Veggie Packed Lasagna
Ingredients
1 pound ground beef
1 pound maple sausage
1 large eggplant
1 box lasagna noodles
1 large can crushed tomatoes
3 cans diced tomatoes
1 medium onion
4 stalks of celery
4 tablespoons minced garlic
1 32 ounce container ricotta cheese
2 tablespoons pepper
1tsp of sea salt
1 lemon
2 eggs
1 cup sliced carrots
1 cup raw spinach
1/4 cup sliced olives
1 1/2 bags shredded Italian blend cheese
1 package sun dried tomatoes.
Sauce
Start with slicing the onion and celery add to the beef and sausage, add garlic. Brown meat until done. Add in the can of crushed tomatoes and just ONE can of the diced tomatoes. Drain olives and add to the sauce Let simmer until sauce thickens about 20 minutes.
Ricotta Mixture
Crack open eggs, then slice lemon in half and add all the juice to the eggs. Whisk until foamy. Add in pepper, salt ricotta and 1/2 of one bag of shredded cheese. Whip until blended nicely set aside in the fridge.
Lasagna Instructions
Start by greasing a deep baking pan, then line the bottom with a single layer of noodles, make sure to place them over lapping. Add last cans of diced tomatoes over the layer of noodles, then cover with another layer of noodles shingled over that. Spread about 3/4 of the ricotta mixture over the top layer of noodles, cover that with the meat sauce. Then add in the carrots, and spinach. Peel and slice the eggplant thinly and layer over everything else. Spread remaining ricotta over the eggplant, add the sun dried tomatoes, then the remaining shredded cheese. Let bake in over at 350 for about 1 hr..
1 pound ground beef
1 pound maple sausage
1 large eggplant
1 box lasagna noodles
1 large can crushed tomatoes
3 cans diced tomatoes
1 medium onion
4 stalks of celery
4 tablespoons minced garlic
1 32 ounce container ricotta cheese
2 tablespoons pepper
1tsp of sea salt
1 lemon
2 eggs
1 cup sliced carrots
1 cup raw spinach
1/4 cup sliced olives
1 1/2 bags shredded Italian blend cheese
1 package sun dried tomatoes.
Sauce
Start with slicing the onion and celery add to the beef and sausage, add garlic. Brown meat until done. Add in the can of crushed tomatoes and just ONE can of the diced tomatoes. Drain olives and add to the sauce Let simmer until sauce thickens about 20 minutes.
Ricotta Mixture
Crack open eggs, then slice lemon in half and add all the juice to the eggs. Whisk until foamy. Add in pepper, salt ricotta and 1/2 of one bag of shredded cheese. Whip until blended nicely set aside in the fridge.
Lasagna Instructions
Start by greasing a deep baking pan, then line the bottom with a single layer of noodles, make sure to place them over lapping. Add last cans of diced tomatoes over the layer of noodles, then cover with another layer of noodles shingled over that. Spread about 3/4 of the ricotta mixture over the top layer of noodles, cover that with the meat sauce. Then add in the carrots, and spinach. Peel and slice the eggplant thinly and layer over everything else. Spread remaining ricotta over the eggplant, add the sun dried tomatoes, then the remaining shredded cheese. Let bake in over at 350 for about 1 hr..
