Whole Wheat Lasagna Food

WHOLE WHEAT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Brown meat slowly; add next 6 ingredients to meat and simmer uncovered about 30 minutes.
• Cook lasagna noodles about 6 minutes.
• Combine cottage cheese with next five ingredients.
• Place 1/2 noodles in 13x9x2 inch baking dish; spread 1/2 cheese mixture over noodles, add 1/2 mozzarella cheese and 1/2 meat mixture.
• Repeat layers.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.

WHOLE-WHEAT SKILLET LASAGNA AND ESCAROLE SALAD

Steps:

• Heat a pot of water for pasta, season with salt and cook pasta to al dente.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F or broiler.
• While pasta water comes to a boil, heat 2 tablespoons oil in a high sided skillet over medium-high to high heat. When the oil smokes, add the pancetta, sirloin and bay leaf and caramelize the meat, 5 to 6 minutes, season with salt, pepper and allspice. Add grated vegetables and garlic, rosemary. Cook 7 to 8 minutes, stir in stock. Add tomatoes and break up with a spoon. Drain pasta and add to sauce then stir in ricotta. Top pasta with a layer of mozzarella and place in oven. Cook 5 minutes to melt and bubble mozzarella.
• Dress the escarole and onions with the lemon juice and 3 to 4 tablespoons oil, season the salad with salt and pepper.

LOW FAT LOWER CARB TURKEY LASAGNA ( WHOLE WHEAT LASAGNA NOODLES)

Steps:

• Brown meat in large (>3qt) saucepan, drain.
• Add pepper and onions, tomato sauce, oregano, parsley, nutmeg, garlic powder, sugar, and Splenda. Simmer for 1 hour. Meanwhile, continue with next 3 steps.
• Cook spinach according to directions, drain well and let cool a little.
• Cook lasagna according to package directions, drain. (Separate noodles and lay out flat on wax paper or aluminum foil to keep pieces from sticking together as they cool.).
• Combine ricotta, romano, 1.5 cups of the mozzarella, egg substitute, spinach, salt and pepper for filling.
• In a 13"x9" baking pan, pour a thin layer of sauce to cover the bottom. Arrange 3-4 pieces (1/3 box) of lasagna lengthwise over sauce. Spread 1/3 cheese filling over noodles, then another layer of sauce. Repeat layers of lasagna, filling and meat sauce.
• Cover with aluminum foil. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
• Remove aluminum foil, sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup mozzarella. Bake uncovered about 10 minutes longer or until lightly browned.
• Allow to stand for about 10 minutes before cutting for easier handling.
• Obviously, you can substitute whatever brands you can find, but using the brands listed above, each piece (1/12 recipe) has about 285 calories, 5g fat, 24g carbs, and 32g protein.

WHOLE WHEAT CROCK POT LASAGNA FOR 2

Steps:

• Saute the meat, onions, mushrooms, oregano, salt,pepper & garlic until slightly browned.
• Mix tomato sauce & soup together separate from meat mixture.
• Add approx 4 oz of the the tomato mixture to the bottom of the crock pot (I use the smaller size crock pot for 2 people).
• Add an overlapping layer of whole wheat lasagna noodles, broken to cover the entire crock pot.
• Cover with 1/3 meat mixture, tomato, cottage cheese& other cheeses.
• Top with lasagna noodles.
• Repeat layer reserve some tomato sauce & cheese for final topping.
• Cover final layer of noodles with remaining sauce & cheeses (use remaining soup if you wish).
• Put the lid on & cook on low for 4-6 hours.

WHOLE WHEAT SKILLET LASAGNA

Steps:

• Heat a pot of water for the pasta, season with salt and cook pasta to al dente.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F or else preheat the broiler.
• While the pasta water comes to a boil, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a high-sided skillet over medium-high to high heat.
• When the oil smokes, add the pancetta, sirloin and bay leaf and caramelize the meat, 5 to 6 minutes.
• Season with salt, pepper and the allspice.
• Add the grated vegetables and the rosemary.
• Cook 7 to 8 minutes, then stir in the stock.
• Add the tomatoes and break up with a spoon.
• Drain the pasta and add to the sauce, then stir in the ricotta.
• Top the pasta with a layer of mozzarella and place in the oven.
• Cook for 5 minutes to melt and bubble the cheese.

WHOLE WHEAT LASAGNA WHEELS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch glass baking dish with cooking spray. Cook noodles as directed on package. Drain; rinse with cold water to cool. Drain well; lay noodles flat.
• Meanwhile, spray 10-inch skillet with cooking spray. Heat over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and zucchini to skillet; sprinkle with pepper. Cook 5 to 8 minutes, stirring frequently, until vegetables are very tender. Remove from heat. Drain; return to skillet. Stir in ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese and basil until well blended.
• In baking dish, spread 1/2 cup pasta sauce. For each wheel, spoon 1/3 cup vegetable mixture on center of each cooked noodle; spread to ends. Carefully roll up from short end, forming wheel. Place wheels, seam-side down, in baking dish. Spoon remaining 1 cup sauce evenly over tops of wheels.
• Cover and bake 30 minutes or until sauce is bubbly. Serve warm, spooning sauce from baking dish over top of each wheel.

SPINACH AND MEAT WHOLE WHEAT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Place lasagna sheets in boiling water to soften slightly. Drain thawed spinach; squeeze some of excess liquid off.
• Brown mince and drain off fat, return to pan add pasta sauce. Simmer for 10-15 minutes.
• Make bechemel sauce by melting butter, adding flour and stirring over med heat for 2 minutes, gradually add milk bringing to boil to thicken. Then add cottage cheese gradually, incorporating into milk mixture and heating through.
• Place layer of lasagna sheets on bottom.
• Place half spinach in layer. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
• Place layer of lasagna sheets.
• Place half of meat mixture in next layer.
• Repeat steps layers, and top with layer of lasagna sheets, bechemel sauce and sprinkle liberally with mozzarella cheese.
• Cook at 180°C for 45 minutes.