Reviewed: Mar. 19, 2012

Wonderful recipe! I love the touch of black olives. For noodles, I prefer fresh pasta...lasagna sheets (as opposed to noodles) are terrific and add a great texture to the dish. I will even add a couple of extra sheets with just a dab of sauce to stick them together.

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Plant lady

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Mar. 19, 2012

This is the way I like to make my Lasagna. However, if I have the time, I make the sauce from scratch. I use, pork chops, steaks, sausage (Beef or Turkey). I usually do the sauce the day before the cooking. I never used the "No-Cook" noodles until my girlfriend told me about it. The first time it was a little dry, I had sauce on the side. However, from then on I I always made sure I put extra sauce in the lasagna so the noodles had more then enough to absorb. One other thing I do is to try and make sure all spices are fresh. Especially the garlic and onions.

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texasowl

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Bloomingburg, New York, USA

Living In: Middletown, New York, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 19, 2012

The recipe doesn't say if it is necessary to buy the special "no cook" lasagne noodles or if this recipe is adapted to the regular noodles. I don't want to risk wasting all these ingredients until I know for sure. But it looks delicious and worth a try once the question is answered.

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carolynahrendt

Reviewed: Mar. 19, 2012

to those who thought this was too dry... do what good italian restaurants do: prepare as is, heat extra sauce on the side, serve the individual servings in a "pool" of sauce. leftovers can easily be tightly wrapped in plastic wrap, then foil, and frozen for a quick heat and eat meal later on.

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torrie

Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2012

I made this for my boyfriend, who LOVED it. He's a bit of a picky eater, but he devoured this. When I told him I could freeze the leftovers, he refused, and wanted to eat it breakfast lunch and dinner til it was gone! I omitted the olives though. I had to cook mine for longer than the recommended time, and it took me quite a bit longer than 20 min to prep. But it's definitely worth it!

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mmt9

Reviewed: Oct. 26, 2011

My go-to lasagna recipe! This is hearty and delicious!

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clcasas

Reviewed: Oct. 23, 2011

this does not take 1 hour to make! too much meat, directed sauce - not enough. this was very dry. i would not recommend.

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wendy h

Reviewed: Sep. 25, 2011

I made this for my first homemade lasagna and I actually received applause from my husband and 2 daughters LOL It was delicious!! We did use sage sausage though because our commissary didn't have Italian so we left the sage spice out.

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MommaSuds

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Batesville, Indiana, USA

Living In: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 5, 2011

I made exactly as directed (except the fact that i used venison ground instead of beef) and it came out perfectly!!! wouldn't change anything!

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nodoubt1981

Reviewed: Apr. 30, 2011

This was really, really flavorful! I made it exactly as written, with only a few modifications: I reduced the pepper to only 1 tsp. and I prepared it in the morning and it sat in the fridge until it was ready to bake. One thing I read in other reviews was the problem with the ricotta cheese spreading. I found something that was really helpful. Just spread the ricotta onto the dry noodles, before you layer them. It makes it very easy. I used three noodles for each layer and came out using about 8 oz. of ricotta cheese, as called for. Also, I was a tad leery of the olives, because I'm not a big fan. But they really weren't overpowering in this recipe and I didn't even notice them as I ate. I covered it for the first 45 minutes of baking, then I put the rest of the mozzarella on top and baked it uncovered, for another 15 minutes. The pasta was perfectly tender and it was an excellent recipe. This lasagna may become my 'go to'! So delicious!

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