Day 6 I'm thankful for being able to cook/ Lasagna Recipe

I am thankful I know how to cook and bake. I love food some would say I'm a foodie. I can sometimes create a dish and it turn out pretty good. Sometimes I take a traditional recipe and change it up a bit. Like this Lasagna. I needed to use up some veggies I had in fridge and Lasagna was on the menu. So I added them to my sauce.

Lasagna Ingredients:

I always buy 1 box Barilla no bake lasagna noodles

1 16oz. Ricotta Cheese part skim

3 cups mozzarella cheese

2 eggs

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1 lb. ground beef/turkey or Italian sausage ( I use ground turkey)

2 jars marinara sauce

onion

carrots

celery ....all of these to taste

Prep:

Preheat oven to 375, spray 13 x 9 pan with non-stick spray. In Medium bowl, beat eggs. Stir in ricotta, 2 cups mozzarella and the Parmesan.

In medium sauce pan warm olive oil, when warm add diced onion, carrot and celery. Once a bit soft add these veggies to your marinara sauce.

To assemble:

When layering lasagna, slightly overlap sheets. Lasagna will expand to the edges during cooking.

1. Spread bottom of pan with sauce

2. Layer 4 uncooked sheets, 1/3 of ricotta mixture, half browned meat, 1 cup of mozzarella and 1 cup sauce

3. Layer 4 uncooked sheets, 1/3 ricotta mixture and 1 1/2 cup sauce

4. Layer uncooked sheets, remaining ricotta mixture, remaining meet and sauce

5. layer remaining 1 cup mozzarella on top.

**I also used a mixture of Italian cheeses on top to add a little flavor.

My kids do not usually like lasagna and this night they ate all of it. I also make my own marinara.

Marinara:

Buy a store brand tomato sauce.

In large pot warm up sauce and add a bunch of seasonings like:

Parsley

Salt

Pepper

Oregano

Basil

Garlic minced

all to taste. I also add cooked ground turkey to half my sauce.

Once it's all infused together divide into freezer safe Tupperware. I freeze them for enough for 4 people.

Happy Cooking!

If you end up making my lasagna let me know how it turns out.