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Spinach lasagna recipe with pics
melissa6771
Posts: 894 Member
I used my own homemade sauce, skim milk, and regular lasagna noodles. The nurtrional info is for the recipe as written here.
Ingredients
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 1/4 cups chopped onion (about 2 medium)
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 (16-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained, and squeezed dry
1/3 cup all-purpose flour (about 1 1/2 ounces)
3 cups 2% reduced-fat milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
1 (26-ounce) jar marinara sauce, divided
Cooking spray
12 cooked whole wheat lasagna noodles, divided
1 1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided
Parsley sprigs (optional)
Preparation
Preheat oven to 375°.
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion; cook 10 minutes or until onion is browned, stirring occasionally. Stir in garlic and spinach. Reduce heat, cover, and cook 3 minutes or until spinach is tender. Set aside.
Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, milk, salt, black pepper, and red pepper in a small saucepan, stirring with a whisk. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring frequently. Reduce heat and simmer 1 minute, stirring frequently. Add 2 cups milk mixture to spinach mixture. Cover remaining milk mixture, and set aside.
Spread 1/2 cup marinara sauce in bottom of a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Arrange 3 lasagna noodles over sauce; top with half of spinach mixture. Top with 3 lasagna noodles, 1 cup marinara sauce, and 3/4 cup cheese. Layer 3 more lasagna noodles, remaining spinach mixture, and remaining 3 lasagna noodles. Top with remaining marinara sauce. Pour reserved milk mixture over the top, and sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup cheese. Bake at 375° for 50 minutes or until lasagna is browned on top. Garnish with parsley sprigs, if desired.
Nutritional Information
Calories 328
Caloriesfromfat 25 %
Fat 9.3 g
Satfat 3.8 g
Monofat 3.6 g
Polyfat 1.2 g
Protein 17.3 g
Carbohydrate 45.6 g
Fiber 6.9 g
Cholesterol 19 mg
Iron 3.1 mg
Sodium 726 mg
Calcium 371 mg
Ingredients
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 1/4 cups chopped onion (about 2 medium)
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 (16-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained, and squeezed dry
1/3 cup all-purpose flour (about 1 1/2 ounces)
3 cups 2% reduced-fat milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
1 (26-ounce) jar marinara sauce, divided
Cooking spray
12 cooked whole wheat lasagna noodles, divided
1 1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided
Parsley sprigs (optional)
Preparation
Preheat oven to 375°.
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion; cook 10 minutes or until onion is browned, stirring occasionally. Stir in garlic and spinach. Reduce heat, cover, and cook 3 minutes or until spinach is tender. Set aside.
Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, milk, salt, black pepper, and red pepper in a small saucepan, stirring with a whisk. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring frequently. Reduce heat and simmer 1 minute, stirring frequently. Add 2 cups milk mixture to spinach mixture. Cover remaining milk mixture, and set aside.
Spread 1/2 cup marinara sauce in bottom of a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Arrange 3 lasagna noodles over sauce; top with half of spinach mixture. Top with 3 lasagna noodles, 1 cup marinara sauce, and 3/4 cup cheese. Layer 3 more lasagna noodles, remaining spinach mixture, and remaining 3 lasagna noodles. Top with remaining marinara sauce. Pour reserved milk mixture over the top, and sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup cheese. Bake at 375° for 50 minutes or until lasagna is browned on top. Garnish with parsley sprigs, if desired.
Nutritional Information
Calories 328
Caloriesfromfat 25 %
Fat 9.3 g
Satfat 3.8 g
Monofat 3.6 g
Polyfat 1.2 g
Protein 17.3 g
Carbohydrate 45.6 g
Fiber 6.9 g
Cholesterol 19 mg
Iron 3.1 mg
Sodium 726 mg
Calcium 371 mg
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This looks fantastic!0
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@colleenclark336 here it is! Enjoy!1
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now I find it after you sent it!! duh!!!
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Looks good and also a lot of work. I give you credit and kudos for that!.0
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How many servings is that nutritional for? Looks awesome!1
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@melissa6771melissa6771 wrote: »
I love love love when posters share photos with their recipes, thank you for doing that. I actually think it looks like a nice simple recipe to make. One I'm most definitely try out. So glad you shared
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@melissa6771 :laugh: I changed up a few things, not because anything was wrong with what you shared. I bolded a few things and such so when I did a copy/paste/print it would come out in bold etc. Oh and I added in the serving size for anyone that sees it in the future for reference.
