We Have 15 Lasagna Recipes for Every Mood, Guest, Palate, and Occasion

"Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are," Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin wrote in his 1825 opus The Physiology of Taste: Or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy, but we'd bet our bottom franc that the legendary gourmand never had to choose between a Lasagna Puttanesca and a Turkey and Butternut Squash Lasagna with Crispy Sage when he had a crowd coming over for dinner the next day. If you think of a lasagna recipe as more of a blueprint than a finished building, the possibilities really start to stack up. 

A Bolognese-style Grandma's Lasagna layered with noodles, tomato sauce, meat, mozzarella, and ricotta might immediately spring to mind when you hear "lasagna," or it might be a meatless, béchamel, Fontina, and Grana Padano-laden White Lasagna, depending on where and with whom you grew up. But if you're willing to widen your horizons, just about anything can be turned into lasagna. If we're being purist about it, there should be wide, flat, ribbon-edged lasagna noodles in the mix, but unless you're setting out a buffet for the International Lasagna Cops annual fundraiser, it's perfectly fine to swap in slices of zucchini, pre-made ravioli, or chewy rice cakes, and layer them with whatever you or your guests desire, the season provides, and your schedule permits.

You might even decide to craft a whole armada of lasagnas, freeze them, and reheat whatever kind — or kinds — of lasagna suits your wishes that day. Here are a few of our favorite lasagna recipes to get you started.