Healthy Turkey Lasagna
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- Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
Ready to cook whole grain Lasagna (about half a pack, or 175 g)Vegetarian Bolognese pasta sauce (or any blue menu pasta sauce will work fine) (about a jar and a half, or 4.5 cups)Kraft shredded cheese (the 2% milk ones are good... my favourites are chedder/ mozzarella, or plain mozzarella(about half the bag, or 1 cup)5% Ricotta cheese (about half the container, or 250g)frozen spinach (half the package)half a cup (or however much you like) celery and carrots1 lb lean groun turkey
1. Cook the turkey in a frying pan
2. Once turkey is about 95% ready, drain the fat and add the carrots and celery
leave until turkey is finished, and take off of burner to cool.
3. Heat Spinach in microwave until easily mixable.
4. Spread sauce on bottom of lasagna pan to keep the noodles from sticking (just enough to cover bottom).
5. Add one layer of noodles.
6. Mix the ricotta cheese and the spinach in a bowl, and spread about half of the mixture on top of the noodles.
7. Add half of the meat/ veggies mixture on top to cover ricotta cheese mixture.
8. Add enough sauce to cover (about a third of the remainder).
9. Cover sauce with shredded cheese (again, about a third of remainder).
10. Place more noodles and repeat steps 6-9
11. Add last layer of noodles
12. Cover with remainder of sauce, and top with remainder of shredded cheese.
*OPTIONAL* Add parmasan cheese to top (not included in nutritional information)
Bake covered at 350 degrees for 45 minutes
Remove cover, and let bake for an additional 10 minutes
Remove and let cool for 5 minutes
Serve and Enjoy :)
Serves 8
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user NOYESPM.
2. Once turkey is about 95% ready, drain the fat and add the carrots and celery
leave until turkey is finished, and take off of burner to cool.
3. Heat Spinach in microwave until easily mixable.
4. Spread sauce on bottom of lasagna pan to keep the noodles from sticking (just enough to cover bottom).
5. Add one layer of noodles.
6. Mix the ricotta cheese and the spinach in a bowl, and spread about half of the mixture on top of the noodles.
7. Add half of the meat/ veggies mixture on top to cover ricotta cheese mixture.
8. Add enough sauce to cover (about a third of the remainder).
9. Cover sauce with shredded cheese (again, about a third of remainder).
10. Place more noodles and repeat steps 6-9
11. Add last layer of noodles
12. Cover with remainder of sauce, and top with remainder of shredded cheese.
*OPTIONAL* Add parmasan cheese to top (not included in nutritional information)
Bake covered at 350 degrees for 45 minutes
Remove cover, and let bake for an additional 10 minutes
Remove and let cool for 5 minutes
Serve and Enjoy :)
Serves 8
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user NOYESPM.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 318.2
- Total Fat: 10.4 g
- Cholesterol: 78.0 mg
- Sodium: 588.6 mg
- Total Carbs: 26.0 g
- Dietary Fiber: 7.8 g
- Protein: 28.3 g
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