Creamy Tomato Lasagna Florentine
This post contains affiliate links.
Get your face right in there.
You’re like, wait, though, isn’t that too close? PUH-LEEZ. You and I both know that a person can never be too close to those browned lasagna edges that are the perfect amount of chewy, and that’s exactly why we like to hang out together and get wild about all the foods. That’s this lasagna florentine.
Like a Big Cozy Hug
This creamy tomato lasagna florentine is layer upon layer of saucy tomato tang and garlic sauteed spinach nestled into a creamy blanket over the sauce, soaked up on all sides by thick and chewy lasagna noodles for a perfectly clean slice of comfort food.
And it is giving our whole selves a hug these days. Like, pan after pan after pan, hot out of the oven for dinner, leftovers reheated in the oven because it’s the only way I’m satisfied with the reheating of a piece of lasagna (cold lasagna centers. WHY.), and deliciously thick and pasta-sticky right out of the pan in the fridge a few hours after dinner. I’m usually not grossly in love with lasagna, but new lines have been drawn with this one.
Saucy + Messy = Best
I like to call this lasagna Super Saucy, which honestly I love. What I learned through the endless rounds of making it, is that if you don’t need your lasagna to hold together with awesome sliceability. And if you’re more the kind of person who is okay with scooping it out with a spoon and straight into your mouth, then you are in for a real lasagna treat when you make it the Super Saucy Way.
This pan of hot melted cheese I MEAN LASAGNA, while not at all clean and tidy like lasagna is supposed to be, was actually my favorite – it was so saucy, so soupy at first, but absolute lasagna perfection the next day with just the right amount of moisture and a clean(er) sliceability once it was completely cooled.
More Lasagna Love
- Super Easy One Pot Lasagna (one pot, so easy)
- Skinny Spinach Lasagna
- Super Easy Skinny Veggie Crockpot Lasagna (yes, CROCKPOT)
- Garlic Parmesan Chicken Lasagna Bake
- Roasted Garlic and White Bean Lasagna Soup (lasagna in soup form! yes!)
Okay. Your turn! Go get out your 9×13 and get yourself cozy with a bubbly pan of creamy, tomato-saucy, vegetarian comfort food.
Watch How to Make This Recipe:
Common Questions About Lasagna Florentine
The flaxmeal adds a nice texture/flavor and helps the lasagna hold together, but it’s not essential to the recipe.
Definitely! You can check out our freezer meal version of this recipe here.
You sure can!
Yes! We think ground beef or turkey would be great here.
Creamy Tomato Lasagna Florentine
This Creamy Tomato Lasagna Florentine is so deliciously comforting and simple. Noodles, tomato sauce, and a creamy spinach layer!
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 50
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: 6
- Category: dinner
- Method: oven
- Cuisine: italian
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2–3 cloves garlic
- 4–5 cups fresh spinach
- 2 cups 4% cottage cheese
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup ground flaxmeal
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning (mine was salty – if you’re using a non-salted variety, add an additional 1/4–1/2 teaspoon salt).
- a very tiny dusting of nutmeg
- a squeeze of lemon juice
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
- 4 cups tomato sauce
- 12 no-boil or oven ready lasagna noodles
- 3–4 cups shredded Mozzarella cheese
- Chopped fresh parsley and grated Parmesan cheese for serving
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Heat the olive oil in a medium pan over medium high heat. Add the garlic and saute for 1-2 minutes. Add the spinach and stir around until just barely wilted. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Blend the cottage cheese in a food processor or blender until mostly smooth and creamy. Transfer to a bowl and mix with eggs, flaxmeal, oregano, Italian seasoning, nutmeg, lemon juice, and Parmesan cheese. Stir in the spinach and set aside.
- To assemble lasagna, spray a 9×13 baking dish with nonstick spray and spread a few spoonfuls of sauce around in the bottom of the pan. Arrange 3 noodles, top with about 1 cup sauce, 1 cup creamy spinach mixture, and 3/4 cup Mozzarella cheese. Repeat for three complete layers. Top it all off with the last three lasagna noodles, 1 cup sauce, and 1 cup Mozzarella cheese. Cover with greased foil so the cheese doesn’t stick and bake for 40 minutes.
- Remove foil and bake for another 10 to brown the cheese (or turn on your broiler to get it browned). Remove from oven and let stand for 15 minutes before slicing and serving.
One more thing!
