Grammy's Kitchen · Lasagna · Easy Lasagna
One of 36 lasagna recipes we measured
from natashaskitchen.com
It ranks #2 of 36 for cheese intensity among the lasagna recipes we compared. 1,438 cooks on natashaskitchen.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 36.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| cheese | 737% | 117% |
| dairy | 0% | 2% |
| fat | 8% | 2% |
| egg | 28% | 6% |
| salt | 2% | 1% |
| aromatics | 87% | 19% |
| different cheeses | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| melt idx | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| cheese flavor idx | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| stretch idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 454 g | 1 lb ground beef ((15-20% fat content)) |
| 150 g | 1 medium onion (finely diced) |
| 6 g | 2 large garlic cloves (minced) |
| 59 g | 1/4 cup dry red wine (or beef broth) |
| 14 g | 1 Tbsp olive oil |
| 794 g | 28 oz Marinara Sauce ((3 cups)) |
| 3 g | 1/2 tsp sea salt |
| 1 g | 1/4 tsp black pepper (ground) |
| 0 g | 1/4 tsp dried thyme |
| 2 g | 1/2 tsp granulated sugar |
| 12 g | 2 Tbsp parsley (finely chopped) |
| 180 g | 9 lasagna noodles (cooked al dente) |
| 454 g | 16 oz low-fat cottage cheese |
| 425 g | 15 oz reduced fat ricotta cheese |
| 50 g | 1 large egg |
| 12 g | 2 Tbsp parsley (finely chopped, plus more to garnish) |
| 448 g | 4 cups mozzarella cheese (shredded, divided) |
Method: 7 steps, published by natashaskitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Hi Natasha! I’m doing some freezer meal prepping for postpartum right now and I’m wondering if I could use this recipe and divide into two smaller lasagnas to freeze? Do you think that would be a good enough size for only me and my husband? And what size foil ” — a cook, 5.0★
“Great Lasagna. Thank God you strayed from the "latest" way to make lasagna by using a bechamel sauce. Your use of the traditional way of assembling lasagna with good quantities of real cheeses make for a much better tasing and authentic lasagna. Thank you f” — a cook, 5.0★