Today is National Lasagna Day, and in order to expand our readership’s appreciation of that sacred Italian dish, we’ve gone looking for some odd and unusual recipes. Did you know that lasagna is named for the Greek word “lasanon,” meaning “trivet or stand for a pot,” and that the word originally designated the dish lasagna is prepared in, not the food itself? Because a lasagna recipe was included in the first cookbook published in England, early rumors held that the dish was actually British. We know better, of course, but we should heed the lesson that lasagna can be adapted to virtually any regional cuisine, as evidenced by these 12 Weird Lasagna Fillings.

Apple Lasagna

Not exactly a dessert lasagna, but probably perfect for brunch, this recipe combines sweet apples with cheddar and ricotta, and some nutmeg, cinnamon and brown sugar. Say goodbye to French toast, and hello to apple lasagna.

Deconstructed Lasagna

This tasty dish should maybe be called scrambled lasagna, since it basically consists of taking the traditional lasagna ingredients, cutting up the noodles, and mixing it all up until the lasagna basically doen’t have a filling or a shell, just a jumbled mish-mash.

Deep Fried Lasagna

Alright, this has more to do with the shell than the filling, but it’s another in the proud American tradition of putting every dish through the deep fryer. Appropriately, the result is a hot oily mess.

White Chocolate Lasagna with Peanut Ice Cream

We know, the idea sounds really gross, but doesn’t the picture make it look really delicious? As always, good food photography is worth a thousand-word recipe.

Bacon and Egg Lasagna

Kind of like a frittata or an omelet inside lasagna noodles, this gives several additional layers to your favorite hangover food. Too bad it needs so much more prep than we’re prepared to do on the mornings we really crave it.

Taco Lasagna

The kind of delirious culinary mashup that could only occur in America, taco lasagna basically transfers all your traditional taco ingredients (beef, lettuce, salsa, guacamole, cheese, sour cream) between lasagna noodles, and then the taco shells are added into the jumble somewhere more or less awkwardly.

Impossible Lasagna Pie

Again, this consists less in using a strange filling than in applying the fairly unique set of lasagna fillers to another food form. On the plus side, if the above image is a viable indicator, lasagna pie looks much less messy than traditional forms of lasagna.

Alaskan Halibut Lasagna

Fish in lasagna doesn’t really make a whole lot of sense, what with all the cheese and such drowning out the fairly subtle flavor of the fish. Still, this recipe plays it safe with Swiss cheese and the especially strong taste of halibut steaks.

German Lasagna (with sauerkraut and sausage)

As if lasagna weren’t heavy enough already, let’s heap some of the heaviest national cuisine in there, layering the cheese and noodles with sausage and sauerkraut until we can’t breathe anymore.

Maine Lobster Lasagna

Again, it seems like a shame to drown the taste of delicious flavor of seafood under layers of mozzarella, ricotta, cheddar and Parmesan, but what do we know? Given the option, though, we’ll take our lobster on a roll, thanks very much.

Pumpkin Sausage Lasagna

Do sausages and pumpkin really go together? This just seems like a really random match, especially when you could just have homemade hot dogs and pumpkin pie.

Chocolate and Ricotta Lasagna

Well, given all the foregoing oddities, a straight-up chocolate dessert lasagna doesn’t seem quite as crazy anymore. We’ll take it!