Lasagna Surprise

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3/4 cup chopped onion
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 (26 ounce) jars spaghetti sauce
• 1 lb ground beef or 1 lb sausage
• 1 (16 ounce) container ricotta cheese or 1 (16 ounce) container cottage cheese
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and well drained
• 1 lb mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• 2 eggs
• 1 (1 lb) package lasagna noodle, cooked

Recipe

• 1 in a large pan, cook ground beef/sausage, onion& garlic in oil. add spaghetti sauce and simmer 15 minutes.
• 2 in bowl, mix ricotta, spinach and 1 cup mozarella, all of parmesan and eggs.
• 3 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.
• 4 cover with foil sprayed with cooking spray and bake at 350 f for 45 minutes or until hot.
• 5 uncover, top with remaining mozzarella.
• 6 bake 15 minutes.
• 7 let stand 15 minutes before serving.
• 8 **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!
• 9 to serve, defrost overnight and then bake at 350f until warmed through, or bake from frozen for 1 hour and a half.
• 10 note: you can also microwave individual servings!