All of the flavors of lasagna in this easy, comforting Lasagna Soup Recipe! This soup is the perfect way to warm up with a taste of Italy.
What do you do when it’s a crazy busy week? Deadlines, schedules, school, sports – they all seem to come to head at the same time. It’s easy to skip out on making dinner, because let’s be honest – who wants to add one more to-do to their list when it’s so busy?
On weeks like this, I know to grab for my copy of the I Heart Naptime Cookbook. This cookbook contains over 100 recipes that you can make in under 1 hour. Yes, please!!
This book is filled with all kinds of great recipes. Of course, I will be using the dinner recipes often, but there are also breakfasts, side dishes, party recipes, soups, salads, desserts and so much more. And as a bonus, she even includes some fun things like templates for spice jar labels, cupcake tags, and how make sundae kits. This really is such a fun book!
One of my daughter’s favorite foods is soup. So of course I went to the soup recipes! This Lasagna Soup Recipe was everything that I was hoping it would be. You really do get all of the flavors of lasagna in a bowl.
Tips for This Lasagna Soup
- This soup is meant to be eaten once it is made. It’s not a good one to sit around for a few hours, or even as much for leftovers, because the noodles cook in the soup. If you want to let it simmer for awhile, or if you are a family that tends to have lots of leftovers, just know that the noodles will soak up the liquid. You can always add more broth, or you can cook the noodles separately and then add them to each individual serving.
- If the sausage is too spicy for little ones, you can use ground beef. Or do a combination of sausage and ground beef to make everyone happy!
- If you plan on freezing the soup, I would leave out the noodles and the cheese. You can add the noodles in as it is reheating, or you can cook the noodles separately.
- The recipe says that the ricotta on top is optional, but I would not recommend skipping it. It was the perfect ending touch for this recipe.
Craving lasagna? Here are some more lasagna inspired recipes:
Spaghetti Lasagna
Skillet Butternut Squash Lasagna
One Skillet Lasagna
Mock Lasagna
American Lasagna
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Lasagna Soup Recipe
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 25 mins
- Total Time: 45 mins
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
- Category: Soup
- Method: Stove Topo
- Cuisine: Italian
Description
All of the flavors of lasagna in this easy, comforting Lasagna Soup Recipe! This soup is the perfect way to warm up with a taste of Italy.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 cup chopped yellow onion
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 pound Italian sausage, casings removed
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 1 (15-ounce) can petite diced tomatoes, with juice
- 1 (6-ounce) can tomato paste*
- 1 teaspoon ground oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon ground thyme
- 1/4 cup fresh basil, chopped, plus more for garnish
- 8 uncooked lasagna noodles, broken into bite-sized pieces
- 1 cup finely shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for garnish
- salt and black pepper
- Ricotta cheese, for serving
Instructions
- In a large pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion and cook for 3 minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the sausage and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon as it browns, for about 10 minutes. Pour off any extra grease from the pan and slowly stir in the chicken stock.
- Add the tomatoes with their juice, the tomato paste, oregano, thyme, and basil. Bring to a boil over medium high heat. Add the lasagna noodles and cook until the noodles are tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to low, then stir in the mozzarella and Parmesan. Season with salt and pepper.
- Ladle the soup into bowls and top with Parmesan, fresh basil, and ricotta, if desired.
Recipe Notes:
I didn’t have enough tomato paste on hand, so I only used about 2 tablespoons. It worked!
This is a thick soup, and will get thicker as it sits and the pasta soaks up more of the liquid. If you want to thin it out, you can add more chicken stock.
Nutrition information provided as an estimate only. Various brands and products can change the counts. Any nutritional information should only be used as a general guideline.
Recipe from The I Heart Naptime Cookbook
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/6 of recipe
- Calories: 572
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 1186 mg
- Fat: 27 g
- Saturated Fat: 11 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 49 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 32 g
- Cholesterol: 83 mg
Keywords: lasagna soup, lasagna soup recipe
Bryn says
How do you think this soup would work if you prepared the noodles separately and then stored in separate containers for leftovers? The texture of leftover noodles in soup…just, no. I do my chicken noodle soup separately, and love the results, but wasn’t sure if the lasagna soup required some of the pasta starch??? This soup looks fantastic and it will be on the menu plan next week.
Roseanne says
This looks and sounds lovely, and a definite must make since the weather finally has cooled down to a point where one would enjoy soup (or anything) hot. I have pinned and will make very soon!
Wendy says
Made this about 3 weeks ago. The only thing I changed was the ricotta I subbed a half cup of halfnhalf right at the end. Cause I assumed that the ricotta was for creaminess. This undoubtedly the best new soup I have tried lately. So good that I am making a double batch today so that I can eat it for lunch all week. Thanks for sharing
Chena says
Delicious! Will definitely make again and share.
★★★★★
wendy barnes says
Excellent!!!
★★★★★
wendy barnes says
I’ve made this recipe more times than I can count. Always a hit at our house.
I do modify it slightly though.
I use 2 teaspoon dried basil and 1/2 teaspoon of chili flakes. Otherwise I followed the recipe.
★★★★★