This recipe is part of our coziest comfort food recipes page. Check it out!
One of the most delicious looking lasagnas I’ve seen ever!! Yum! 🙂
Totally agree with you on- a) cold lasagna centers and b) using cottage cheese over ricotta. Also while your in the neighbourhood, come to Vancouver…for a big mountain town!
We may or may not be looking! *squee*
Lindsay the cheesy messy look of this lasagna is making me hungry!
Oh my goodness, this looks delicious – I’m all for a lasagne soup/casserole. Bring on the sauce!
You’re going to have a blast! Can’t wait for the pics of San Francisco; I’ve always wanted to go there (thanks Full House!).
Also, a series of posts on the best convenience foods to eat while living in a kitchen construction zone – great idea. Just do it! 🙂
Lol – Full House! Yessss.
Our family recipe for lasagna has cottage cheese! YUM is right!! Can’t wait to try yours out:)
Ps. I want to be your “guest” intern!!
My mom’s did, too, growing up, but I never liked it. Maybe it was because she didn’t blend it up at all and I am very texture-picky? I don’t know. But I love it now!
So glad to hear you initially didn’t like lasagna with cottage cheese. I’ve only had it once with cottage cheese and it was not blended, barf. lol I never knew you could blend it, so now I can’t wait to try it!! Thanks a bunch for the tip! 🙂
Blending makes all the difference! 🙂
I will definitely get my face right in there! Looks so good! And true to my Italian heritage I’ve only ever used ricotta cheese…I’m really intrigued to try cottage cheese now.
Oh Man this looks sooooooooooo good!!! Literally want the whole pan now to stuff my face!
Yep, totally in love with this. Also, congrats on the intern!! Best of luck guys!
So many things to say. First, I want to face plant in that lasagna. Second, I love that you snuck in some flax! Third, congrats on the intern. If I was 10 years younger and didn’t have a mortgage, I would show up at your door being like, “I will pay YOU to let me intern.” 🙂
That might have to be dinner, (but with some meat, maybe shreaded chicken or ground turkey).
when you are in Galveston, if you have a chance you should check out Shy Katz. It is this little breakfast/lunch place run by these two women where everything is made from scratch from real food. It kind of reminds me of if your blog were a restaurant except that they don’t have cauliflower sauce and probably use a lot more butter than you do. I am addicted to the shoosh sandwich… Mmm Texas toast with grilled chicken, plum sauce, veggies, bacon, provolone. Oh and if you happen to have room after lunch they have a dessert bar with cakes, muffins, bars that are all made there and oh so amazing! dessert could be a meal in itself, and admittedly it has been for me.
There are lots of great places for food in Galveston, shy Katz is just a little hidden gem, not so commercial but a huge hit with locals.
OMG this looks delish-can’t wait to try it!!
Yum, lasagna! Perfect because the weather is starting to turn here in Seattle, meaning it’s time to cook more comfort food! Hope you enjoy your trip to Seattle – it really is the best city. 🙂
We had the treat of going there last year around this time -it was phenom! Can’t wait to go back.
YUMMY! Love the use of cottage cheese!
So cool that you’re getting an intern! I’d love to quit my job and intern/taste test for you. That’s what an intern does, right? 🙂
SEATTLE??? LINDSAY!!! Okay, sorry for the freak-out, but knowing that you’re going to be semi-close to where I live sometime in the near future has me totally hoping for the entirely impossible chance that we would run into each other at the store or something…although if you do see some creepy person trying to take phone pics of you somewhere within a 45-minute radius of Seattle, that might possibly be me. 😛
Also, I am SO jealous for your intern!! That would be crazy-awesomely-fun!
And finally, thank you for posting that delicious-but-not-perfect lasagna picture!! Not only did it make my heart race with the imagined flavors and yumminess I was sure I could taste, but it made me feel better about the food I serve (family-style, I like to call it :P), which pretty much looks like that all the time. Hugs! <3
Hannah! I will be looking for you. That’s so creepy, but I mean it in the most non creepy way. Hahaha!
Hannah – I could have written the entire comment you just made, except swap out SEATTLE for KANSAS CITY.
LOL!! It’s good to know there are other people out there like me. ;P
Hope that green smoothie works to fight off your cold! Get better soon. Love those photos.:)
Thanks Elaine!
