Creamy Lasagna Soup

Remake your favorite comfort food meal into a hearty and delicious new dish! One Pot Lasagna Soup recipe is everything you love about lasagna but a cinch to make in half the time!

Next time try this Easy Potato Soup Recipe!

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• What makes this recipe irresistible
• Ingredients you’ll need
• Creative variations to try
• Step-by-step instructions
• Essential tools for this recipe
• FAQ's
• Deb’s tips for the perfect dish
• How to store leftovers
• More recipes you’ll love
• More great lasagna recipes
• Perfect pairings: what to serve with
• One Pot Lasagna Soup
• Recipe backstory

What makes this recipe irresistible

It's like your favorite lasagna recipe without all the fussy prep! Imagine a delicious lasanga on the table in minutes instead of hours! I love this meal!!

It's perfect for soup season or anytime you (or I!!!) need a quick and delicious dinner. Because there are only a few ingredients, it's easy to make. But you'll be impressed! the flavor is complex, with all the comforting goodness of lasagna in a bowl.

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Ingredients you’ll need

For the exact measurements and a complete list of ingredients, please refer to the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post. 

• Lean ground beef - for hearty beefiness. In place of ground beef, substitute with ground turkey or Italian sausage.
• spaghetti sauce or marinara sauce - using pre-made sauce makes this meal quick work!
• onion, garlic and mushrooms - for freshness. Although the recipe doesn't call for it, fresh spinach would be a great addition.
• beef broth - adds richness to this hearty soup. In a pinch use chicken broth.
• Italian herbs - dried Italian seasoning to add some extra spices to develop the flavor.
• fire-roasted tomatoes - you can use diced tomatoes if you prefer.
• a few dollops of ricotta cheese - for traditional flavor and cheesiness! You can substitute with cottage cheese or cream cheese. I've even used heavy cream which makes it super rich.
• Pasta - use your favorite type of pasta. I prefer a smaller pasta, so it easily fits on a spoon.
• optional garnish - pepper jack cheese, parmesan cheese, thinly sliced fresh basil.

Creative variations to try

• Add spice to the soup by adding a pinch of red pepper flakes.
• If you'd prefer, instead of ground beef use boneless skinless chicken breast.
• Use Alfredo Sauce instead of marinara sauce and make a creamy white lasagna soup instead!
• Add chopped vegetables or baby spinach to the soup - delish!

Step-by-step instructions

This is an overview of the instructions for the creamy lasagna soup recipe. For the complete directions just scroll down to the bottom!

1. In a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, brown the ground beef and drain - season with Italian seasoning.
2. While it's cooking, dice the onion, mince the garlic and slice the mushrooms.
3. Brown ground beef, drain excess fat, add the chopped onion and sliced mushrooms and sauté.  Next, add the garlic.
4. Add the spaghetti sauce, tomatoes, beef broth and water, then simmer for 30 minutes.
5. Bring to a boil and add the pasta - cook until al dente.
6. Remove from heat and stir in the creamy ricotta cheese. Stir until melted - serve and enjoy!

Essential tools for this recipe

• large soup pot or a large dutch oven
• a great wooden spoon
• ladle
• soup bowls

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FAQ's

Here are some examples of the best pasta to use in this one-pot lasagna soup recipe.

• If you have the time, make this ahead. It tastes even better on day two!
• Campanella pasta - which has a tube shape with ruffled edges and closely resembles lasagna noodles - great choice!
• conchiglie - more often known as shells or seashell pasta, inexpensive and readily available
• orecchiette - a small pasta about the size of your finger shaped like a cup, it collects the sauce and cheese perfectly!
• farfalle - bow tie pasta, always tasty and fun.
• macaroni - affordable and easily available.
• broken lasagna pasta - although this pasta will work, it's not the best choice.

All of these varieties of pasta are great options! My favorite would be conchiglie closely followed by orecchiette pasta. I like these because they both are shaped so they catch the sauce and make each spoonful that much more flavorful.

Believe it or not, the pasta I least prefer is the lasagna noodles.

• Even if you break them up, the pieces are such that they won't fit onto your soup spoon.
• Because they are all different sizes and shapes they won't cook evenly. When some pieces are done, others will be overdone.

How to store leftovers

Refrigerate - Store leftover in an airtight container. Refrigerate up to four days.

Freezer - Leftover soup freezes great, up to three months.

Thaw overnight in the refrigerator, leftovers heat well in the microwave or on the stovetop. Enjoy!

More recipes you’ll love

Check out Homemade Soup; A Complete Guide for all of my tips and tricks to make the very best soups and stews!

• Skip the takeout and make your favorite Olive Garden Soup at home - this Sausage and Potato Soup tastes so much better!
• This Tomato Bisque Soup Recipe is smokey and savory. It's packed with vegetables and layers of flavor and easy to make! 
• Navy Bean Soup - easy to make this classic bean soup is a a family favorite!
• Old Fashioned Hamburger Casserole is just the BEST - meaty, cheesy and loaded with flavor.
• One of the soups the whole family loved is my Mom's recipe for Taco Soup. It's easy to make, hearty and best party? Tastes even better on day two.

More great lasagna recipes

• Now if you'd like to enjoy lasagna (and still avoid the fuss!) be sure to try this recipe for Slow Cooker Lasagna with Ravioli - One of our favorite one pot meals.
• Lazy Lasagna Casserole - filled with noodles and cheesy, this saucy casserole is hearty and delicious.
• American Goulash is a lasagna-type meal - yum!

Perfect pairings: what to serve with

Lasagna is best served with dinner rolls or garlic breadsticks - always fabulous!

• A great tossed salad is a must as well. Make a big garden salad, it's always the best side dish! A bagged Caesar salad would be might tasty as well!
• If you want to stick with the traditional side dish a yummy Olive Garden Salad would be fabulous as well!
• Air Fryer Garlic Bread of course - this is my favorite recipe, I love that crispy, buttery bread.

Isn't this yummy and delicious? I hope you enjoy this meal as much as we do! Please leave a comment below and share your thoughts!

Recipe backstory

Lasagna is one of our favorite meals, but I confess, I don't make it often. In fact, I even tried a shortcut and got frozen lasagna and made the mistake of telling my (Italian) friend Michelle what I did, boy did I get chewed out!

Michelle makes the BEST lasagna and shortly after buying the frozen lasagna (and the confession) we visited her. And of course she made homemade lasagna.

It is rich and cheesy, perfectly layered with homemade sauce and fresh pasta. Did I tell you Michelle is Italian? Oh that meal was heavenly!

There is nothing like having an AMAZING home cooked meal when you're on a road trip, right?

I can't match her tasty meal, so instead I'm making it my way; into an easy delicious soup!

Michelle spoils us! I even have a few of her recipes on the blog; Mom's Sunday Gravy, Bracioli - Stuffed Beef and an amazing marmalade jam!