy wilted mess of thawed frozen spinach!
- You can optionally decorate the top of the lasagna with fresh spinach leaves like I did :) Can’t do it with frozen!
- Fresh simply tastes best!
This lasagna is moist, juicy, cheesy and delicious – exactly how it should be! Would you like a slice?
Lazy No-Boil 5-Ingredient Spinach Lasagna Recipe
Ingredients
- 15 no-boil lasagna noodles
- 1 package 5 oz fresh baby spinach
- 1 package 15 oz ricotta cheese
- 1 package 8 oz shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 jar 24 oz pasta sauce
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Pour the pasta sauce in a large bowl, add 1 cup of water to it and mix to combine. No-boil lasagna noodles require extra 1 cup of water in the recipe as they cook together with the lasagna and the water gets absorbed.
- Optional - reserve a handful of baby spinach leaves for garnish.
- Pour 1 cup of pasta sauce on the bottom of the 8x12 baking dish and spread to cover the bottom.
- Put 3 lasagna noodles lengthwise side-by-side in a single layer. Put 2 noodles perpendicular on the ends of the baking dish to cover the gaps (you can break them to fit).
- Spread half of the ricotta cheese with a spoon over the noodles.
- Sprinkle 1/3 of the shredded mozzarella cheese over the ricotta.
- Put 1/2 of the baby spinach leaves on top of cheese in a single layer.
- Pour 1/3 of the pasta sauce on top of the spinach.
- Repeat layering another noodle layer, ALL of the remaining ricotta cheese, HALF of the remaining mozzarella cheese, ALL of the remaining spinach and HALF of the remaining pasta sauce.
- For the final layer, layer the lasagna noodles, spread the remaining pasta sauce and sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese.
- Cover the baking dish with foil, put in the oven and bake for 45 minutes.
- Optional: after the lasagna is cooked, sprinkle with reserved fresh spinach leaves for garnish.
So comforting and delicious!
Thanks Angie, lasagna is always one of my top picks for comfort food!
Girl, my mouth is watering. This looks delish!
Thanks Bianca! Even my mouth was watering when I was posting the pics, even though I just ate this lasagna yesterday!
I love when lasagna is loaded up with spinach! This sounds delicious!
Me too! There’s got to be something healthy in there to stand up to all that cheese ?
I’m the biggest fan of no-boil pasta recipes because I’m just that — LAZY! I love this dish!
Laziness is the mother of inventions ? Greatest things have been invented by people looking for a shortcut!
I love lasagna! One of my favourite meals! This looks so delicious!
Mine too! Lasagna is awesome!
This is a lazy lasagne and it sure looks good! I love those no boil noodles!
No-boil noodles just make life so much easier!
I wondered what “lasagne noodles” were, until I saw the packet in your picture! We call them “lasagne sheets” but they’re basically exactly the same thing. And I always use the no boil ones myself too.
So I’m totally with you here. Great!! :D
It’s always interesting to see completely different terms for food products from what you are used too! Those regional differences never fail to amaze me ?
This looks crazy good. I love the strong green of the spinach layer too! :D
Red and green – maybe this lasagna would be a good Chrismas dish ?
Maybe lazy lasagna but looks really good :)
And that fulfills the goal of a lazy person – a good result with minimum effort!
You had me at lazy! ;) I haven’t tried no boil noodles before… and i’m not sure what the heck I am waiting for!! You totally inspired me to try them. STAT! Love this lasagna! Easy, Cheesy and belongs in my belly! Cheers, Melanie!
No boil noodles are a great time saver, not to mention not having to deal with a boiling pot of water! You should definitely give them a try! Cheers!
I love adding spinach to lasagna! This sounds so good!
And spinach adds some nutrition too ?
Gotta love a fast and easy recipe that serves up such a comforting dish – looks perfect for a winter supper!
This warm and cheesy lasagna is simply perfect for a cold winter day!
Oh man, you had me at lazy! I agree with you, though, Melanie. I love lasagna. Like really love it. But I often think, “man, I don’t want to spend the time making it.” Thanks for the quick tips here…and the spinach addition is a good one for sure!
Now you can have your lasagna fix without all the hard work!
I love that this takes 5 minutes of prep time! Just what I need on a busy/lazy night!
This recipe is a must for those lazy days ?
What a great way to get dinner on the table quickly and easily!
5 minutes of prep, the the oven does all the work – and voila, dinner is served!
Girl I love the word LAZY and when you can have a pan of this creamy delicious lasagna without doing much, I am all for it!! Looks so good!
And doesn’t this creamy delicious goodness works like you slaved for hours? Let this be our little lazy secret ?
Delicious, easy to cook lasagna! Who can say no?
Nobody can resist this tastyness!
I have never tried the no boil lasagna noodles, they would be great. Your lasagna looks delicious. It is really making me hungry!
Thanks, Dawn! Now I’m hungry too!
I’m totally with you on using fresh spinach ?
Fresh is surely best ?
Looks great! I’ve been looking for a no boil lasagna recipe! Pinning :)
Thanks Mira! Hope you enjoy the recipe!
Just adore this recipe. I have not made lasagna in so long because of the time. Lazy recipe to the rescue!
Now there is no excuse not to make one! Lazy, easy and yummy – must make ASAP! ?
This recipe is so easy and delicious! I make it several times a month and never tire of eating it. Thanks!
My new favorite easy dinner!
So easy and everyone loved it!