I wish I could be a food blogger, Amazing Carry on sister
There are some times it’s really hard being lactose intolerant – and NOW is one of those times!!! GAH – look at that cheesy drippy tomatoey lasagna! I goot try the cottage cheese tip next time. Now do y’all happen to need another intern? maybe to lick – err I mean clean your dishes??? 🙂
Looking forward to your “best snacks in wrappers to eat while living in a kitchen construction zone” series!
I’m so meeeeean! And yes. We definitely need a plate licking intern. 😉
You’re making me so hungry. Lasagna may actually be my favourite comfort food .. this is such an amazing recipe … it’s just been added to next week’s meal plan!!
This looks amazing, making it this weekend!
I have golden milled flax seed, think I could use that in place of the flax meal or just skip it all together?
Yes, I think that’s the same, if it’s milled doesn’t that mean it makes a flax meal?
Yum! Looks so amazing!
This looks AMAZING. Love your honesty, we all have those dishes that might LOOK gross at first but oh boy the taste is perfectly delicious. Looks like you got it perfect eventually though since it looks delicious! 🙂
Looks amazing!!! Can’t wait to try it out.
Im in the UK and just want to know what is flaxmeal
Thanks
Ground flax seeds.
Looks great! I don’t care for lasagna with meat so this would work perfectly for me!! The rest of the family? Well…maybe they won’t notice! 😉
Bjork didn’t even ask. But then again, he’s pretty used to my meatless ways…
Dang that looks good.
My mom always made lasagna the day before. The next day it was warmed through in the oven. She did that because it would stay together when cut if it was a day old and re-heated. And for the super saucy she always had extra sauce that she would ladle over the top of each serving.
It’s seriously the best way to do it. My problem is that I don’t plan ahead far enough in advance!
I have never made lasagna without meat in it. IDK why I just always feel like I need meat in there. But I love that you added flax! Looks incredible.
Hahaha yes! it was such a hipster move and I loved it.
That recipe just comes right in time when I want to eat less animal protein, but at the same time don’t want to miss all the delicious tastes. Same like Erin I have usually made my lasagna with meat, but I’ll give this a try for sure. Looks mouthwatering 🙂
This looks absolutely amazing! I will definitely try this.
Ok so I’ve seen lasagna in my time, but this one seriously takes the PIE!
Holy cheese!
Lindsay you are still my hero. I don’t think there’s anything you can do wrong. You’re just incredible!
Aaaaugh I need your brain!
So…packing my bags and coming for dinner instead (kidding. Flights too long ha 😉
My mom always used cottage cheese instead of ricotta. And she would blend it with parsley, oregano, basil and Parmesan cheese. It’s the only way I like lasagna. Ricotta is too dry for me. People think I am crazy. Then they try my lasagna (gf version of my mom’s) and they are converts.
I feel you on the multiple (millions of) tries thing. I have been working on a vegan, gf brownie recipe that is just not quite right. Always a gloppy mess. But it tastes good. Just doesn’t look pretty.
I will wave when I am in San Francisco this weekend. Going up for the race for the cure. Have fun on your trips.
This looks just heavenly!!!
Hi Lindsay,
this is my first comment here but I’ve been reading your blog for years 😉
Coming from Austria (Italy’s neighbor country), I moved to Boston in June and I just noticed, how much I miss Italian food, especially lasagna. I definitely have to cook lasagna myself pretty soon, thanks for whetting my appetite with your pics!
Oh my goodness that looks so very YUM!
This lasagna looks amazing! Will have to try it out for my daughter.
I want to dive right into that baking dish like Garfield would!
ahahah! Garfield!
Where’s my fork? I need this now!
Your love of and commitment to lasagna is inspiring. For rill.
Lindsay I feel your pain. I was experimenting with chicken and bacon lasagne (funny spelling I know – I’m from the UK) for my blog last week. My first couple were delicious-tasting-soup-disasters. The first one being the worst – and by that I mean that you took a slice out, and the rest of the dish magically morphed so you couldn’t even see a missing portion 🙂
My final product was medium sloppy, but I agree that the soupier ones taste better, so I gave in and went with it!!
Hahaha – yes I had a few of those as well!
I’ve wanted to make lasagne forever but am so nervous about getting it wrong!
http://www.eatwearwander.com
OMG. This looks like the BEST lasagne ever. Totally okay with this… (PS I secretly love soupy lasagne)
Me toooo! All that sauce!
“Do you guys mind if I do a series of posts on the best snacks in wrappers to eat while living in a kitchen construction zone?” << not at all!