I hadn't noticed it was missing until someone asked.
Looks like such a yummy recipe... so you LOVED it? OK, truth time, I hate hate cooking Lasagna noodles, I think I've tried twice or maybe only once. They were shredded in pieces I was so upset. So the next time I bought the type that cook themselves in the dish. I realize they won't be wholegrain but I think I'll use those and save some brain cells. I'll look for whole grain, it's definitely worth checking, maybe they do have them now!melissa6771 wrote: »
Spinach lasagna recipe
I used my own homemade sauce, skim milk, and regular lasagna noodles.
The nutritional info is for the recipe as written here.
Ingredients
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 1/4 cups chopped onion (about 2 medium)
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 (16-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained, and squeezed dry
1/3 cup all-purpose flour (about 1 1/2 ounces)
3 cups 2% reduced-fat milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
1 (26-ounce) jar marinara sauce, divided
Cooking spray
12 cooked whole wheat lasagna noodles, divided
1 1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided
Parsley sprigs (optional)
Preparation
Preheat oven to 375°.
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion; cook 10 minutes or until onion is browned, stirring occasionally. Stir in garlic and spinach. Reduce heat, cover, and cook 3 minutes or until spinach is tender. Set aside.
Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, milk, salt, black pepper, and red pepper in a small saucepan, stirring with a whisk. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring frequently. Reduce heat and simmer 1 minute, stirring frequently. Add 2 cups milk mixture to spinach mixture. Cover remaining milk mixture, and set aside.
Spread 1/2 cup marinara sauce in bottom of a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Arrange 3 lasagna noodles over sauce; top with half of spinach mixture. Top with 3 lasagna noodles, 1 cup marinara sauce, and 3/4 cup cheese. Layer 3 more lasagna noodles, remaining spinach mixture, and remaining 3 lasagna noodles. Top with remaining marinara sauce. Pour reserved milk mixture over the top, and sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup cheese. Bake at 375° for 50 minutes or until lasagna is browned on top. Garnish with parsley sprigs, if desired.
Nutritional Information
Makes 8 Servings
Calories 328
Calories from fat 25 %
Fat 9.3 g
Sat fat 3.8 g
Mono fat 3.6 g
Poly fat 1.2 g
Protein 17.3 g
Carbohydrate 45.6 g
Fiber 6.9 g
Cholesterol 19 mg
Iron 3.1 mg
Sodium 726 mg
Calcium 371 mg
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That looks amazing1
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@Hearts_2015
If you don't like boiling lasagna noodles, which I don't either. Try the soaking method which is usually what I do. You soak them in hot water for 15-20 minutes. They also don't get as overdone and mushy when you cook them in the dish. I think some people use a rolling boil too when they do it which is too strong for the noodles. If and when I do boil them, I take them out and lay them on foil or parchment paper until I'm ready to use them.
Hope you enjoy this.1 -
Don't like cooking lasagna noodles? Don't!
I've always used uncooked noodles in my lasagna (and no, you don't need to purchase "oven-ready" noodles either - regular works perfectly!).
My lasagna always bakes perfectly and tastes wonderful. That's what everyone always tells me anyway!
So skip the noodle-cooking. It's completely unnecessary.2 -
Don't like cooking lasagna noodles? Don't!
I've always used uncooked noodles in my lasagna (and no, you don't need to purchase "oven-ready" noodles either - regular works perfectly!).
My lasagna always bakes perfectly and tastes wonderful. That's what everyone always tells me anyway!
So skip the noodle-cooking. It's completely unnecessary.
Yeah moisture via the other ingredients, is what softens them; while baking!1 -
Hmmm, do you think this would be doable in a crockpot?0
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May sound crazy but is the whole 13x9 pan only 328 cals??
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@rainingribbons I Auvergne no idea how this would work in a Crockpot. Give it a shot of you like.
@hellofromame no, there are 8 servings, 328 calories per serving. All the nutrition info is per serving.0 -
YUMMY!!! Will be trying it out soon!!0
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That looks so good0
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Looks yummy!0
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