Lasagna Lite

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 9 whole wheat lasagna noodles (about 8 oz)
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 lb ground turkey
• 1 cup mushroom, thinly sliced
• 1 green pepper, deseeded and diced
• 1 large tomato, diced
• 3 cups tomato sauce
• 2 teaspoons oregano
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 6 cups fresh spinach, chopped
• 2 cups fat-free ricotta cheese
• 3 teaspoons dried chives
• 8 ounces part-skim mozzarella cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 spray a large nonstick frying pan with vegetable cooking spray.
• 3 cook onion and garlic for several minutes stirring constantly.
• 4 add turkey and cook (crumbling the meat fine) until barely done about 4 minutes (if using precooked rinsed meat you don't need to cook for 4 minutes, just go to the next step).
• 5 add the mushrooms and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
• 6 add the green pepper, tomato, tomato sauce, oregano, basil, parsley and pepper and simmer 2-3 minutes.
• 7 remove frying pan from heat.
• 8 while the sauce is cooking, cook noodles in a large pot of boiling water that has been sprayed with vegetable cooking spray until al dente.
• 9 drain noodles and rinse with cold water and drain.
• 10 in a bowl, combine ricotta and chives, mix in spinach.
• 11 spray a 9x13-inch baking pan with vegetable cooking spray.
• 12 arrange 3 lasagna noodles on the bottom of the pan.
• 13 spread evenly with one third of the ricotta mixture, then one third of the turkey mixture, and sprinkle with one third of mozzarella.
• 14 repeat twice with remaining ingredients.
• 15 bake for about 25 minutes or until cheese .
• 16 cool at least 5 minutes before cutting.