Hi Lindsay! Love this recipe, can’t wait to try it! I wanted to let you know that your Cheese Bacon and Kale Potato Skins page has some of those super annoying video ads that you can’t turn off. I’ve been looking at a few of your recipes and so far it’s only that one, but I thought you’d like to know.
Thank you! Really appreciate that – I’ve noticed a few video ads lately as well. We’ll work on that.
Lasagna is one of my favorite dinner dish. Looks good Lindsay! 🙂
This recipe sounds delicious, I can’t wait to try it! At the risk of bringing down severe judgement upon myself from The Internet (asking on behalf of the meat-lovers in my household) would it be possible to add ground turkey to this recipe without mucking up the consistency/flavors/etc? Not sure if it would change the cooking time at all either
Thanks for your help! (I promise I will be making the original recipe sometime in the near future, regardless.)
-Michelle
That would be delish! Great idea Michelle. I would just brown it in advance and add it in with your tomato sauce. Cook time should be the same.
Your Skinny Spinach Lasagna is my favorite lasagna recipe. Mostly because it so quick and easy to make (extras are the best part), plus the thyme gives the spinach a whole other taste. I want to try this one ,but I’ll feel like I am cheating on your other recipe. Cray I know. But I like to be loyal to my lasagna. Either way, this looks amazeballs.
You’re so funny! The thing about it is – they are almost identical. It’s so dumb, here I went and spent all this time perfecting this recipe that I ALREADY HAD! 🙂 But this one is even better IMO because of that creamy cottage cheese!
Wow! Looks soooo yummy. Great photos! It’s hard to go wrong with some good lasagna! Gotta try this one.
Question – fresh or dried Oregano?
I used dried! but fresh would be fab.
A) I love how much you love the cheesy goodness! And this looks ridiculously amazing. It might have to be a pre-swimming lesson feast!
I went to the DeLallo website just now (I don’t know if we have it here in the PNW) and Oh my goodness! There is almost as much delicious going on there as here!
Enjoy your trip, hope our weather turns dryer before you get to Seattle, if not you’ll just have the full “Seattle” experience 🙂
I really love their products. I’m not a brand ambassador or paid at all to say that either 🙂 just love their stuff.
The spinach lasagna is my favorite recipe from your blog!! (along with the chicken wild rice soup) I made it with half cottage cheese, half ricotta. So amazing, might have to make that next week.
I can completely imagine how you felt while making this a million times! I get very grumpy indeed when my recipes don’t work first time!
Looks like you eventually got a winner with this recipe, though … looks and sounds delicious!
I’m a lasagna girl thru and thru. CAN NOT wait to try your Florentine. YUM!
This was soooo good! Made it last night with whole wheat lasagna noodles. The best lasagna I’ve had in a long time! Thanks for the recipe!
I love hearing that! Thanks for the comment Julie! 🙂
BEST lasagna I ever made! Absolutely delicious thanks to your recipe. Love reading your posts:)
Thanks for the comment – I’m so glad to hear that you liked it Alison!
I made this over the weekend and it is phenomenal. Using cottage cheese in place of the ricotta is brilliant. It’s so smooth and creamy. I think I’ve eaten it three days in a row now…
This makes me so happy! Thanks for the comment Brooke!
This lasagna looks amazing. I love the idea of adding the flax meal! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Kelley! I love when flax finds its way into my savory meals. 🙂
I made your lasagna for dinner tonight and it was WONDERFUL! Thank you for another delicious dinner. P.S. It will be 2 delicious dinners because we’re having leftovers 😉
Makes me happy to hear that Lisa! Thanks for the comment!
We just finished eating this for dinner and it was the best lasagna I ever made! My two kids helped me assemble it and they had just as much fun making it as they did eating it. My son didn’t even mind eating the spinach!
Happy face! Love that.
We had vegetarians over for dinner tonight so I tried this and it was a hit. I left out the flax meal, but it was still delicious. It was also so easy. My new go-to vegetarian recipe!
Oh my! I made this tonight and added a very small amount of brown Italian sausage and sautéed mushrooms to the layer of red sauce, and let me tell you…. First of all my picky 4 year old, who hates most things and will choose to starve some nights instead of eating what is served, ate a man sized serving. My 11 ate three! And my husband and I made ourselves sick eating far more than any reasonable, rational person should.
