Easy Veggie Lasagna #Recipe!

Hey Everyone!! :-)

Today, I thought I'd share my lasagna recipe, which uses the tomato sauce recipe I shared last week. I hope you like it! :-)

Ingredients:
1 2 lb container of ricotta cheese
3 lbs mozzarella cheese shredded
1 egg
1 lb spinach uncooked
15 cloves garlic minced
2 cups oregano chopped (or 1/2 cup dried)
1 cup parsley chopped (or 1/4 cup dried)
2 tbsp lemon zest
1 tbsp red pepper flakes or 1 chili pepper chopped (optional)
1 9oz box lasagna noodles
4 cups tomato sauce (Tomato Sauce Recipe)
Salt and pepper to taste

Cook the lasagna noodles in salted boiling water until nearly done. Drain the pasta and place in a bowl of cold water.  Spoon 2 tablespoons of the tomato sauce into a 9x13 baking dish and spread it evenly over the bottom of the dish. Take a noodle out of the bowl and pull it through two fingers to remove the water, but be careful not to break it, and place it in the bottom of the baking dish. Repeat until there is a layer of cooked noodles in the bottom of the dish.

Mix the rest of the ingredients except the noodles, spinach, tomato sauce, and 1 pound of the mozzarella cheese together in a bowl. Make sure the ingredients are well combined. Spread a layer of sauce over the noodles in the baking dish until all the noodles are completely covered. Spread a layer of the cheese mixture over the sauce in the baking dish until no sauce is visible. Place spinach leaves over the cheese layer until all the cheese is covered. Repeat layers until all the noodles are used. Sprinkle the remaining mozzarella cheese over the top of the lasagna. Cover the lasagna with aluminum foil.

The assembled lasagna can be placed in the refrigerator overnight, or it can be baked immediately at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 40 minutes or until edges are bubbling. Once the edges are bubbling, remove the foil cover, run a knife around the edges of the lasagna, and return it to the oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for an additional 20-25 minutes or until the top is browned.

You can also add pecorino romano or parmesan cheese to both the cheese mixture and/or the top of the lasagna if you like. Some other things I like to add sometimes are roasted slices of zucchini, broccoli florets, and slices of cauliflower. As with other things, I prefer my lasagna without meat, but you can easily add ground beef, Italian sausage, ham, pepperoni, and/or sliced meatballs to yours just by putting them in another layer. If you use meat, please make sure it is completely cooked before putting it in the lasagna because food poisoning sucks.

Buon Appetito!