Light Loaf Pan Lasagna
A lower calorie lasagna, makes 4 servings!
Servings: 4 people
Cost: $7
Equipment
- Loaf Pan
- Pan
Ingredients
Meat Sauce
- ½ lb ground beef
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ⅛ tsp pepper
- 18 oz pasta sauce
Ricotta Mixture
- ½ cup reduced fat ricotta
- ¼ cup parmesan cheese
- ¼ tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 egg
Lasagna
- 8 oven ready lasagna noodles
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh basil
Instructions
Meat Sauce
- Brown ½ lb of ground beef in a pan over medium heat. Season with garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper. Drain the fat and add pasta sauce.
Ricotta Mixture
- In a small bowl add ricotta, parmesan cheese, italian seasoning and egg. Lightly beat the egg and then mix until completely combined.
Assemble The Lasagna
- Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray.
- Spread a layer of meat sauce and top with two lasagna noodles. Break them so that they fit into the pan.
- Next spread 1/3 of the ricotta mixture, a layer of meat sauce and sprinkle some mozzarella cheese, then top with two lasagna noodles. Repeat two more times. The last time add fresh chopped basil.
- Top with meat sauce, mozarella cheese and a sprinkle of parmesan cheese.
- Cover with foil.
- Bake at 400º for 30 minutes, take the foil off and bake for another 10 minutes. When it is finished, let it cool for 5 minutes before slicing. Enjoy!