I used the no boil noodles and extra tomato sauce, and baked it for 40 minutes at 350F , then shut off the oven and left it in there about 1.5 hours, while I drove to town and got my daughter from school and ran some errands. When I got home I uncovered it and turned the oven back on for 20 minutes… Saucy, sliceable, heaven.
This comment makes me so happy! Thanks for the feedback Lakey!
Might be making this tonight!
I just threw this together tonight (without the ground flax) and it turned out amazing! I Usually when I make meat lasagnas I’m stuck eating leftovers for a few days… but not tonight. It was just flying off the pan — everyone wanted seconds and my sister-in-law had to restrain my brother from getting up for a third piece. This is definitely the best lasagna I’ve ever made (or tasted!). Thank you very much for the recipe; I can’t wait to make it again!
I love hearing that! Thanks for the comment Emily!
I made this lasagna omitting the flax and also reduced the tomato sauce by about a cup. It held together quite well. The other thing I did was add a little more spice more garlic, and a lot of fresh basil. Mmmmmm.. mmm. good! Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks for the comment – I’m so glad to hear that you liked it Patty!
SO GOOD. Made this last Thursday night, while my toddler was eating his dinner… I even made an extra two and tossed them in the freezer for an easy meal and making THREE took less than 40 minutes.
I’d double (if not triple) the spinach and garlic next time, but my in-laws thought I slaved away to make this for dinner on Saturday night, after prepping on Thursday, and just tossing in the oven on Saturday. Leftovers tonight.
Can I leave work now, so I can EAT?
PS. Hearing a 19mo say “zagza” for the first time, was even better than my in-laws being impressed. 😉
Thanks for the comment – I’m so glad to hear that you liked it Stephanie! And how cute about your little one?! Love it!
Yet again, another amazing meal thanks to you. You never fail us! Thumbs up from the entire family, and enough for leftovers for an easy Monday meal.
Thanks April! so glad you liked it.
this looks so good. Your pictures are amazing!
Thanks Eric! Appreciate that!
That cheesy crust is calling my name! Also congrats on your intern..do your thang!
WOW!!! looks so amazing. And I love your photos!!
Thank you Rachel!
This was so delicious, thank you!
That’s so awesome! I’m so happy to hear that. Thanks so much Sherri!
I’m planning to make this for tomorrow but we’re in a rush coming home, so I was wondering if I could assemble is tonight to cook in about 24 hours from now or will the noodles go soggy? Looks great my whole family is excited!
Yes! That would actually be perfect. I think it gets better as it sort of soaks together.
Is the lasagna in the first 2 photos the “soupy messy version” or is it the version made without the added cottage cheese and egg?
Nope – the first 2 photos is this recipe as written. There is just one picture of the messy one in the post (I think it’s labeled).
I’m in a third world country. What kind tomato sauce is that that you mentioned? Is it plane old sauce like Hunts in a can or spaghetti sauce/marinara kind of sauce? I have those two options here…
Yep, like marinara – some with flavors and spices already added.
tonight I’m making this for the second time.. So delicious! I skipped the flax and it was still great.
That’s awesome! I’m so happy to hear that. Thanks so much Deb!
I know this is an older post but I stumbled upon this receipe last week and I made it over the weekend. I was incredible!! In fact, I’m currently eating some leftovers for lunch. I, too, left out the flaxseed and it was still amazing. Awesome job!
Thanks Shira! love hearing that.
Made this fir dinner very good. I’d like to make the “messier” version next time
I love punchofyum and subscribe. Just found this recipe on Pinterest and can’t wait to try it. My mom used cottage cheese in her lasagne, too, and it was yummy. My husband is Italian, and would faint if he knew I planned to use it vs. ricotta. I’ll blend it, he’ll never know. My ONLY suggestion, is to avoid calling San Francisco, San Fran. Sorry, but I’m a native, & just sayin’. Thank you for all the fabulous recipes!
So sorry if this has been asked – I just can’t get through the million comments 🙂
First, this recipe is divine.
Second, any recommendations on how to use as a freezer meal. Temp and time much appreciated!
I don’t have specific temp and time recommendations (I don’t freeze stuff often enough to give you specifics) but I think I would assemble everything and then freeze prior to baking. Then remove, bake covered with foil, for maybe 1.5x as long as what’s recommended.
Just made this tonight & it turned out sooooo delicious! My 2 kids (who normally won’t even touch a vegetable) ate it. I have not made lasagna in probably a decade and I’m so happy that my first attempt after such a long time turned out to taste so amazing!
