Monday, August 12, 2019

Spinach & Zucchini Lasagna


Ingredients 
1 box oven-ready lasagna noodles, I usually use Cremette
2 T olive oil
2 medium zucchini, about 1/4 in cubed
1/2 package frozen spinach, cooked
2  28 oz jars pasta sauce
1 15 oz ricotta cheese
2 eggs
1/2 c parmesan
4 c shredded mozzarella, divided
1/2 t garlic powder
Garlic salt

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 450.
2. Toss zucchini with olive oil and place on lines baking sheet, sprinkle with garlic salt.  Roast about 10 min in oven.
3. Turn town oven to 400.
4. In a bowl combine spinach, ricotta, eggs, parmesan, garlic powder and 2c mozzarella.
5. Spread about 1 c of sauce in bottom of pan and place 3 sheets of lasagna side by side.
6. Spread 1/3 of ricotta mixture over noodles and top with 1/2 zucchini, sprinkle top with mozzarella and about 1 c sauce.  Top with 3 more pasta sheets.  Follow up with 1 layer with just ricotta mixture and then repeat layer with zucchini. Add one more cheese layer if there is enough remaining.
7. After the final layer of pasta add remaining sauce over top and sprinkle with remaining mozzarella.
8. Cover with foil and bake 35 min.  Remove foil and bake uncovered 5-10 min.  Let rest 5 min before serving.

Makes (1) 9X13 pan, usually cut into 12 or 16 pieces.

Notes:
-       Can easily be made ahead of time and kept in fridge or frozen, baking times for refrigerated lasagna (or frozen and thawed) is 45-60 min and frozen lasagna for 1 hour 35 min. These times can very based on your oven.

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