Name: Easy Delicious Lasagna Soup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 60 min
Ingredients: 1 pound Ground Turkey (browned and drained); 1 Shallot, minced; 4 Cloves of garlic, minced; 1 Tablespoon Extra virgin olive oil; 1 28 ounces Crushed tomatoes, canned; 3 cups Low sodium chicken broth (divided in 1 1/2 cup amounts); 1 teaspoon Oregano; 1 Bay leaf; 1 teaspoon Italian seasonings; 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper; 1 teaspoon Smoked paprika; 1 teaspoon Sweet basil; 1 teaspoon Parsley; 4 Tablespoons Tomato Paste; 1/2 teaspoon Garlic Salt; 2 teaspoons Balsamic vinegar; 1 cube Beef Bouillon (equivalent of enough for 1 cup of bouillion); 2 cups Spinach, optional; 2 cups Noodles, preferably lasagna broken into 2 inch parts (can be whatever noodles you have on hand); 7 ounces Ricotta Cheese; 2 Tablespoons Parmesan cheese for ricotta mixture; 4 ounces Fresh Mozzarella, torn into large pieces; 4 Tablespoons Fresh grated parmesan to top soup, optional

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Lasagna Soup, the easy, healthy dinner for tonight. — *Easy Healthy Lasagna Soup*

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Healthy Lasagna Soup

Healthy Lasagna Soup delicious goodness for a quick meal without the mess of multiple pots. What a novel concept. We made pizzas recently, I realized I already had lots of mozzarella and ricotta cheese. I had everything I needed to create dinner without going to the grocery store.

Use the Noodles You Have on Hand

I did a little improvisation with the noodles. I used what was in the pantry and ended up using two different types of pasta. The pasta variety added a little something special to the soup. Of course if you have lasagna noodles on hand, use those. I recommend wrapping them up in a dish towel when you break them up into about 2 inch sections.

The Broth is Key to Delicious Lasagna Soup

My go to base for soup is low sodium chicken broth. I use a broth that is much lower than other brands I have found. It is 20mg of sodium per cup, not too bad. I also used ground turkey for the meat element. Turkey has become my go to ground meat for most of my cooking. A variety of spices and a secret ingredient give my tomato and chicken broth a little more depth.

I use crushed tomatoes and low sodium chicken broth with shallots and garlic for the base of my lasagna soup. — *I use crushed tomatoes and low sodium chicken broth along with shallots and garlic for the base of my healthy lasagna soup.*

I trust my spices to add some life to easy delicious lasagna soup. Of course I threw in some oregano! I also used Italian seasonings, black pepper, smoked paprika, sweet basil, parsley, some black pepper and a little garlic salt.

A tomato base for lasagna soup livened up with some herbs. — *Using oregano, basil, Italian seasonings, parsley, crushed red peppers, smoke paprika and some black pepper and garlic salt I transform crushed tomatoes into a flavorful soup.*

I used a little bit of tomato paste to give a little more zip to the tomato taste. Once all of the flavors are mixed together I let the soup simmer covered to prevent it from spitting tomato all over everything After about 10 minutes I added the chicken broth.

Once the flavors are all married together I add the meat to the soup. I broke up a cube of beef bouillon and mixed it in and let it dissolve giving the soup more depth.

Cook Noodles Separately for Delicious Soup

I cooked the noodles separately to prevent them from soaking up all the wonderful lasagna soup broth. You can toss them into the soup and cook with the broth if you prefer. I chose to cook them separately, drain them and serve in each bowl with soup over the noodles. Since I didn’t have any lasagna noodles on hand I went through the pantry and decided to use two types of noodles. One was a wiggly type noodle and one was manicotti shells.

I broke both types of noodles into more bite size manageable pieces and cooked them according to their packages. The wiggly noodles took about 12 minutes and the manicotti shells took 8 minutes. The same pot worked for both noodles, I started cooking the wiggly noodles, then 4 minutes later added the manicotti shells. Check to make sure you have enough water in pan for noodles to cook in.

Fusilli lunghi bucati noodles worked just fine along with some broken manicotti noodles. — *Wiggly noodles I had on hand worked just fine, they are actually called fusilli lunghi bucati no 223.*

Once the soup was about ready to serve, I added some balsamic vinegar and stirred to mix it in. If you were to add spinach this is when you would toss it in just to wilt. Salt to taste and you are ready to serve it.

Toppings Make This Easy Delicious Lasagna Soup

Meanwhile I used about 7 oz of ricotta and mixed in some parmesan cheese. Since it was pre-shredded packaged parmesan I used a little, about 2 tablespoons. When I served the soup, I placed noodles in the bottom of the bowl, then poured soup over the noodles. To complete the soup and I put little bits of mozzarella on each bowl of soup, along with a spoonful of the ricotta and parmesan mix and then grated fresh parmesan over the top. Just like that dinner was served! A hearty, healthy and flavorful soup I know we will have again soon.

Easy healthy lasagna soup served with ricotta, mozzarella and parmesan cheeses.

Healthy Lasagna Soup delicious goodness for a quick meal without the mess of multiple bowls and pots. Easy Healthy Lasagna soup will be served again soon! Every bowl at the table was empty, even our picky eater’s bowl.

Spinach makes it even more delicious

*The beauty of the recipe you can add things like spinach to make it even better.*

Add spinach to this easy delicious lasagna soup for more health benefits. — *Lasagna soup, easy, delicious and hearty*

*Nothing left to see here, lasagna soup was a hit.*

I think this is a first for everyone at the table to devour dinner.

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