Spinach Lasagna Pasta Bake
Sorry this is late, late, late! I was finishing my application to grad school. WOOOO, it's complete!
So, I swear we aren't the vegetarians that eat a bunch of noodle dishes all the time. Really.
Boyfriend isn't a fan of soggy spinach in a baked dish, and I can't really blame him. Even so, he likes the fresh taste spinach gives to a dish. So, instead of just laying the spinach between the noodles, I blended them up with the ricotta! It was delicious...
Ingredients:
How to:
Preheat your oven to 350. Start pasta according to directions. While that's going, put your ricotta, parmesan, and egg in a blender or food processor and blend.
Add the garlic, nutmeg, red pepper, and italian seasonings in and blend.
Place your 2 handfuls (or more!) with your cheese mixture and blend away! You'll end up with a green spinach cheese puree.
Simply heat up you crushed tomatoes on the stove, mixing in all the spices to make a simple pasta sauce.
Now you can start assembling! Place about half of your noodles in a greased 9x13, and add about half of the pasta sauce you just made. The next layer will be your spinach/cheese mixture, then about 1 cup of your mozzarella. You'll have another layer of each after this.
This is what the masterpiece will look like!
Place that in the oven for about 25 minutes, or until the cheese is bubbly and golden!
Serve it up warm with garlic bread or a salad!
Ingredients:
1 lb. Pasta of choice (I used quinoa shells!)
1 (15 oz.) tub of ricotta cheese
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
1 egg
2 cloves garlic
2 handfuls (about 3 oz.) baby spinach
Pinch of nutmeg
1/8 tsp. crushed red pepper
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
Salt & Pepper to taste
2 cups mozzarella cheese
Sauce:
1 (29 oz) can crushed tomatoes
1 1/2 tsp. Italian seasoning
1 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper
1/2 tsp. onion powder
Salt & Pepper to taste
Preheat your oven to 350. Start pasta according to directions. While that's going, put your ricotta, parmesan, and egg in a blender or food processor and blend.
Simply heat up you crushed tomatoes on the stove, mixing in all the spices to make a simple pasta sauce.
Now you can start assembling! Place about half of your noodles in a greased 9x13, and add about half of the pasta sauce you just made. The next layer will be your spinach/cheese mixture, then about 1 cup of your mozzarella. You'll have another layer of each after this.
This is what the masterpiece will look like!
Place that in the oven for about 25 minutes, or until the cheese is bubbly and golden!
Serve it up warm with garlic bread or a salad!
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