Recipe Of The Day

Simple Lasagna
WW Pts - 5

Ingredients:

3/4 package lasagna noodles
2 C part skim milk mozzarella cheese -- shredded
1/4 C nonfat parmesan cheese -- grated

**Filling**
15 ounces nonfat ricotta cheese
1 C nonfat cottage cheese
1/4 C nonfat parmesan cheese -- grated
2 T parsley -- finely chopped or 2 teaspoons dried

***Sauce***
8 ounces extra lean ground beef--or Morningstar Farms recipe crumbles
32 ounces tomato sauce
16 ounces crushed tomatoes
2 T. tomato paste
1 medium onion -- chopped
1 1/2 t. garlic -- crushed
2 1/2 t. dried italian seasoning

Prep:
Sauce: Brown ground beef and drain. Add remaining sauce ingredients to browned
ground beef and stir, bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 25 minutes.
Set aside.
Filling: Combine all of the filling ingredients in large bowl and stir to mix well.
Set aside.
Assembly: Coat a 9x13 pain with cooking spray. Spoon 1 cup of the sauce over bottom
of pan. Lay 4 uncooked noodles over the bottom of the pan (3 lengthwise and one
crosswise). Allow a little space between noodles for expansion.
Top noodles with half of the filling mixture, 3/4 cup of mozzarella, and 1 1/2 cups
of sauce. Repeat the noodles, filling, mozzarella and sauce layers.
Finally top with remaining noodles, sauce, Parmesan and mozzarella.
At this point you can freeze.
To prepare: Thaw overnight.
Cover the pain with aluminum foil and bake at 350º F for 45 minutes, remove foil and bake for 15 more minutes or until the edges are bubbly and the top is brown.
Remove from oven and let rest for 5 minutes before cutting and serving.

WW Pts = 5