Ingredients
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3/4 cup chopped onion
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2 garlic cloves, minced
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2 tablespoons vegetable oil
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2 (26 ounce) jars spaghetti sauce
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1 lb ground beef or 1 lb sausage
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1 (16 ounce) container ricotta cheese or 1 (16 ounce) container cottage cheese
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1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and well drained
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1 lb mozzarella cheese, shredded
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1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
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2 eggs
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1 (1 lb) package lasagna noodle, cooked
Instructions
- In a large pan, cook ground beef/sausage, onion& garlic in oil. Add spaghetti sauce and simmer 15 minutes.
- In bowl, mix ricotta, spinach and 1 cup mozarella, all of parmesan and eggs.
- In 9x13 baking dish (or smaller dishes as needed), layer 2 cups sauce, half of noodles, half of remaining sauce, all of spinach mixture, half the mozzarella, remaining noodles& sauce.
- Cover with foil sprayed with cooking spray and bake at 350 F for 45 minutes or until hot.
- Uncover, top with remaining mozzarella.
- Bake 15 minutes.
- Let stand 15 minutes before serving.
- **To freeze: Bake, cool, wrap well, and label. freeze up to 2 months. *Note: You can assemble and freeze without cooking and cook on the day to be eaten!
- To serve, defrost overnight and then bake at 350F until warmed through, or bake from frozen for 1 hour and a half.
- Note: you can also microwave individual servings!