Healthy Hamburger Helper Lasagna Skillet, OMG! This dinner is genius: one pot on the stove top with minimal effort for the tastiest homemade lasagna with lots of hidden veggies.
Say goodbye to standing in the kitchen tediously layering lasagna, this Healthy Hamburger Helper Lasagna Skillet is a dump in a pot and serve weeknight meal at it’s finest.
You guys, I grew up on hamburger helper lasagna, and I had a craving the other day that needed to be satisfied so I created this Healthy Hamburger Helper Lasagna Skillet. And I’m so glad that I did because I’ve been making this one on repeat for dinner.
Easy lasagna on a weeknight cannot be beat.
My whole family LOVES this dinner and I felt really good about tucking in all the extra veggies that you don’t even notice in this dish.
Aside from nutrition, they provide so much flavor so I wouldn’t want to leave them out but you really can’t “see them” so it’s a win for any of those cautious veggie eaters in your life.
Hope this Healthy Hamburger Lasagna Skillet becomes a weeknight staple at your table too!
Healthy Hamburger Helper Lasagna Skillet
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 25 mins
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
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Healthy Hamburger Helper Lasagna Skillet, OMG! This dinner is genius: one pot on the stove top with minimal effort for the tastiest homemade lasagna with lots of hidden veggies.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 yellow onion, small diced
- ½ cup small diced mushrooms
- ½ cup finely shredded carrots
- ½ pound mild Italian sausage
- ½ pound lean ground beef
- 1 28oz. jar of tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
- 4 cups baby spinach
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 10 lasagna noodles (broken into thirds)
- ½ cup parmesan
- 1 cup mozzarella
Instructions
- In a large nonstick skillet pot or pot, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Sauté garlic, onion, mushrooms and shredded carrots until softened.
- Crumble in sausage and ground beef and continue cooking until browned and fully cooked.
- Add tomato sauce, Italian seasoning, spinach and cottage cheese.
- Add noodles and cook until noodles are softened. Be sure to tuck noodles under the sauce so that they cook fully. Cover with lid until noodles are cooked.
- Top with parmesan and mozzarella. Serve when cheese is melted..
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/6 recipe
- Calories: 479
- Sugar: 9g
- Sodium: 1352mg
- Fat: 17g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 47g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 39g
- Cholesterol: 62mg
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I would like it a lot better if you could include nutritional values with your rrecipes. There are folks like me who are on a low sodium diet (no more than 2000mg sodium daily…doctor’s orders).
Hey Wanda– nutrition information has been updated on this recipe! To reduce sodium try using fresh tomatoes (pureed) or a “no salt added canned/boxed pureed tomatoes” instead of tomato sauce. You can also cut back on the amount of cheese in the recipe to reduce sodium. I’d encourage you to adjust your recipe using MyFitnessPal recipe analyzer to compute the nutritional information with any adjustments to fit your diet.
This is perfect for weeknight meal. Looks like healthy and delicious as well. Definitely going to make it tonight 🙂 Thanks!!
One pot meals are always great. Especially when they are as tasty and comforting as this one! Yum!
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One pot meals are the best! I bet this becomes a family favorite in many households!
My family would love this! Definitely adding it to the list to make!
LOVE that you use cottage cheese for added protein! I’d toss some zucchini in here for even more veggie goodness! I know no one in my family would complain if this was for dinner tonight! 😉
I grew up eating hamburger helper, but haven’t had it in FOREVER! This looks delicious. Love how quick and easy it is!
Love this idea! So easy and perfect for weeknights…and it sounds and looks delicious! I’d love this for dinner tonight.
This is packed with flavor and nutritious ingredients. I would have to use turkey sausage in it.
I like one pot recipe, and this lasagna would last long on our table.
I grew up on this stuff too! So happy I can make this healthier with one pot! Comfort foods from childhoods are really the best. 🙂
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what a great weeknight meal. Less mess, less cleanup and less dishes just can’t be beat. Looks great
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