Cant Believe Its Light Meat Lasagna Food

HEALTHIER MEAT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place noodles in an 8-by-8-inch baking dish, and cover with hot tap water; set aside to soften.
• In a 5-quart Dutch oven or heavy pot, heat oil over medium-high. Add onion, eggplant, and garlic; season with salt and pepper. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until eggplant is very tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Add sirloin, and cook, breaking up meat with a spoon, until no longer pink, 3 to 5 minutes. Add tomato puree, and cook until thickened, 3 to 5 minutes. Season meat sauce with salt and pepper.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine cottage cheese and 1/4 cup Parmesan; season with salt and pepper. Remove noodles from baking dish, discarding water.
• Spread about 1/4 cup meat sauce in bottom of dish, and top with 4 noodle halves. Layer with 1/3 cheese mixture, then 1/3 sauce. Repeat twice with remaining noodles, cheese mixture, and sauce. Sprinkle with mozzarella and remaining 2 tablespoons Parmesan. Bake until lasagna is bubbling and cheese topping is golden, 30 to 35 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting and serving.

CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT MEAT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Cook lasagna noodles as directed, boiling approximately 8-9 minute Also boil mixed vegetables until tender, approximately 8-9 minute Meanwhile, add boullion to boiling water then add TVP to rehydrate.
• Add diced tomatoes and garlic to sauce, then split into two seperate pots (I rinse and reuse pots from step 1). In one pot of half sauce add boiled veggies, cover and let simmer for about 15 minute In the other pot of half sauce add TVP and ground round, cover and let simmer for about 15 minute Meanwhile, in a bowl combine spinach, cottage cheese, parmesean cheese and eggs.
• In a deep 9x13 lasagna pan, add enough of the 'meat' pasta sauce to lightly coat the bottom. Add 3 lasagna noodles to cover the bottom of the pan with out overlapping the noodles if possible. Spread 1/2 cheese mixture on top of noodles, top with 1/2 veggie pasta sauce, sprinkle 1 cup mozzarella to complete first layer.
• Repeat layer, 1/2 'meat' sauce, 3 noodles, remaining cheese mixture, remaining veggie sauce, 1 cup mozzarella.
• Last layer, add remaining 3 noodles, remaining 'meat' sauce, sprinkle with remaining mozzarella.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes. Once removed from oven, let sit at least 10 minutes to allow lasagna to reabsorb a lot of the liquid you'll see on top.

MEATLESS LASAGNE

Steps:

• Sauce: Melt butter in a large saucepan and add mushrooms and onion. Saute until soft. Add pasta sauce and salsa and simmer stirring often for approximately 3 minutes.
• Cheese filling: Mix the egg, cottage cheese and 1/2 cup parmesan and set aside.
• Assemble in a 9X9 pan as follows:.
• 1/3 cup sauce.
• 3 lasagne noodles.
• 1/2 cottage cheese mixture.
• 1/2 of the remaining sauce.
• 1/2 of the mozarella cheese.
• 3 lasagne noodles.
• remainder of cheese mixture.
• remainder of sauce.
• Remaining mozzarella.
• 1/4 cup parmesan.
• Bake covered at 350 for 45 minutes uncover and bake 10-15 minutes longer. Let stand 10 minutes before serving(optional)
• Serve with caesar salad and garlic bread.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S LOW-FAT LASAGNA!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Mix together ricotta, 1 cup mozzarella cheese, spinach, and salt a pepper.
• Place a small amount of sauce just to cover the bottom of a 9x13 pan.
• Layer 3 noodles across the bottom of the pan.
• Spread 1/2 ricotta mixture on top of the noodles.
• Sprinkle 1/2 of the meat mixture on top.
• Spread enough sauce to cover the meat.
• Layer noodles, cheese, meat, and sauce one more time.
• Top with last 3 noodles and sauce and then sprinkle the rest of the mozzarella on top.
• Bake until the cheese is browned and the sauce is bubbly on the edges.

MEATLESS (BUT VERY CHEESY) NO BOIL LASAGNA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375*.
• Saute the onion and garlic in oil briefly.
• Add spaghetti sauce and water; heat through.
• Mix the cottage cheese, and parmesan.
• In 9x13 pan, layer 3 noodles, half the sauce, half the cottage cheese mixture, and half the mozzarella.
• Repeat layers.
• Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour, until cheese is light brown and bubbly.
• Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting.

LOW FAT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Lightly oil bottom of baking pan.
• Stir one cup of the chicken stock into the spaghetti sauce and set aside.
• Whisk the egg.
• Stir in ricotta cheese and one cup of the mozzarella.
• Add garlic, salt and pepper and set aside.
• Brown and drain the ground beef making sure to break it into very small pieces.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Cook the spinach until it is half done, approximately two-thirds of the time indicated on the microwave directions.
• Sauté the onion in 1/2 cup chicken stock until it is translucent.
• Cook the mushrooms in the remaining 1/2 cup chicken stock adding the soy sauce and vinegar.
• Simmer until all liquid is absorbed.
• Mix together beef, spinach, onions and mushrooms.
• Build the lasagna starting with a layer of sauce in the bottom of the pan.
• *Add one layer of the uncooked noodles followed by more sauce, 1/3 of the cheese mixture and 1/3 of the spinach/beef mixture.
• Repeat two more times, finishing off with the spinach mixture and the remaining sauce.
• Bake uncovered for 45 minutes, until liquid around the edges has been absorbed.
• Sprinkle remaining mozzarella on top and bake for 15 minutes more.
• 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 until warmed through, or bake from frozen for 1 hour and a half.

CAN'T BELIEVE ITS LIGHT-MEAT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Brown meat with garlic, oregano, basil, and parsley.in large skillet. Stir in spaghetti sauce, paste, crushed tomatoes, mushrooms, and onions. Simmer 5 min., stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.
• Mix egg, ricotta cheese, and Parmesan together. Spread 1 cup of spaghetti sauce mixture on bottom of greased 13x9-inch baking dish. Top with layer of 3-4 noodles, then layer of 1 cup of the ricotta cheese mixture, then layer of 1/2 cup of the mozzarella cheese. Repeat layers but end with a layer of lasagna noodles, and then spaghetti sauce mixture on top. Cover with foil.
• Bake 30 minute or until heated through. Uncover and top with remaining 1 cup of mozzarella cheese. Bake, uncovered, an additional 5 minute or until cheese is melted. Let stand for 5 minute before serving.