Spinach & Turkey Lasagna Recipe
Don't let the 1 hour of cooking time scare you. This easy lasagna recipe can be prepared in about 20 minutes. It can even be prepped ahead the morning or night before and stored in the refrigerator until you are ready to bake it.
Equipment
- 9 x 13 baking pan
- aluminum foil
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground turkey (you could also use ground beef or sausage)
- 10 oz package frozen chopped spinach
- 15 oz container ricotta cheese
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup dried parsley
- 1 TBSP garlic powder
- 8 oz block mozzarella cheese, shredded, divided
- 24 oz jar pasta sauce
- 1 cup water
- 1 TBSP dried oregano
- 12 lasagna noodles
Instructions
- Brown and drain fat from ground turkey.
- Meanwhile, thaw frozen spinach in microwave or in a pan of hot water on stove. Drain excess water.
- Meanwhile, in a medium mixing bowl combine ricotta cheese, egg, parmesan cheese, dried parsley, garlic powder, and 4 oz of shredded mozzarella cheese.
- Add drained and thawed spinach to pan with drained and browned turkey. Add in pasta sauce, water, and dried oregano. Stir and heat through. (Note: Add water to pasta sauce jar first and shake to get remaining pasta sauce out.)
- Spread 1 cup of spinach meat sauce onto bottom of 9 x 13 pan.
- Add 3 lasagna noodles. Use back of spoon to spread 1/3 of the ricotta cheese mixture over the dry noodles. Spread 1 cup of spinach meat sauce over the ricotta cheese mixture.
- Repeat previous step two more times.
- Top with remaining 3 lasagna noodles.
- Lightly grease a sheet of aluminum foil and put oil-side down over lasagna and seal tightly.
- Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes.
- Remove foil and bake for an additional 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let sit for 15 minutes before cutting and serving.