Best Easy Spinach Lasagna Recipes

EASY SPINACH LASAGNA WITH WHITE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat a 10x15 inch lasagna pan with cooking spray.
• Place the spinach in a medium bowl. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 4 minutes. Mix in ricotta. Beat the egg with a wire whisk, and add it to the spinach and ricotta. Stir well to blend.
• Combine pasta sauce with milk in a medium bowl. Mix well.
• Spread about 1/2 cup pasta sauce mixture evenly in the bottom of the dish. Place 3 uncooked noodles over the sauce. Spread half of the spinach mixture over the noodles. Sprinkle with half of the carrots and half of the mushrooms. Place 3 more noodles over the vegetable mixture. Pour 1 1/2 cups sauce over the noodles. Spread the remaining spinach mixture over the sauce, followed by layers of the remaining carrots and mushrooms. Place 3 more noodles over the vegetables. Pour remaining sauce evenly on top. Sprinkle with the mozzarella cheese. Spray a sheet of aluminum foil with cooking spray. Cover the dish tightly with aluminum foil, spray side down.
• Bake for 50 to 60 minutes. Remove from oven, uncover, and spoon some sauce over the exposed top noodles. Turn the oven off, and place the uncovered dish back into the warm oven for 15 more minutes. Serve at once, or let rest until ready to serve.

EASY VEGETARIAN SPINACH LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray a 1 1/2-quart casserole dish with cooking spray.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain.
• Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add spinach, cover, and steam until tender, 2 to 6 minutes. Drain spinach.
• Mix spinach, ricotta cheese, 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, egg, nutmeg, basil, salt, and black pepper in a bowl until thoroughly combined.
• Spread 1/4 cup pasta sauce on the bottom of the prepared casserole dish; top with 3 lasagna noodles, 1/2 of the ricotta mixture, and 1/4 cup pasta sauce. Repeat layers of 3 more noodles, 1/2 cup ricotta mixture, and 1/4 cup pasta sauce. End with remaining 3 lasagna noodles and 1/4 cup pasta sauce. Sprinkle 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese on top. Cover casserole with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. Uncover casserole and continue baking until lasagna is bubbling and lightly browned, about 25 more minutes. Let lasagna stand 5 minutes before serving.

SPINACH LASAGNA (EASY NO-BOIL METHOD)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In large skillet or stock pot, brown ground beef and onion; drain.
• Stir in spaghetti sauce. Simmer 10 minutes (to heat through), stirring occasionally.
• In medium bowl, combine mozzarella cheese, fresh or frozen spinach, ricotta cheese, eggs and garlic powder; stir until well blended.
• In 13-by-9-inch baking dish, layer 1/2 of the uncooked lasagna noodles, 1/2 of the meat mixture, all of the spinach mixture, remaining half of noodles and meat sauce. Pour the 1/3 cup of water over lasagna. Cover snugly with foil.
• Bake covered at 350 F for 45 minutes.
• Remove foil from lasagna; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
• Bake, uncovered, an additional 10 to 15 minutes or until hot and bubbly and noodles are tender.
• Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Yields 8 servings.
• Serve with a tossed salad, Mom's Onion Parmesan Bread #109257 and a nice bottle of red wine (such as Italian Chianti, Lambrusco, or Red Rose). Any leftovers are great reheated the next day.
• NOTE: Recipe can be made ahead; use a disposable aluminum pan and bake, freeze and reheat all in the same pan. Or, you can assemble the lasagna without baking it and then freeze it, baking it on the day it will be served.

EASY SPINACH LASAGNA

Steps:

• 1. Cook pasta according to package dorecions; drain.
• 2. cook meat with tomaoes in skillet over over medium high heat, 7mins. Drain spinach well, squeezing out excess liquid; blend with ricotta cheese.
• 3. layer 3 noodles 1/2 spinach mixture, 1/3 tomatoe mixture, and 1/3 ncheese in a 9x12 baking dish. repeat ending in noodles tomatoes and cheese.
• 4. bake at 350 degrees, 30 min or untill heated thru. (Garnish with sliced green onions and serve with parmesan cheese if desired!)

FAST & EASY SPINACH/GREEK YOGURT LOW-FAT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• In medium saucepan heat up vegetable broth.
• Add Greek yogurt and half the cheese to the hot broth.
• Add spinach gradually to the yogurt/broth mixture. Set aside.
• Drizzle olive oil on the bottom of a 13X9 inch baking dish. Spread a small amount of pasta sauce on bottom of dish.
• Add a layer of noodles.
• Spread sauce on top of noodles.
• Add a layer of 1/3 of the spinach/yogurt/cheese broth.
• Sprinkle with 1/3 of remaining cheese.
• Repeat previous 3 directions twice more.
• Bake for 30 minutes covered, then 10-15 minutes uncovered.
• Let stand at least 10-15 minutes before serving.

