large slice of pizzagna on a white plate with a baking dish of more paizzanga in the back round and a black and white tea towel in between

Why I like this pizzagna recipe

This pizzagna recipe is great for two main reasons:

1) There is very little prep. It's just dicing the precooked meat and layering the ingredients in the baking dish. I have this thing assembled in less than 10 minutes. That's a real 10 minutes. Not like the pretend amount of time other quick recipes like to claim. The longest part of this recipe is putting the cold items back in the fridge after it's made.

2) The pizzagna goes into the oven covered with foil and that's basically it. After 35 minutes, I take the foil off and cook for another 15. That's all. This really frees up my afternoon so I can clean up after my children and referee their fighting over the TV remote.

Dump a bag of salad in a bowl and we have dinner. You think I'm joking, but I'm not.

Pizzagna Recipe

Print Recipe

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Italian

Equipment

baking dish
cutting board
knife

Ingredients

6 No Boil lasagna sheets
1 jar of preferred pasta sauce
2 cups shredded mozzerella cheese
¾ cup pepperoni slices
¾ cup canadian bacon or cooked pizza sausage

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F
Spray a 9x9 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray
Dice pepperoni and canadian bacon slices. Also an option to use cooked sausage or any other pizza topping.
In the baking dish, pour about half of a cup of the pasta sauce and spread it out evenly on the bottom of the dish.
Layer two of the lasagna noodles with a little room in between. They will spread out in size as the cook and absorb liquid from the sauce.
Spoon a thin layer of sauce on to the lasagna sheets.
Sprinkle a generous layer of shredded cheese and pizza meat onto the lasagna sheets.
Cover with two more lasagna sheets and repeat the layer process. Sauce, cheese, meat, and two more lasagna sheets.
Finish the final layer with a little more sauce, lots of cheese and meat.
Pour extra sauce around the sides of the assemble pizzagna so all sides of the pasta sheets are covered.
Cover the baking dish with foil and place in the oven on a middle rack.
Bake the pizzagna covered for 35 minutes.
After 35 minutes, remove the foil and cook for an additional 15 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let cool for at least 10 minutes.
Cut and serve.

Notes

Since we are using No Boil lasagna sheets, they need plenty of moisture to cook. Make sure they have enough liquid around them.

Pizzanga Recipe Video

The ingredients and prep

a light brown cutting board and knife with bowls of prepared pepperoni canadian bacon jarred pasta sauce shredded mozzerella cheese no boil lasagna sheets and a white baking dish

No Boil lasagna noodles, pepperoni and canadian bacon, pizza sauce, loads of cheese.

Emphasis on the loads of cheese part. Use whatever tomato sauce you love. Or your kids love. There's nothing like watching my kids scarf down dinner without complaining, am I right?!

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