Is It Okay to Make Lasagna, Without the Meat?

I always make vegetable lasagna, and I don't really use a "recipe". I just know it's going to take 9 noodles, 1 container of ricotta, shredded mozzarella, and 1 jar of sauce. I cook the vegetables first to get some of the extra water out. I usually use onions, peppers, mushroom, spinach, and sometimes broccoli.

I think it would be totally fine. I make lasagna all the time without meat. I put in spinach and basil instead--or even mushrroms and other veggies taht have been just partially cooked so they are tender when the lasagna is done. It may change the dish a bit since the flavor will be different but shouldn't mess it up.

I am a vegetarian, so of course I eat meatless lasagna all the time. I have a tray in my freezer right now, actually. My mom makes this meatless lasagna with a bed of spinach and a bed of eggplant that she breads and bakes before she places in the dish -- it tastes better than meat lasagna and is now the way she makes it all the time. Everyone likes it? With a little tweaking, you can get a delicious recipe too; a little experimenting is all you need. Good luck!

If the recipe calls for meat, it might be really messed up without it.

lasagna is definitely "anything goes" You have your noodles, your sauce, ricotta (mix an egg and some thawed and drained frozen spinach into it ;-) and a layer in there of whatever veggies you like - mushrooms, peppers, onion, garlic, eggplant, broccoli... any combination is great when mixed with sauce and cheese!
To be honest I don't understand why anyone would add meat to an already rich and heavy dish like lasagna.

Have you had this before though? You mention it's "yummy". If you have had it and you know you like it - then you can always cut back the meat and "beef up" on the mushrooms. Also, ground turkey isn't nearly as heavy.

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Why not make a vegetable lasagne instead? I use cooked chopped carrots , mushrooms , onions , zuccini , spinach , egg plant , canned chopped tomatoes. I also make a spinach & ricotta lasagne as an alternative to meat.

I never put meat in my lasagna. It won't change the composition at all other than making it slightly shorter.

I love mushrooms so I say go for it. You may want to substitute the meat with a heavier weight mushroom such as portebella along with what it already calls for. Try it, if you don't like it, you can always add the meat next time.

I take yummy recipes and fit them to our taste all the time. Lasagne is an easy one.

I cook a lot and often look at 2-3 recipes and then make my own.

Yes, you can do that

I don't see how it could mess the whole dish up. Maybe try mushrooms instead of meat if you like those. I am saying this to maybe make your sauce seem thicker. But if you don't like meat then don't use any. You could always use chunkier tomatoes or something.

I think it would be just fine! You may need to add something to fill in for the meat, more mushrooms, cheese, spinach, whatever your family likes.

I dont think you'll mess up the recipe either. But another option is to use fake meat like tofurkey.. or soy meats or tempeh

My mom made a delicious 'veggie lasagna' the other day. Google that and I bet you'll find plenty of recipes with mushrooms plus zuchinni and eggplant (that's what my mom's recipe had in it). Perhaps look at the new recipes and your original beefy recipe and see if there are lots of differences. I bet there's not, so just experiment with it. As long as everything cooks through to the right softness, I'd think it'd be great.