The secret to the lasagna is the layering. Do it like this: sauce, noodles, ricotta/egg mixture, cheese, noodles, sauce, cheese. Using a big roaster or dutch oven like mine? Add some more layers: noodles, ricotta/egg mixture, noodles, sauce, cheese.

Ingredients

• 1 box lasagna noodles
• 16 eggs
• 2 lbs ricotta cheese
• 2 T Italian Seasoning mix
• 1 t salt
• 1 bag fresh spinach
• 2 24oz jars sauce
• mozzarella, parmesan, and other Italian cheeses

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Boil noodles in large pot until al dente, about 8 minutes. Rinse in cold water and set aside.
3. Crack and beat eggs.
4. Stir in ricotta cheese and mix well. Add Italian seasoning and salt.
5. Break up fresh spinach into bit sized pieces and add to mixture.
6. Coat pan with olive oil or spray.
7. Spread thin layer of marinara sauce on bottom of pan.
8. Layer ingredients as follows: sauce, noodles, ricotta/egg mixture, cheese, noodles.
9. If using a 13×9, top with cheese.
10. If using a deep dutch oven or roaster, repeat layers and top with cheese.

Cover and bake at 375 for an hour.  And when you’re done, you’ll have this delicious layered goodness.

So good your grandma would be proud. So good you’ll want to have everyone over for dinner. So good that you’ll want to don an apron and smoosh everyone’s cheeks and hug-squeeze them till they roll their eyes and go limp. No? Just my family does that? Okay, then. 🙂