Thanks for sharing this recipe! 🙂
Awesome, Bethany! You know a recipe is a win when you can get your kids to enjoy veggies. 🙂
I have this happily in the oven as I type!
My experience with Lasagna is let it sit for almost an hour before cutting into it. Cant wait to try this.
Thank you for the recipe
Enjoy, Leslie!
This look fabulous. Would there be an alternative to Flaxmeal as i have never come across this in the UK. and could you tell me the ingredients of the Italian seasoning, once again i haven’t seen it over here,
thanks for sharing this recipe
Hi, Dawn! In the recipe notes, Lindsay mentions that flaxmeal is not totally essential for this recipe. You could leave it out. Italian seasoning is rosemary, thyme, and oregano.
We made this for our Noche Buena dinner and it was AMAZING! Pretty sure everyone in my fam took 2 servings that night We substituted cottage cheese with cream cheese since we weren’t able to get it in time, and we didn’t have any flaxmeal either. For the tomato sauce we made our own with just canned tomatoes, tomato paste, thyme, oregano, salt and it turned out way better than we expected. And oh my god don’t even get me started on how good the lasagna smelled
Love hearing that, Chan! Thanks for the comment. 🙂
Do you think the eggs are essential in this recipe? My son has an egg allergy and I often sub with “flax eggs”. Thanks.
Hi, Kim! I’m not real familiar with subbing in “flax eggs” but my guess it that would work fine here! Let us know how it turns out for you. 🙂
This was absolutely delicious, made this with “Slim pasta” for a low carb alternative and it was absolutely beautiful! Also omitted the flaxmeal as I couldn’t find it here. Anyhow, love this!
We’ve made many variations on this after trying the original and it was great! Thanks a lot for sharing!
Awesome, Maria!
This recipe is bomb! So damn good. I only had 20g of flaxmeal left at home so that’s how much I used and it wasn’t watery at all.
Awesome! Thanks for the feedback, Robin!
Making this for the second time today! Do you think it would freeze well and at what stage? I’m going to divide into two 8×8 baking pans and put one into the deep freezer. Not sure if I should freeze after cooking, or freeze before (with the no-boil noodles not sure what would happen?). Was so delicious last time that two toddlers scarfed it!
We haven’t tried this in the freezer, but we’d think it would be best to assemble everything and then freeze prior to baking. Then remove, bake covered with foil, for maybe 1.5x as long as what’s recommended.
Made this a few times and it is amazing. I do not add the flax meal although I do like that idea. Maybe next time. 🙂
This looks incredible! In fact, I was hoping to make this ahead of time for a large crowd. What would you suggest for freezing, and then reheating?
I have made this a few times and frozen it once. I would use regular noodles instead of the no boil noodles and then fully cook before you freeze.
Hi Rachelle! We don’t have specific temp and time recommendations, but think it would be best to assemble everything and then freeze prior to baking. Then remove, bake covered with foil, for maybe 1.5x as long as what’s recommended.
Hi,
This turned out fabulous in terms of flavor, but the middle sank by over an inch during baking so the end result was kind of thin, unlike the picture. Can you think of what I did wrong? I was thinking of adding sautéed mushrooms to give it some structure. Other suggestions welcome!
Hi Rachel! Unfortunately it’s hard for us to know without seeing it – this is a flatter lasagna in general as well. Did you try using some flaxmeal? That will help hold it together! Otherwise mushrooms sound like a great addition!
I have been trying some of your recipes. Thank you.
Today I tried your “Creamy Tomato Lasagna Florentine’. I have made Lasagna before.
I did read the recipe before I started to make it. I did NOT figure out the math!?
When you have three layers + the top, for the sauce and cheese, that makes four layers of each cup of sauce and cheese!
Am I right? The only reason I am bring this up for others, is they should know to keep some for top!!! NOT to use up the all sauce + cheese!!!!
I have been trying some of your recipes. Thank you.
Today I tried your “Creamy Tomato Lasagna Florentine’. I have made Lasagna before.
I did read the recipe before I started to make it. I did NOT figure out the math!?
When you have three layers + the top, for the sauce and cheese, that makes four layers of each cup of sauce and cheese!
Am I right? The only reason I am bring this up for others, is they should know to keep some for top!!! NOT to use up the all sauce + cheese!!!!
