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Weight Watchers Simple Lasagna

Source of Recipe

Sarah


List of Ingredients

3/4 package lasagna noodles
2 cups part skim milk mozzarella cheese --
shredded
1/4 cup nonfat parmesan cheese, grated
**Filling**
15 ounces nonfat ricotta cheese
1 cup nonfat cottage cheese
1/4 cup nonfat parmesan cheese, grated
2 tablespoons parsley, finely chopped or 2 teaspoons
dried
***Sauce***
8 ounces extra lean ground beef
32 ounces tomato sauce
16 ounces crushed tomatoes
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 medium onion, chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons garlic, crushed
2 1/2 teaspoons dried italian seasoning




Recipe

1. Sauce: Brown ground beef and drain. Add remaining sauce ingredients to browned ground beef and stir, bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 25 minutes. Set aside.

2. Filling: Combine all of the filling ingredients in large bowl and stir to mix well. Set aside.

3. Assembly: Coat a 9x13 pain with cooking spray. Spoon 1 cup of the sauce over bottom of pan. Lay 4 uncooked noodles over the bottom of the pan (3 lengthwise and one crosswise). Allow a little space between noodles for expansion. Top noodles with half of the filling mixture, 3/4 cup of mozzarella, and 1 1/2 cups of sauce. Repeat the noodles, filling, mozzarella and sauce layers. Finally top with remaining noodles, sauce, Parmesan and mozzarella.

Cover the pan with aluminum foil and bake at 350º F for 45 minutes, remove foil and bake for 15 more minutes or until the edges are bubbly and the top is brown. Remove from oven and let rest for 5 minutes before cutting and serving.