This is the easiest lasagna recipe you’ll ever make! It’s a No-Fuss Spinach Lasagna that’s full of cheese, greens, and delicious tomato flavor.
I found out recently that a lot of people are intimidated or overwhelmed by a traditional lasagna recipe. Lasagna is one of my favorite Italian dishes but I don’t often make it because it’s such a production! I recently decided to let go of my perfectionist tendencies and the result was this easy, cheesy, insanely delicious No-Fuss Spinach Lasagna. Is it a traditional, Italian grandmother’s kitchen lasagna? Nope! But it is a creamy, dreamy pasta dish that we’ve been making and loving every week.
Do You Have to Boil Lasagna Before Baking?
This recipe comes together more like a pasta bake than a traditional lasagna! The finished product isn’t as tidy and layered as the classic dish, but oh my YES…it is just as good! I use Jovial no-boil pasta noodles but you can use any noodles and they’ll cook in the oven surrounded by sauce and cheese. Mmm!
No-Fuss Lasagna Variations
I love a recipe that you can make your own! Follow these steps exactly and you’ll have a really yummy dish…but make it with your faves for something really special!
- I used Jovial gluten-free no-boil lasagna noodles. I love them! You can use any no-boil or even regular pasta noodles.
- My favorite pasta sauce is Rao’s. I’ve always got a jar in the pantry! Grab (or make!) your own favorite marinara sauce.
- Let’s talk veggies. This no-fuss lasagna recipe is bomb with spinach, kale, or chard. Love getting those greens in! You could also use leftover roasted vegetables, zucchini or yellow squash, eggplant, carrots, broccoli…get in there and have some fun!
- I use cottage cheese instead of ricotta for some added protein. You can use ricotta if that’s your fave!
More Lasagna Recipes
- Mushroom Sage Lasagna
- Lasagna Soup
- Roasted Cauliflower Lasagna
- Mexican Lasagna
- Turkey Spinach Lasagna Roll Ups
Food photography by Ashley Cuoco
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No-Fuss Spinach Lasagna
Ingredients
Serves 4-6
- 1 pound full fat cottage cheese (can also use ricotta)
- ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
- Juice from half a lemon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 (24 oz) jar of your favorite marinara sauce (I use Rao’s)
- 1 (9oz) box lasagna noodles (I used Jovial)
- 3–4 cups chopped fresh spinach, rainbow chard or kale
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a medium bowl mix together the cottage cheese, parmesan, lemon juice, salt, pepper, garlic powder and oregano until combined.
- In a large baking dish spread about half of the sauce on the bottom of the dish. Add one layer of uncooked lasagna noodles followed by half of the cottage cheese mixture, a couple big handfuls of chopped spinach, 1 cup of mozzarella, then repeat layers finishing with mozzarella cheese on top.
- Cover with foil tightly and bake for 50-55 minutes. Remove foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes until the cheese is bubbly. Let sit for 10 minutes before serving.
Comments
Ed
Can i prepare this, freeze it, and cook it later?
Laney Schwartz
Yes for sure! You might need to add some cook time if cooking from frozen
Sherry
Delicious! In case anyone wants to make this vegan, I used kite hill almond milk ricotta and added about .5 cup water and a drizzle of olive oil to make it a little creamier. I omitted the mozzarella entirely but of course you could use a plant based mozzarella as well. Overall loved the recipe – thank you so much! Definitely making again next week because it is already gone after day one! Thank you!
★★★★★
Laney Schwartz
Thank you for sharing your version of this Sherry! Love that it’s so versatile!
Bethany
This lasagna is SO good and SO easy to make! It has become a new staple dinner in our house. I add ground turkey when I make it, and even with the extra step of cooking the turkey I still can have this all put together and in the oven in 15 minutes! Truly is no fuss. My husband is obsessed with it and every guest I’ve made it for loves it too!
★★★★★
Laney Schwartz
I love that you love this dish as much as we do, Bethany! It really is that simple and so so tasty! Thanks for leaving an awesome review!
Kelley S
Versatile which is nice! I chose to brown 1.25lb of ground beef and season with the same seasonings as the cottage cheese mixture then stirred with sauce. I also used a Mexican cheese blend as I was out of mozzarella. I would recommend thirds when portioning sauce vs. half Like the recipe said, I needed some for the bottom and then two layers. I don’t feel this needed lemon per say as I didn’t taste it in the recipe, but would have to try again without to confirm. If I were to make again, I’d add more sauce. My top noodles were crispy and I felt maybe there wasn’t enough moisture on the top layer(?) Overall it was delicious and I’ll be adding it to my recipes book ☺
★★★★★
Stephanie Sullivan
So easy and soo damn good!!
★★★★★
Angela
Yup. This recipe is no fuss and still bomb. My husband and kids even love this with the spinach/veggies. My only “tweak” is that I do 1/2 cottage cheese and 1/2 ricotta for the mixture. My husband even said this is now his favorite meal that I make. It’s become part of our steady dinner rotation, and I’m about to make it again to bring to a friend who just had a baby.
★★★★★
Jo
If I can’t find no boil noodles ( hard to find those in whole wheat which is what we prefer) would I boil them first?
Life is but a Dish
You can use regular noodles too and don’t need to boil them!
Dawn
Do you only add the marinara once at the bottom?
Life is but a Dish
Nope, I repeat all the layers!
Mary Lou
Enjoyed your demo for NFP last week. I’ve had a great time looking around your site. My husband made the No-Fuss Spinach Lasagna last night, and it was fabulous! I’m excited to try more recipes.
JanetG
I made this for the first time this week – I always have 1/2 box of lasagna noodles I don’t know what to do with when I make a full lasagna recipe…I made this in an 8×8 glass pan and it worked out perfectly. Followed the recipe exactly except I added an egg to the cottage cheese mixture. This was one of the easiest lasagna’s I’ve ever made – and my husband, who is a meat lasagna kinda guy – told me it was absolutely delicious. We had enough for 2 meals for the 2 of us. Another winner Laney!
★★★★★
Dani Otay
This was so delicious and easy to make!! I added some sausage and used ricotta. Perfection 🤩😍 10/10 will make again!
★★★★★
Life is but a Dish
I’m so glad you loved it Dani!
Amanda Norton Laporte
My family loved this dish. I brought some in for coworkers and shared the love. Great recipe to modify, too – I used the fresh greens I had on hand. This will be a great fresh produce clean out to keep on hand.
★★★★★
Life is but a Dish
Yes absolutely! Love using what I have on hand! Thanks for leaving a review Amanda!
Long
I made this just now and it was really good!! Will be making again, very simple and can easily make it your own
★★★★★