EASY RAVIOLI LASAGNA WITH SPINACH | THE SEASONED VEGETABLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Spoon a few tablespoons of pizza sauce into a 10-inch by 7-inch baking dish. Spread evenly to cover the bottom of the baking dish.
• Lay ravioli on top of the sauce, creating a single layer of pasta (8 to 12 ravioli, depending on the size of your pasta).
• Spread one third of the spinach and sliced mushrooms on top of the pasta. Sprinkle one third of the mozzarella cheese on top of the vegetables.
• Continue layering sauce, ravioli, spinach, mushroom and cheese.
• Finish with a layer of parmesan cheese.
• Cover with aluminum foil and and bake for 30 minutes.
• Remove foil cover and bake another 15 minutes.
• Slice and serve immediately.

EASY TURKEY & SPINACH LASAGNA

Steps:

• Boil : Lg. Pot boil dried lasagna till tender. . . (follow package instructions) usually 20min's
• Drain cooked noodles and set aside.
• Prepare: vegetables to be thawed , tomato sauce
• In Lg Baking dish:
• { repeat layers 1 - 4 until level with brim on baking dish}.
• 1. pour 2cups sauce on bottom.
• 2. place enough lasagna noodles to barely cover sauce.
• 3. place broccoli and spinach to cover noodles.
• 4. shredded cheese's cover vegetables.
• Preheat: Oven 400'F.
• Cook: in a lg. skillet , cook turkey. add chopped onion , garlic powder, basil, thyme, seasoning salt and ground pepper. cook time : 20min's.
• Bake in oven covered for 35-45 minutes till cheese is melted -- uncover the last 10minutes to brown top layer of cheese.
• let sit 3minutes before serving.

QUICK & EASY SPINACH LASAGNA ROLLS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2. Mix cream cheese, spinach, mozzarella, parmesan, and garlic. Season with salt and pepper, if desired depending on how salty your cheese is.
• 3. Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over lasagna noodles. Top with sliced tomatoes, if using. Roll. Line bottom of 9x9 baking dish with enough sauce to cover. Add rolls, seam side down. Top with remaining sauce.
• 4. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.

EASY SPINACH LASAGNA

Steps:

• Chop the onion and peppers into small pieces.
• Fry lightly in the olive oil for a few minutes and add some black pepper.
• Add the garlic.
• Mix well and add the canned tomatoes.
• Heat until a few bubbles appear and slowly add the puree, then all the parsley except a little for decoration.
• Set aside.
• Make sure the spinach is totally clean.
• (Put it in a drainer and cover with salt, then wash really well.) Steam in a stainless steel drainer over a pot of boiling water for no more than 3 minutes.
• While it is cooking, set the oven to 300 degrees F.
• Drain the spinach and put in a pan.
• Mix with the sour cream and plenty of black pepper (a small hand blender is ideal for this).
• It should be smooth and creamy and a lovely color.
• Pour about 2 inches of the red sauce into a baking dish, smooth with a wooden spoon and cover with a layer of lasagne.
• Top with a layer of the spinach mix.
• Smooth it out and add another layer of pasta.
• Keep doing this- alternating red and green- until no more sauce is left.
• The last layer of pasta must have a little sauce on it to keep it moist.
• Cover with the cheese.
• Bake, uncovered, for about 1 1/2 hours.
• When the lasagne is done it needs to sit about 3 minutes before being sprinkled with parsley and served with a fresh green salad and a glass of dry red wine.

EASY SPINACH AND PROSCIUTTO LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Make filling: In a medium bowl, stir together spinach, ricotta, garlic, teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; set aside. In another medium bowl, stir together tomato sauce and prosciutto. In an 8-inch square baking dish, spread cup tomato sauce. Layer 2 noodles, 1/3 filling, and 1/3 remaining tomato sauce; repeat twice. Top with mozzarella. Bake until browned, 35 to 40 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

EASY SPINACH LASAGNA WITH WHITE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 13X9 inch lasagna pan with cooking spray. Place the spinach in medium bowl. Microwave, uncovered on high for 4 minutes. Squeeze dry and mix in ricotta. Combine pasta sauce with milk in a medium bowl. Mix well. Spread @ 1/2 cup pasta sauce evenly in bottom of dish. Place 3 uncooked noodles over the sauce. Spread half of the spinach mixture over the sauce, followed by layers of the remaining carrots and mushrooms. Place 3 more noodles over the vegetables. Pour remaining sauce evenly on top. Sprinkle with the mozzarella cheese. Spray a sheet of aluminum foil with cooking spray. Cover the dish tightly with aluminum foil. spray side down. Bake for 50 - 60 min.. Remove form oven, uncover and spoon some sauce over the exposed top noodles. Turn the oven off, and place the uncovered dish back into the warm oven for 15 more minutes. Serve at once or let rest until ready to serve. *Can freeze ahead, thaw overnight in refrigerator & cook longer ( (2-1//2 hours for two) *Can also add sun dried tomatoes or 10 oz. broccoli, artichoke hearts, zucchini, etc. HOMEMADE ALFREDO SAUCE 1 pint heavy whipping cream (or half & half) 1/2 cup butter 1- 1/2 cups grated Parmesan cheese grated nutmeg Combine in med. saucepan, cook over med./low heat until smooth, don't boil. Remove from heat, will thicken upon standing. *can add 1/2 cup half & half if using no-boil noodles.