Not difficult at all
Brown the meat (fnarr), add the onions & some garlic.
Cook them until soft.
Add tomatoes, chopped peppers, tomato puree, mushrooms, etc. Add all your herbs and such. Leave it to cook in the pan for about 20 mins.

For the cheese sauce, get the strongest cheddar you can lay your hands on, grate it up, and mix with a beschamel sauce, made from butter, milk & flour.

Layer in a dish with dried lasagne. I tend to go meat/pasta/sauce in that order.

Cook for about 20 mins.

Farking delicious.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 16:12, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

It really is simple.
Daughter made it from scratch single-handed last year.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 16:17, Reply)

Dried lasagna sheets - 20 mins? Which brand would that be?
But your'e spot on there.
So that's spagbol sauce, cheese sauce (you can even buy both these in glass jars) and pasta sheets layered in a dish.
I often top it like a pizza - cheese sauce/tomato slices/ mushrooms/ ham - anything lying around more or less.
Cannot go wrong. Bake 210deg covered with foil for 50 minutes, then uncover and brown the top for another 15/20 minutes.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 13 Apr 2010, 16:18, Reply)

I just use Supermarket ones
Usually that's all it takes me.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 16:22, Reply)

Hmm - I don't doubt you.
The ones I usually use take at least an hour to soften.
Perhaps my family - sorry, adorable chidren - prefer their pasta overcooked.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 13 Apr 2010, 16:26, Reply)

Now you're saying this I'm rather nervous
So I'll have a proper look when I get in later.

I know for a fact it's less than an hour.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 16:34, Reply)

I'd do this except cook the onions first and leave out the peppers.
Maybe not cheddar too.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 16:46, Reply)

That's why I love lasagne
The recipe can be pretty much completely changed. For example, I don't even use Mushrooms in mine, but I know others who do.

My sister put creme fraiche in hers recently. It just smelled like foot cheese.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 16:48, Reply)

A very good point!
It's so easy to cook and probably one of the best things to eat in the world. I also concur with your 20 minute pasta sheet thing too, I use standard pasta sheets and I just cook it at 190C for about 20 mins.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 16:57, Reply)

I do the same
Then I'll take it out, sprinkle some Lea&Perrins on top, and grill it for a couple of minutes.

Browns the top nicely!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 16:59, Reply)