Creamy Skillet Lasagna

Submitted by CrystalA

"This is a nice creamy one dish meal. Have bread on hand to sop up any remaining sauce. Um yummy!"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1⁄2 lb ground beef
• 3 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons italian seasoning
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1⁄8 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 1 1⁄2 cups water
• 3 1⁄2 cups mafalda pasta
• 1 (12 ounce) container cottage cheese
• 3 tablespoons sour cream
• 1⁄2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon parsley, fresh or dried
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese

directions

1. Combine tomato sauce, olive oil, sugar, ital.
2. seasoning, salt, pepper, cinnamon, garlic.
3. Cook over med.
4. low heat while browning ground beef in seperate pan.
5. Drain beef and add to sauce.
6. Stir add water and pasta.
7. Bring to a boil.
8. Reduce heat to medium and cover.
9. Cook for about 12-15 minutes.
10. Or until noodles are very close to done.
11. Mix cottage cheese, sour cream, parmesan and parsley.
12. Mix half of mixture into pan, stir well.
13. Drop remaining mixture in spoonfuls over top.
14. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
15. Cover and cook about 5 minutes until cheese has melted.
16. Let stand 5-10 minutes before serving.

Reviews

[TheGrumpyChef]

Easy weeknight meal. Very creamy. I substituted 28 oz jar of spaghetti sauce for the sauce called for in this recipe, (didn't have any tomato sauce on hand). I also stuck the skillet in the oven to brown the cheese a little. Kids cleaned their plates, and the leftovers were great for lunch the next day. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Jules127]

I used sweet italian turkey sausage and it was a little too sweet for me. Next time I will use hot or hamburger. Otherwise it was certainly creamy and cheesy and a nice comforting meal on a cold rainy day.

 

[Cook4_6]

Easy, but I made it even easier by replacing the sauce with a jar of Classico Four Cheese sauce. I also used about 3/4 lb of ground italian sausage instead of the ground beef and ricotta instead of cottage cheese. This turned out fantastic. I will definitely make it again!

 

[Jazz Lover]

This recipe was pretty close to lasagna and a lot easier to make. Even my very picky daughter liked this one. We had none left but my guess is it is even better as a leftover!

 

[*Parsley*]

As good as a cheesey lasagna without all the work! I made this just as written, but substituted ricotta cheese for the cottage cheese and I put some chopped onions in the pan when browning the beef. Thanx for a keeper! My kids will make sure I make this again;)