Eggplant Lasagna Ingredients: Servings: 8 Mock Noodles 2 large eggplants, peeled, sliced lengthwise into 1/4 inch noodle-like strips cooking spray (olive oil spray is best) salt and pepper Meat Sauce 1 1/2 lbs ground sirloin or 1 1/2 lbs turkey breast or 1 1/2 lbs Italian sausage 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 onions, chopped 3 cloves chopped garlic 1 red pepper, chopped 1 (16 ounce) package sliced mushrooms 2 tablespoons italian seasoning (or mix of oregano, basil and thyme) 1 teaspoon fennel seed (optional) salt and pepper 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes (if you dare!) (optional) 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach 1 cup red wine (optional) or 1 cup vodka (optional) 1 (28 ounce) can tomato sauce (or large jar sugar free sauce if you can find it) 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes (for less sugar, 3 chopped roma tomatoes) Cheese Mixture 2 cups low-fat ricotta cheese 2 eggs 3 green onions, chopped 3 cups shredded lowfat mozzarella cheese 1/2 cup parmesan cheese Directions: 1 Preheat oven to 425 degrees. 2 Spray cookie sheet, arrange eggplant slices and season with salt and pepper. 3 Cook slices 5 minutes on each side. 4 Lower oven temp to 375. 5 Brown meat, onion and garlic in olive oil for 5 minutes. 6 Add red pepper and mushrooms, and cook 5 minutes. 7 Add spinach, tomatoes, spices and wine and simmer for 5-10 minutes. 8 Blend ricotta, egg and onion mixture. 9 Spread 1/3 of meat sauce in bottom of 9” x 13” glass pan. 10 Layer ½ eggplant slices, ½ ricotta, 1/3 mozzarella and parmesan. 11 Repeat. 12 Add last layer of sauce, then mozzarella and parmesan on top. 13 Cover with foil and bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour. 14 Remove foil and bake or broil another 5-10 minutes until cheese is browned. 15 Let it rest 10 minutes before slicing, if you can wait that long! Source: food FOLLOW ME I am always posting awesome stuff! :) https://facebook/cindy.mccune Love recipes? For more great recipes join our NEW awesome FREE RECIPE GROUP click on-> https://facebook/groups/CindysRecipesandAwesomeness/ Check out Skinny Fiber so you can enjoy some of these great recipes without feeling guilty: yourtime4change
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 22:07:30 +0000
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