Lasagna Surprise

11 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 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 (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

Directions

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

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