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Healthy & Delicious: Lighter Spinach Lasagna

Healthy & Delicious: Lighter Spinach Lasagna
Healthy & Delicious: Lighter Spinach Lasagna might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains around 19g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 308 calories. This recipe serves 8. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. If you have roasted peppers, lasagna noodles, mushrooms, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 5 minutes.

Instructions

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In a large pot or Dutch oven, boil lasagna noodles in salted water until al dente, 10 to 12 minutes.
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Drain. Rinse with cold water.
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In a large nonstick skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat.
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Saute onion and mushrooms until soft.
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Add garlic and saute an additional 30 to 60 seconds, until fragrant.
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Add roasted red peppers and heat through. Kill heat and set aside.
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Preheat oven to 375ºF.
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Squeeze spinach of excess water and pat with paper towels.
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Add to a mixing bowl, along with ricotta, mozzarella, 1/2 cup Parmesan, egg whites, basil, oregano, and black pepper. Stir to combine.
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Add mushroom mixture. Stir to combine.
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Spread 1/2 cup pasta sauce on the bottom of a 9x13 glass baking dish.
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Layer with 3 lasagna noodles placed side-by-side lengthwise.
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Spread 1/2 ricotta mixture evenly on noodles.
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Layer with a little less than 1 cup pasta sauce.
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Layer again with 3 more noodles, remaining ricotta mixture, a little less than 1 cup pasta sauce, and last 3 noodles.
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Spread remaining pasta sauce over noodles.
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Sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese.
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Cover pan with aluminum foil.
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Bake 20 minutes.
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Remove foil.
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Bake an additional 10 minutes.
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Remove from oven and let cool 10 minutes, to firm up.
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Serve.
DifficultyExpert
Ready In1 h, 5 m.
Servings8
Health Score51
CuisinesMediterraneanItalianEuropean
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