28 Reviews of The Lady and Sons Lasagna ( Paula Deen )

From: MssAditood

On Jul 3, 2005

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! This receipe was awesome and I thank you SO much for publishing it. The only changes that I made were: I used 1 lb of ground meat and 1 lb of ground italian sausage. Browned this well and drained of the yucky grease. Sauteed the veggies in a bit of olive oil then added the rest of the ingredients along with the drained meat and let this mixture simmer for about 1 1/2 hour. I also didn't use the cream cheese, substituted the ricotta for the cottage cheese and used all of the other cheeses. This was SO good. I served it to my husband and 2 teenage boys (age 16) who ate it like they have not eaten in days! My husband always tells me everything that I cook or bake is great and my son too, but I knew it was awesome when my son's friend said it was fantastic! He who never says a word! Woo Hoo, scored some serious points that night!! Thank you again for this great recipe. Hugs, Susie

From: LorenLou

On Jun 27, 2005

I give this one 5 stars for sure - I loved the creaminess that the cream cheese added. (However, the rest of my family did not care for the cream cheese part). Used fat-free ricotta, and subbed another can of tomato sauce for the diced tomatoes as we don't like chunks. Also subbed one T. onion powder for the onion (chunks again)and left out the green pepper. The cook time is right on, and this is really very easy to make. I think the "different" cheeses from your normal lasagna really put this one over the top.

From: mommyoffour

On Apr 5, 2007

Cheese, cheese, and more cheese....yummy. We loved this recipe....it is the best. I saw this episode and wanted to try it. I am so glad you posted this recipe b/c I had forgotten about the lasagna. It was wonderful. The flavors melded perfectly. I liked the addition of the swiss cheese, it gave it a little different taste. Delicious....thank you for reminding me of a forgotten recipe...Stephanie

From: Student Cook

On Jul 31, 2007

Very very good, I added 1 cup chopped zucchini. It is great as leftovers too!

From: CountryLady

On Feb 28, 2006

This is one of the best lasagnas I've ever eaten! I used Ospidillo Cafe Spaghetti Sauce (#114030) by Bone Man ... whole wheat lasagna noodles ... whirled the ricotta, egg & Parmesan in the food processor ... skipped the cream cheese. I can't wait to eat the leftovers tonight. Thanx Paula Deen & Pianolady!

From: Renegade Chef

On Mar 18, 2007

Great, great, great lasagna. I'll be using this as a base from now on. This is a good recipe to experiment with. I've tried it with both ricotta and cottage cheese, and I really prefer the cottage cheese. I also add layers of spinach and pepperoni and I add mushrooms to the sauce. I like to make this ahead of time with uncooked noodles and refrigerate it. The modified cook time I've used is baking for one hour at 425 degrees.

From: Jenspark

On Oct 30, 2006

This was the best lasagna I have ever had. I've always shied away from using cottage cheese, but I tried it and I'm glad I did. After I took the sauce off the heat, I cut the cream cheese into cubes and whisked it into the sauce, getting rid of as many clumps as I could. This was there weren't any cream cheese chunks in the lasagna!

From: hepcat

On Apr 10, 2007

I made this lasagna after seeing it on Paula Deen's show, and it seriously rocks! It's the cream and gruyere cheeses that make this dish. Thanks for posting; now I'll never lose the recipe!

From: Chef #202713

On Mar 14, 2005

This is the BEST lasagna EVER!!! I cooked this for a few friends and everyone just loved it! I substitued the cottage cheese,because it's just GROSS, with ricotta cheese. It was so YUMMY!! It's even better the next day. My husband and I fought over the left overs! Guess who won!

From: Meazman

On Feb 19, 2006

Excellent. My husband and I were really looking for something to make with what we had on hand. We ended up omitting the cottage cheese and egg layer and also substittued other cheeses that we had. Wonderful! thank you.