Sorry four cups of sauce is not enough if you start with bottom of the pan too?!
also I used whole wheat noodles to make it more heathy!
This is crazy good timing. I have been craving lasagna and have been all over the internet searching for one that spoke to me. Thank goodness for you! I’m not so much a meaty lasagna girl as I am a veggie kinda girl AND this has flax meal? yazzz! I also have to laugh that part of my internet research was looking for one that used cottage cheese (so old school) and not ricotta, which for some reason, as I’ve gotten older, doesn’t agree w/me digestively. This one has everything I was looking for, what timing! thanks Lindsay!
Glad to hear that! 🙂
This lasagna is DELICIOUS! I have made it several times and I would definitely recommend keeping the flax meal in it for the fullest flavor. Thanks for yet another amazing recipe!
First of all let me start by saying I hate cottage cheese so when I saw this recipe I was a little hesitant but Lindsay has never failed me before so I decided to give it a shot. I made this for a small dinner party and OH MY GOD it was delicious. I’ve always been “meh” about lasagna (not my favorite pasta) but this was AMAZING!! Creamy but not heavy, cheesy but still semi-healthy. I will definitely be making this again!
Lasagna hmmm :P. Here in Brazil we call “Lasanha”. I have not seen that you put the nutricional informations before, very nice.
Did you use the same size pan in the freezer version? For some reason it looks smaller (maybe an optical illusion?) and the recipe doesn’t mention what size to use.
I make this lasagna at least once every two weeks, I , make it so much I have the recipe
memorized. My fiancé is a meat eater and I am a vegetarian but he does not miss meat at all when eating this lasagna. Thank you for this dinner staple 🙂
Love this !! Tonight making it for a potluck at work. Will be my second time to take it to work. Love everything y’all do.
Hi! I am hosting a dinner party tomorrow and was thinking about making this for the main dish. Would you recommend I make it tonight to give it time to set? Or should I make it tomorrow?
Love making this- so easy! Think I could prep this the night before a dinner party and stick it in the fridge for 24 hours (covered of course) until I’m ready to bake it?
We haven’t tried, but don’t see why not!
Could I assemble this the night before for lunch the next day and just keep it in the fridge?
Made this for dinner using half spinach (picking kiddos) and Kirkland sauce. HUGE hit for my picky 5 year old and 2.5 year old. I think I will be making this weekly!
This is by far the best lasagna I’ve ever had and has been my go to for years now. I’m not usually a lasagna fan because of the dry ricotta cheese. Using cottage cheese totally solves this problem! So creamy, saucey and delicious!!
Glad to hear it!
Hi! Thank you so much for this lasagna recipe! I love it; it is my absolute go-to. I whipped it up today and stuck it in the freezer…only to realize there’s a freezer meal version of this with ricotta. D’oh! Would this version also freeze ok? I’ve always just baked it right away so I’m second guessing myself. Halp. Thx!
Hi, Audra! We haven’t tested it yet, but we think this would work well. We’d suggest assembling everything and freezing it. Then when you’re ready to bake the lasagna, you can bake it covered with foil for maybe 1.5 times as long.
I just made this lasagna and it is sitting on my stove top Cooling. I did not cook this from Frozen. I used a Pyrex 9 by 13 baking dish and I probably should have set the oven to 400 degrees vs 425 degrees. It tastes okay. Next time I will not bake it at 4:25. Also I will try to make it with regular lasagna noodles instead of the no boil variety that probably made a difference too.
For the lasagna Florentine, can I use ricotta cheese. Really don’t like cottage cheese.
Has anyone made this up ahead of time and if so how far in advance
Hi Val! We actually have a freezer meal version of this recipe if you want to prep it ahead of time and freeze to make later. 🙂
The recipe looks good I will be trying it soon and will comment after that. Very nice of you to share. Live too far away or would have registered for your class.
I used half cottage cheese and half ricotta and skipped the flaxseed meal ( because that’s what I had/didn’t have in my kitchen) and it was wonderful.
Glad you enjoyed this lasagna, Megan!
hi. Love your recipes. For the freezer version of this am I supposed to use no-bake noodles or truly just regular, uncooked lasagna noodles?
Delicious lasagna, and not at all difficult to put together. It is often difficult to get 4% cottage cheese here for some reason, so I used 2% and added just a splash of heavy cream. Thanks for another great recipe!
So glad you liked the recipe!
