Tonya's Marinara Lasagna with Smoked Sausage & Baby Bella Mushrooms

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  • Number of Servings: 10
Ingredients
12 ozs cooked ground chuck4 oz chopped smoked turkey sausage, browned 8 oz sliced and sauteed baby bella mushroomsMs. T's Homemade Marinara Sauce (or use can use jar marinara sauce)8 Healthy Harvest Whole Wheat Blend Lassagna Noodles (ea noodle=1 oz) - uncooked4 ozs ricotta or cottage cheese ( I sometimes use both 2 ozs of ea)1 ex large egg, beaten1 oz shredded ex-sharp cheddar cheese (can also use reduced fat----I prefer regular)2.5 ozs shredded parmesan cheese4 ozs Italian blend finely shredded cheese4 oz Mozzarella Cheese finely shreddedNOTE---you will need the following utensils: 9 by 13 inch (3 quart) glass casserole dish or deep dish aluminum foil pan, a medium sauce pan and a small mixing bowl
Directions
In small bowl beat egg remove white particle, add ricotta/ cottage cheese, mix well--next add shredded sharp cheese, mix well and set aside

In skillet brown ground chuck, in same pan push beef to side make a small area for smoked sausage, brown then mix both meats together.....(also if you would like to add any type of vegetables, now would be the time) continue cooking until ground chuck is completely done

In sauce pan add marinara sauce and half of meat mixture
and cook for at least 5 minutes

Assembling the lassagna: In casserole dish layer bottom of dish with marinara meat sauce, next layer with 3 lassagna noodles--line up with short side of pan---you should then have space to take a lassagna noodle break in half for the space that's left---next spread egg mixture on top of noodles---add 1/2 of other half of ground beef mixture--next add 2 ozs of each shredded cheese and 1/2 of parmesan cheese and 1/2 of marinara sauce---add last layer of noodles--last of ground beef mixture, and re-mainder of sauce cover entire of casserole with remaining cheese beginning with parmesan, and ending with mozzarella.

Bake for 30 minutes or until cheese is semi-golden brown

Remove from oven and let cool for at least 10 minutes.

Make 10 nice size square pieces

Number of Servings: 10

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TONYA46.

Servings Per Recipe: 10
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 369.1
  • Total Fat: 22.9 g
  • Cholesterol: 79.3 mg
  • Sodium: 445.6 mg
  • Total Carbs: 22.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.3 g
  • Protein: 21.1 g

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