Ground Turkey Lasagna Recipe
Ground Turkey Lasagna is a great weeknight dinner. Quick and easy.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Reduced Fat Ricotta Cheese
- 1 Egg Lightly beaten
- 2-3 cups Part Skim Mozzarella Divided, to personal taste
- 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese Freshly shaved, plus more to garnish
- Coarse Ground Black Pepper To taste
- Fresh Basil and Parsley To taste (you can use dry if you don't have fresh on hand)
- 1 24 ounce jar Marinara Sauce Use your favorite
- 4 Whole Wheat Lasagna Noodle Uncooked, use the no boil kind
- 3-4 cups Sliced Mushrooms
- 1-2 cups Baby Spinach
- 1 pound Ground Turkey Cooked and drained
Instructions
- In a small bowl mix ricotta, egg, 1-2 cups mozzarella, parmesan, black pepper, basil and parsley.
- In your 9x9 ceramic baking pan pour a little sauce and shake the pan around until it coats the bottom. Layer 2 lasagna noodles on top of sauce.
- Spread 1/3 of the ricotta mixture over noodles. Sprinkle 1/3 of the sliced mushrooms and turkey along with 1/3 of the remaining sauce to cover, sprinkle spinach leaves to cover.
- Layer 2 more noodles and repeat with ricotta, mushrooms, meat, spinach and sauce.
- For the final layer cover with sliced mushrooms, followed by remainder of ricotta, meat, spinach and sauce. Finish by topping off with mozzarella.
- Cover with tin foil and place in the oven. Heat at 350°F for 45 minutes. Remove foil for final 15 minutes to brown cheese.