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This very easy lasagna recipe was so yummy that I didn't even get a motion picture of the finished dish before we ate information technology!

But allow'southward get started at the very beginning.

_{This lasagna is soooo good, I promise!}

How we ended upwards making this lasagna recipe

This recipe for Beef, Arugula, and Spinach Lasagna was suggested to me as part of a sponsored plan through the Texas Beef Council. My family is beef-lovin' and so I was glad to requite it a endeavor…considering we love lasagna recipes!

I institute that it was so like shooting fish in a barrel that we added information technology to the regular weeknight dinner program – one reason is considering it uses the lasagna noodles that don't crave pre-cooking.

One of the mysteries of lasagna is proper layering. Which layer goes where?

I have made a handy, neat visual aid to aid explain the secrets of…

How to Layer Lasagna

The pictures beneath are in order of how they will announced in the blistering dish. I started by placing layer one in the bottom of the dish and then working up to the top.

_{This iis the secret of a perfectly-layered lasagna!}

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Like shooting fish in a barrel Lasagna Ingredients:

Lasagna Sauce Layer

• 1 – 1/2 lbs 95% lean ground beefiness
• 4 minced garlic cloves
• 3/4 t common salt
• one/4 t pepper
• 4 cups of prepared pasta or spaghetti sauce {I used 2 cups of Classico'south Fire Roasted Tomato & Garlic and 2 cups of Classico's Spicy Tomato & Basil}

Pasta Noodle Layer

• 1 pkg uncooked, oven-ready (no boil) lasagna noodles

Ricotta Cheese Layer

• xv oz Fat gratis Ricotta Cheese
• 2 egg whites
• 2 T fresh basil (chopped)
• 2 T fresh oregano (chopped)
• 1/2 t salt
• 1/four t pepper

Spinach Layer

• 2 c loosely packed fresh babe spinach
• 2 c loosely packed fresh baby arugula

Mozzarella Cheese Layer

• 1 1/two c reduced fatty shredded mozzarella cheese

Easy Lasagna Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Sauce Layer – Dark-brown beef with garlic over medium heat for 8 minutes or until meat is no longer pink. Pause into crumbles and pour off drippings. Season with table salt and pepper. Stir in pasta sauce and set aside.

Step ii

Ricotta Cheese Layer – Combine ricotta cheese, egg whites, basil, oregano, table salt, and pepper in a small-scale bowl. Set aside.

Step iii

Spinach Layer – Combine spinach and arugula and set aside. (My store didn't take arugula, and then I used iv cups of spinach and it tasted great.)

Step 4

Get together the lasagna layers:

• Get-go with spreading 1 cup meat sauce over the lesser of a rectangular glass blistering dish. (Mine was 8 10 xi.v inches which were PERFECT for using three Skinner Oven Set Lasagna noodles on each pasta layer.)
• Add together the pasta noodles, ricotta cheese layer, spinach layer, and so sprinkle the Mozzarella cheese.
• Repeat the layers again.
• Top with 3 more than noodles and another layer of meat sauce.
• Cover with can foil

Step v

Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes {or until noodles are tender} covered with foil.

Pace 6

Remove foil. Add i more than layer of Mozarella cheese. Broil for 5 additional minutes uncovered.

Step seven

Remove from oven and re-cover loosely for 10 minutes.

How my tasty, like shooting fish in a barrel lasagna turned out

_{Only looks so delicious, eh?}

That pic is the last film I was able to take considering once the lasagna hitting the table, information technology was gone. And at that place was a agglomeration of it. Every fellow member of my family plus my in-laws gobbled it up without complaint.

I am really excited to be working once again with the Texas Beef Quango {some of my very favorite folks} exploring a series of nutrient-rich family-friendly meals!

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Total Fourth dimension 1 60 minutes 5 minutes

Ingredients

• one pkg uncooked, oven-prepare (no boil) lasagna noodles
• 1 1/2 c reduced fatty shredded mozzarella cheese

Lasagna Sauce Layer

• 1 – ane/two lbs 95% lean basis beef
• 4 minced garlic cloves
• 3/4 t salt
• 1/4 t pepper
• iv cups of prepared pasta or spaghetti sauce

Ricotta Cheese Layer

• xv oz Fatty gratuitous Ricotta Cheese
• 2 egg whites
• 2 T fresh basil (chopped)
• two T fresh oregano (chopped)
• ane/ii t salt
• 1/4 t pepper

Spinach Layer

• ii c loosely packed fresh baby spinach
• ii c loosely packed fresh babe arugula

Instructions

1. Cook the sauce layer. Saute beef and garlic over medium oestrus until the meat is thoroughly cooked. Remove excess oil and season with salt and pepper. Stir in pasta sauce and ready bated.
2. Make the ricotta cheese layer by combining ricotta cheese, egg whites, basil, oregano, table salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Prepare aside.
3. For the spinach layer, combine spinach and arugula and set up bated. (Y'all may skip arugula if it'southward not bachelor in your place, just double the amount of spinach.)
4. Gather the lasagna layers:
   -Get-go with spreading ane cup meat sauce over the lesser of a rectangular glass baking dish.
   -Add together the pasta noodles, ricotta cheese layer, spinach layer, and so sprinkle the Mozzarella cheese.
   -Echo the layers over again.
   -Top with three more noodles and another layer of meat sauce.
   -Encompass with tin can foil
5. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes {or until noodles are tender} covered with foil.
6. Remove foil. Add one more than layer of Mozarella cheese. Bake for five boosted minutes uncovered.
7. Remove from oven and re-cover loosely for ten minutes.
8. Serve and bask with the whole family unit!

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Have you made this super easy lasagna recipe for your family unit?

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She is the co-writer of 101 Kids Activities that are the Bestest, Funnest Ever! and The 101 Coolest Unproblematic Science Experiments.

She is the mom of three boys ages 13, 15 & 17 who partially homeschools. She believes that you shouldn't have to buy stuff to accept fun when there is a kitchen junk drawer full of possibilities.

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