Super-Easy Lasagna
Here's a lasagna recipe that goes together in a flash, so it won't grate on your nerves - just your cheese!
- Nonstick cooking spray for the grater
- 12 ounces mozzarella cheese, in 1 or 2 chunks
- 26 ounces store-bought marinara sauce
- 1 pound no-boil or fresh lasagna noodles
- 16 ounces ricotta cheese
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Tape a large piece of parchment or waxed paper onto your kitchen counter. Place the box grater on the paper.
Spray the large-holed side of the grater with nonstick cooking spray (this step makes semisoft cheeses easier to grate). Grate the mozzarella.
In an 8x8-inch or 9x9-inch baking pan, spread a layer of marinara sauce. Cover with lasagna noodles, followed by layers of the ricotta, grated mozzarella, and more sauce. Keep layering to fill the pan, ending with a layer of lasagna noodles topped with marinara sauce. Sprinkle the Parmesan cheese over the top.
Bake for 35 minutes, or according to the lasagna box directions. Let cool for 10 minutes, then serve hot.
- Box graters are the easiest kind of graters for kids to use because they stand firmly on a flat surface. Cheese, of course, is fun to grate and is the basis for many child-friendly snacks. But don't stop at cheese: The different-size holes on a box grater make interesting crayon rubbings for various art projects.
- Gadgetology offers great ideas for tapping in to kidsâ innate curiosity with additional ideas for play and cool experiments.
Provided byThe Harvard Common Press and Pam Abrams
Author ofGadgetology, 2007
© The Harvard Common Press and Pam Abrams 2007
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