This is the BEST lasagna I’ve ever made, and I actually just used the freezer lasagna instructs. I will say that, if using no boil noodles, the 45 minute bake time wasn’t enough. The noodles ended up a little more chewy than I’d like. Next time I’ll go for 70 minutes covered, and then broil. Also, After I sautéed the spinach/garlic, I chopped it fine before adding to the ricotta. I have little kids and didn’t want to fight about stringy spinach. Everyone in the family loved it.
Thanks so much for the feedback, Alicia! Glad you and your family liked the recipe!
Hi Lindsay,
I am excited to try this recipe!!Freezing up some meals before baby girl arrives!
For the freezer version: can we not use the cottage cheese option? Also, for the noodles are they also “no-boil” or just the traditional noodle- not boiled?
thanks for your help!
Hi Rachel! You can use the cottage cheese option for the freezer version. Also, you can use either no-boil and regular lasagna noodles. Congrats on the new baby!
Wondering if I could use chard or kale instead of spinach? I have both of those in my garden.
Absolutely! Enjoy!
Looks fantastic! The saucier, the better!
LOVE LOVE LOVE this recipe! And the fact that you offer the freezer meal option – genius and practical! THIS is why POY is my fave food blog EVAH!
Thanks so much Tara!
This is de-licious! Next time I might add more spinach and maybe mushrooms! However you are my foodie Muse Pinch of Yum! Thank you!!
Glad you like the lasagna, Kate!!
Made this delish lasagna last night. What made it even better was making your tomato butter sauce, instead of store bought… DELICIOUS
Great idea, RoseAnn! So glad you enjoyed the lasagna!
I love lasagna
Thank goodness for something savory in my feed rather than all the holiday sweets! I love how simple this recipe is.
Thanks for the comment, Janet! If you give it a try, we hope you enjoy it!
Nice Blog !! A Very Healthy and Wonderful Recipe !!! WOW Nice Photos to See. I’ll Definitely Try it. Thank You for Sharing that Lovely Food.
My husband was verrrrrryy skeptical about a lasagna with no meat. I subbed the spinach for kale bc I have a ton of kale but everything else as written. He says it is the best lasagna he’s ever had (and he orders lasagna at every restaurant) and maybe the best dinner I’ve ever made in 10 years of being together. I’m watching him eat it straight out of the pan right now. Thank you for this reasonably simple & amazing recipe!
Awesome, Danielle! So glad you and your husband enjoyed it!
Hey Lindsay,
it’s been a good New York minute since I stopped by your blog and commented. I’m pleased to report that I’m back on track with eating right, in the gym again, and losing weight by ramping up my cardiovascular activity and my healthy eating game. Just wanted to stop by and thank you for staying on your A plus game with food blogging. Keep doing what you’re doing 🙂
This was excellent! I subbed ricotta for the cottage cheese because I live in NY and just could not lol. But I still put it through the blender first because whipped ricotta is the best. Otherwise I followed the recipe exactly (no flax). I used Rao’s regular marinara and added red pepper flakes to it.
My noodles were only 7” long so I layered 4 down the center of my 9×13 and hoped it would turn out ok with the extra room on the edges. The sauces did leak out but with two eggs in the white sauce it set up in the end. It was actually a very clean cutting lasagna after a 15min rest and not soupy like I expected. The noodles must have soaked up a lot because it was very saucy going into the oven.
Overall a simple recipe that turned out better than I expected when it went in the oven. I’ll definitely make it again (and maybe try with cottage cheese)
Thanks so much for reporting back, Laura! Glad you enjoyed the lasagna!
Made this last night, enough for at least two days and we don’t regret this in the least! Very flavourful!
I made my own tomato sauce with one extra sweet pepper and used ricotta instead of cottage cheese.
I bet this lasagna tasted amazing with your homemade tomato sauce!
Hi Lindsey . Thank you for recipes. I love your food blog , your foods are just delicious and amazing. And.your recipes my favorite and almost every day I cook and enjoy with my family.
I have also website beauty and healthy lifestyle and I would love to share your foods . Much Love ❤️
My husband could not stop raving about this lasagna. He said it was perfect and was stoked we had leftovers. Thank you
So glad you and your husband enjoyed the recipe!
This was delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed the lasagna, Christi!
Let’s face it, all lasagna is pretty great but there is just something about that Pinterest photo that screams at me to make this lasagna this weekend. Super delicious looking.
this recipe is undeniably delicious!
This recepi is so nice thanks….