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lisa's 3 cheese and spinach lasagna

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Recipe by
Lisa Walker
@Lisak73
Temagami, ON

I love Lasagna, and love to make it, I put a layer of spinach in mine and my hubby hates spinach but he love this, you can't even tell it's spinach, great way to get everyone to eat some good greens :) Might be more than 3 cheeses in this but 3 are the main ones lol

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Ingredients For lisa's 3 cheese and spinach lasagna

  • WHAT YOU NEED
  • 2 lbs lean ground beef
  • 2 jars or cans of your fav spaghetti sauce
  • 1 500 g container of cottage cheese
  • 1 500 g container of ricotta cheese
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp basil
  • ground pepper to taste
  • uncooked lasagna noodles i used whole wheat
  • 1 bag shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1/2 of a container of baby spinach
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded mixed cheese i used a blend of shredded parmesan, mild cheddar and swiss.

How To Make lisa's 3 cheese and spinach lasagna

  • 1
    In a large frying pan brown your beef till now longer pink, add your sauce and heat a little bit, its doesn't have to be too hot as its going in the oven any ways.
  • 2
    You will need 2 small bowls, in one, put your cottage cheese in it and add 1 egg, 1 tsp of basil and some pepper and mix well, in the other add your ricotta cheese 1 egg, 1tsp basil, and pepper and mix well.
  • 3
    Spray a 9 x 13 pan with cooking spray, your first layer is as follows, spread some meat sauce on the bottom, lay 3 lasagna noodles lengthwise , I always break 2 more noodles to fit at the top and bottom as well widthwise then 1/2 of your cottage cheese mixture, baby spinach, all of your ricotta mixture and try to spread it over the spinach as good as you can to cover it all top with some mozzarella cheese about 1/2 the bag.
  • 4
    Second Layer, meat sauce, the noodles like you did for the first layer, the remainder of cottage cheese and rest of the mozzarella. Top with the rest of your sauce and add the cheese blend on top. Cover with tin foil and bake at 350 for about 60 min remove tinfoil and bake for 10 more minutes. Remove from oven and let sit for about 10 minutes before you slice it Enjoy
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