Lasagna Surprise
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List of Ingredients
Lasagna Surprise
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
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 mozzarella, 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!
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