{"id":23881,"date":"2026-10-18T15:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T22:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=23881"},"modified":"2026-10-18T15:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T22:26:07","slug":"lasagna-soup-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/lasagna-soup-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lasagna Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Lasagna Soup<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil<\/li>\n<li>3 cloves of garlic, minced<\/li>\n<li>1 sweet yellow onion, chopped fine<\/li>\n<li>1\u00bd lbs ground turkey, beef or Italian sausage (I prefer half beef or turkey with half sausage)<\/li>\n<li>1 (24 oz) jar marinara sauce (prefer Rao\u2019s tomato basil)<\/li>\n<li>1 (15 oz) can diced tomatoes, or half a pint of fresh cherry tomatoes, chopped<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup chopped basil, plus more for topping<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon oregano, dried or fresh<\/li>\n<li>4 cups chicken broth<\/li>\n<li>1 cup water<\/li>\n<li>1 cup heavy cream<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon pepper<\/li>\n<li>8 ounces lasagna noodles, broken into pieces (about 10 noodles)<\/li>\n<li>1 cup whole milk ricotta<\/li>\n<li>1 cup shredded mozzarella<\/li>\n<li>1 cup Parmesan cheese, plus more for topping<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>In a pot, heat the olive oil and saut\u00e9 the garlic and onion until soft and translucent.<\/li>\n<li>Add the turkey, beef or sausage and cook until browned. Add the marinara sauce, diced tomatoes, chopped basil, oregano, chicken broth, 1 cup of water, heavy cream, salt and pepper.<\/li>\n<li>Simmer for 15\u201320 minutes, stirring often.<\/li>\n<li>Break the lasagna noodles into bite-sized pieces (about 1\u20132 inches) and add them to the pot. Stir occasionally until the noodles are tender. (Do not overcook the noodles. They should be al dente, or a bit firm but cooked through.)<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, in a bowl, combine the ricotta, shredded mozzarella and Parmesan cheese, mixing to combine.<\/li>\n<li>When the soup is done, spoon it into a bowl, top with a big dollop of the ricotta mixture and sprinkle with Parmesan and fresh basil.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lasagna Soup Ingredients 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 3 cloves of garlic, minced 1 sweet yellow onion, chopped fine 1\u00bd lbs ground turkey, beef or Italian sausage (I prefer half beef or turkey with half sausage) 1 (24 oz) jar marinara sauce (prefer Rao\u2019s tomato basil) 1 (15 oz) can diced tomatoes, or half a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/lasagna-soup-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lasagna Soup&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grandpas-private-collection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23882,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23881\/revisions\/23882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}