LOW FAT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Lightly oil bottom of baking pan.
• Stir one cup of the chicken stock into the spaghetti sauce and set aside.
• Whisk the egg.
• Stir in ricotta cheese and one cup of the mozzarella.
• Add garlic, salt and pepper and set aside.
• Brown and drain the ground beef making sure to break it into very small pieces.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Cook the spinach until it is half done, approximately two-thirds of the time indicated on the microwave directions.
• Sauté the onion in 1/2 cup chicken stock until it is translucent.
• Cook the mushrooms in the remaining 1/2 cup chicken stock adding the soy sauce and vinegar.
• Simmer until all liquid is absorbed.
• Mix together beef, spinach, onions and mushrooms.
• Build the lasagna starting with a layer of sauce in the bottom of the pan.
• *Add one layer of the uncooked noodles followed by more sauce, 1/3 of the cheese mixture and 1/3 of the spinach/beef mixture.
• Repeat two more times, finishing off with the spinach mixture and the remaining sauce.
• Bake uncovered for 45 minutes, until liquid around the edges has been absorbed.
• Sprinkle remaining mozzarella on top and bake for 15 minutes more.
• To freeze: Bake, cool, wrap well, and label. freeze up to 2 months. *Note: You can assemble and freeze without cooking and cook on the day to be eaten!
• To serve, defrost overnight and then bake until warmed through, or bake from frozen for 1 hour and a half.