Lasagna with Meat Sauce

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 286.3
  • Total Fat: 11.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 22.2 mg
  • Sodium: 544.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 34.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 4.5 g
  • Protein: 13.5 g

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Introduction

Lightened up version of the classic Lightened up version of the classic
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    9 lasagna noodles (abougt 8 oz)
    1 TB fennel seeds
    8 oz ground beef
    1 onion chopped
    red bell pepper chopped
    1 zucchini
    30 oz jar marinara sauce
    1.5 c. nonfat ricotta cheese.
    1/2 cup grated parmesan or parmesan/romano

Directions

Heat large skillet-- cook beef, onion, bell pepper and zucchini. Cook until beef browns.

Stir in marinara sauce and fennel-- along w/ about half a jar of additional water. (Extra water in the recipe means no need to pre-cook the noodles!)

Preheat oven to 375. Spread 1/4 of meat mixture in 9x13" pan. Top w/ 3 noodles, spread w/ 1/2 cup of ricotta. Repeat layering twice, ending w/ meat.

Cover w/ foil and bake 50 minutes. Remove foil, sprinkle w/ mparmesan, and bake until heated through & cheeses are browned-- about 20 minutes. Let stand 10 min before serving.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MYSHELLE10.