Spinach Lasagna

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 9 lasagna noodles, uncooked
• 1 cup onion, chopped
• 1 cup fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons margarine
• 7 ounces roasted sweet red peppers, drained and chopped
• 10 ounces frozen chopped spinach, drained and thawed
• 15 ounces ricotta cheese
• 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 30 1/2 ounces meatless spaghetti sauce
• 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 cook lasagna noodles 10-12 minutes or until tender but firm. drain; rinse with cold water. drain well.
• 2 in a large skillet, cook onion, mushrooms, and garlic in hot margarine until tender but not brown. stir in sweet peppers. set aside.
• 3 pat spinach dry with paper towels. in a medium bowl, stir together spinach, ricotta cheese, mozarella cheese, the 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, eggs, basil, oregano, and 1/4 teaspoon peppers. stir sweet pepper mixture into spinach mixture.
• 4 spread 1/2 cup of spaghetti sauce evenly in a 3 quart rectangular baking dish.
• 5 arrange 3 lasagna noodles over sauce.
• 6 layer noodles with half the sweet pepper/spinach mixture and 1 cup of spaghetti sauce.
• 7 repeat layers, ending up with noodles.
• 8 spoon remaining sauce over the top. sprinkle with the 1/4 cup parmesan cheese.
• 9 bake covered at 375 for 20 minutes. uncover and bake about 10 minutes or until heated through. let stand 10 minutes.