i’m no fool
I tend to exaggerate.
Keith calls me his little CEO (Chief Exaggerating Officer). This doesn’t sound nearly as endearing as you might think.
I don’t think I’m that bad.
Am I mom?
But I do exaggerate a smidge [she holds her thumb and pointer finger an inch apart]
But only a smidge.
And sometimes exaggerating is a life necessity.
Like how somehow Keith got the crazy idea that I slaved over the stove in the 110 degree heat [yes we have AC but it makes the story more dramatic] to make him the perfect man meal. Boiling, chopping, and browning…
I don’t know how he could have ever gotten that idea.
No clue.
The [No Exaggeration] Easiest Lasagna
- 8 ounces no-boil lasagna noodles
- 1 pound lean ground turkey (or beef)
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 jar (about 16 ounces) spaghetti sauce, your favorite
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon dried leaf oregano, crumbled
- 1/2 teaspoon dried leaf basil, crumbled
- 1 1/2 cups part skim ricotta cheese
- 2 cups shredded Monterey Jack park skim cheese
- 3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large skillet, brown beef and onion; drain well. Stir in spaghetti sauce, garlic powder, salt, oregano, and basil.
In a 2-quart baking dish sprayed with nonstick spray, layer 1/3 of the lasagna noodles, 1/3 of the sauce and 1/3 of the ricotta cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, and Parmesan cheeses. Repeat layers twice.
Bake lasagna at 350° for 60 minutes, or until thoroughly heated and bubbly. Let stand for 8 to 10 minutes before cutting and serving. Serves 6 to 8.
But when Keith thinks I’ve worked hard he is awfully giving with things like back or foot rubs.
I may be a CEO but I’m no fool.
Do you make a seemingly complicated dish that is in actuality really easy to make? (Leave links!)
What Kelly Said 
I love using the no boil noodles for lasagna. It really does make it so much easier. I can’t wait until it’s cool enough (in my non air conditioned kitchen) to make lasagna.
My friend has a veggie lasagna recipe using the same noodles. I’ll have to put it up on the blog soon since she gave me the recipe. 🙂
I am totally posting a lasagna recipe this week too 🙂 I made a big pan for my brother & sister-in-law since she just had a baby and it’s so easy to throw together! Except my husband was pissed he didn’t get any so I have to make it again this week.
Yes! The lasagna I made last week was super easy — it took some time, but the process itself wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be.
I know! Lasagna sounds so much harder than it really is…especially when you use the no boil noodles!
I would absolutely exaggerate the difficulty of a dish. I do on occasion actually. 🙂
Oh my gosh that looks absolutely incredible. And even though I can be a CEO at times as well, with my food, I tend to always stick to what’s easiest so I definitely can’t claim that anything I make is super complicated! Haha
Questions – what type of no boil noodles do you use AND what type of spaghetti sauce do you use? We’ve always used Ragu b/c Brent likes it, but I’d like to find something healthier…
I used the GF Deboles noodles and I think I used Newman’s Own sauce but I use Ragu Organics all the time.
My lasagna recipe is super simple too. Love love love it!
Lasagna is so easy and so addictive!
Haha, I’m such an exaggerator, too. Especially when I hurt myself…like “I almost chopped off my hand” when I get a paper cut. Things like that.
Oh yeah! I think that was why Keith didn’t immediately react when I DID cut my finger off. I think he thought it was another papercut situation. You would think I would have learned my lesson…um…nope! ha!
Hey, I just found your site its so lovely! I love lasagna so much, and no boil noodles are the best invention ever! My new husband grew up eating pasta every sunday with his family – I’ll have to make this for him with a few modifications because I hate ricotta (I’m a bad half Italian).
I don’t have an easy dish like that…but I may have to borrow yours! That’s making me drool!
If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a million times, DON’T EXAGGERATE!
(that’s my dad’s old joke)