Lasagna Soup
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When you need a hearty dinner everyone will eat without complaint turn to Lasagna Soup. Italian sausage, creamy tomato soup, noodles, and of course CHEESE!
Plus it really does come together fast which is important around here.
Lasagna Soup !
I don’t usually get a lot of complaints about dinner. By now my kids have figured out my not-so-secret mantra “they will eat it”. And in my head, I add “or they can go hungry”.
I never say that last bit out loud for fear that my kids will take that as a challenge. Y
Winter Meal Plan?? ADD THIS!
This recipe is DEFINITELY going on the winter meal plan. WEll better yet, the cold weather meal plan. I’ve got a whole “it’s cold outside” list of meals such as
Old Fashioned Chicken and Noodles
And my friend has this GORGEOUS Lobster Chowder Recipe that will warm you to the toes!
Dinner Time Made Easy!
This lasagna soup recipe brings a lot of the flavor of lasagna with it to the soup bowl. What it leaves behind in the form of a crusty casserole dish is more important.
Normally lasagna takes a bare minimum of an hour of work and an hour or more baking time. But with lasagna soup, there’s no boiling a bunch of noodles and keeping them flat and unstuck. Laborious layers? GONE! Cheesy baked on pans, nope!
Use Ground Beef In This Recipe!
If you don’t have sausage, you can substitute it with ground beef! Add powdered garlic and onion, Italian seasoning, and a pinch of fennel if you have it. Brown the beef and add those seasonings and as more as desired. And to your taste.
ALL the flavor of lasagna, none of the work!
Don’t get me wrong, I love lasagna (doesn’t this lasagna recipe with ground beef look AMAZING?!?), but I don’t always have time to make it on a weeknight. And I get asked to make it quite a bit from our youngest. So having a recipe like this, I can pull together in under 30 minutes makes it a KEEPER. That it’s delicious makes it a winner too.
Serve this Lasagna Soup in Bread Bowls
You take this awesome soup UP a notch by making this bread bowl recipe and serving them filled with this soup!
OR make these parmesan crackers!
Lasagna Soup
Equipment
Ingredients
- 8 ounces lasagna noodles broken up
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1/3 cup chopped onion
- 2 tsp minced garlic
- 2 tsp Italian seasoning mix or use a mix of oregano, thyme, sage and rosemary
- 8 ounces bulk Italian sausage OR Ground Beef, add extra spices to make it taste how you want it to
- 2 TBSP tomato paste
- 15 ounce crushed tomatoes
- 4 cups low sodium vegetable broth can use chicken broth
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan
- 2 TBSP chopped fresh basil
- ricotta for topping
Instructions
- bring large pot of salted water to boil
- meanwhile in heavy dutch oven over medium heat cook the onion in the oil for 2-3 minutes, then crumble in the sausage, cook and stir occasionally until the sausage is cooked through
- once the water comes to a boil, lower heat just a bit and add the broken noodles, cook for 10 minutes or until cooked through, stir occasionally to keep them from sticking together, once cooked through drain, rinse and set aside
- when the sausage has cooked add the garlic, seasonings and tomato paste and cook 2-3 minutes, then add crushed tomatoes, broth, water and bring to a quick simmer
- cook the soup for 10 minutes and then add the noodles and turn the soup off
- stir in the cream, parmesan, and basil-save a little basil for garnish if you want
- stir to combine well then serve bowls topped with a spoonful of ricotta cheese
