Spinach Feta Lasagna Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 F with a rack in the middle.
• Cook onion in oil in a large heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until golden, 12-15 minutes.
• Put spinach in a colander and press out as much liquid as possible. Add spinach to onion and cook another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Remove from heat and add 1/3 cup dill, 3/4 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper.
• Puree cottage cheese in a blender with milk, eggs, nutmeg and 1/2 tsp each of salt and pepper until smooth. Reserve 2 cups in a bowl and stir remainder into spinach with 1 cup feta.
• Stack matzah in a deep dish and pour reserved cottage cheese mixture over them. Let stand 15 minutes to soften.
• Arrange 2 soaked matzahs side by side in a generously oiled 13x9 inch dish. Pour in half of spinach filling. Put 2 more matzahs on top, then pour in remaining filling. Cover with remaining 2 matzahs and pour any remaining cottage cheese mixture over them. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup feta.
• Bake, uncovered, until golden and set, 30-35 minutes.
• Cool 10 minutes, then serve sprinkled with remaining 2 tablespoons dill.
• Can be assembled before baking one day ahead and kept chilled, covered.

Steps:

• Make the bechamel: Heat the butter in a medium saucepan over low heat, and as soon as it begins to sizzle, add the flour and stir for 5 minutes.
• Slowly add the milk, whisking all the while, until smooth and thick, about 5-7 minutes.
• Cover the bechamel with a kitchen towel and set aside until ready to use.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a rolling boil and cook lasagna noodles until firm, about 10 minutes.
• Remove, drain, and place in a large bowl of cold water until ready to use.
• Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a medium skillet.
• Add the onion and celery cover the skillet, and cook over low heat until soft, about 10 minutes.
• Combine the spinach, onions and celery, dill, feta and anthotiro in a large bowl.
• Mix in the eggs, season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg, and toss with 2 to 4 more tablespoons of olive oil.
• Preheat oven to 350d.
• Lightly oil a large shallow baking dish (approximately 10 x 14 inches).
• Spread 2-3 tablespoons of bechamel on the bottom.
• Remove the lasagna noodles from the water one at a time and blot dry with a paper towel.
• Arrange one-third of the noodles in a single layer over the bechamel.
• Spread half the filling over the lasagna.
• Repeat with remaining lasagna and filling, ending up with a final layer of noodles.
• Spread the bechamel evenly over the noodles, and sprinkle with grated cheese.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes, until top is golden brown.
• Remove, cool slightly and serve.

Steps:

• Cook the lasagna noodles according to package directions and drain.
• In a skillet or pot, cook onion in olive oil over medium heat until soft, about 5 minutes. Add sliced mushrooms and garlic, continue cooking until mushrooms are done, about 5 more minutes.
• Add diced tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, oregano and pepper to taste to the mushroom and onion mixture. Simmer for 5 more minutes and then remove from heat.
• In a large bowl, combine egg, cottage cheese, parmesan cheese, feta cheese and spinach.
• Spoon a little of the sauce in a 9x13 glass baking dish the layer in this order:.
• 3 lasagna noodles.
• 1/2 of the cottage cheese mixture.
• 1/3 of the sauce.
• 3 lasagna noodles.
• 1/2 of the cottage cheese mixture.
• 1/3 of the sauce.
• 3 lasagna noodles.
• 1/3 of the sauce.
• Mozzarella cheese.
• Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes, uncover and continue cooking for 20 more minutes until cheese is light brown and bubbly.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Mix first 7 ingredients., Spread 1/2 cup pasta sauce into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Layer with 3 lasagna noodles, 3/4 cup ricotta mixture, 1 cup spinach, 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese and 2/3 cup sauce. Repeat layers twice. Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese., Bake, covered, 35 minutes. Uncover; bake until lasagna is heated through and cheese is melted, 10-15 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. , Freeze option: Cover and freeze unbaked lasagna. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 350°. Bake lasagna as directed, increasing time as necessary to heat through and for a thermometer inserted in center to read 165°.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; crumble beef drain. Stir in the spaghetti sauce, garlic, basil and oregano. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. In a large bowl, mix together the spinach, ricotta and 1 cup mozzarella cheese., Spread 1-1/2 cups meat sauce into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Top with 3 noodles. Spread 1-1/2 cups sauce to edges of noodles. Top with half of the spinach mixture. Repeat layers. Top with the remaining noodles, sauce and 1 cup mozzarella cheese., Cover and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover; bake until bubbly, 10-15 minutes longer. Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting. If desired, top with minced fresh basil.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cook the noodles according to package directions. Drain. Saute the onion and garlic in the olive oil, adding water as needed to keep from sticking.
• Combine the ricotta, tofu, Parmesan cheese, spinach, egg whites, black pepper, parsley, and sauteed onion and garlic. Mix well.
• Spray a 9 x 13 inch casserole dish with cooking spray. Arrange a layer of cooked noodles on the bottom. Top with 1/3 each of the ricotta mixture, the mozzarella and the tomato sauce. Repeat layers twice more, ending with tomato sauce. Cover with foil.
• Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes. Remove foil and bake 10 to 15 more minutes.

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
• Cook the lasagna noodles until soft.
• Meanwhile in a saucepan, stir together the tomatoes (with juice), tomato sauce, tomato paste, vinegar and seasonings; heat till a medium boil; reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for 20-25 minutes.
• in a medium bowl, stir together 1-1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, feta cheese, spinach and the egg.
• In the bottom of the prepared baking dish, spread 1/3 of the sauce on the bottom.
• Layer 3 pieces of cooked lasagna noodles on top of the sauce.
• Then 1/2 of the cheese mixture.
• Then 1/2 of the sliced mushrooms.
• Then another 1/3 of the sauce; repeat.
• Top with the remaining pasta, then the balance of the sauce and then mozzarella cheese.
• Cover with foil; bake for 25 minutes, uncover, and bake for 5-7 minutes longer, or until the cheese melts.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
• Add noodles and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• Spray a large skillet with cooking spray and heat on medium-high.
• Saute onion and garlic for 3 minutes, or until onion is tender-crisp.
• Stir in broth and rosemary; bring to a boil.
• Stir in artichoke hearts and spinach; reduce heat, cover and simmer 5 minutes.
• Stir in pasta sauce.
• Spread 1/4 of the artichoke mixture in the bottom of the prepared baking dish; top with 3 cooked noodles.
• Sprinkle 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese over noodles.
• Repeat layers 2 more times, ending with artichoke mixture and mozzarella cheese.
• Sprinkle crumbled feta on top.
• Bake, covered, for 40 minutes.
• Uncover, and bake 15 minutes more, or until hot and bubbly.
• Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.
• 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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray a 1 1/2-quart casserole dish with cooking spray.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain.
• Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add spinach, cover, and steam until tender, 2 to 6 minutes. Drain spinach.
• Mix spinach, ricotta cheese, 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, egg, nutmeg, basil, salt, and black pepper in a bowl until thoroughly combined.
• Spread 1/4 cup pasta sauce on the bottom of the prepared casserole dish; top with 3 lasagna noodles, 1/2 of the ricotta mixture, and 1/4 cup pasta sauce. Repeat layers of 3 more noodles, 1/2 cup ricotta mixture, and 1/4 cup pasta sauce. End with remaining 3 lasagna noodles and 1/4 cup pasta sauce. Sprinkle 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese on top. Cover casserole with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. Uncover casserole and continue baking until lasagna is bubbling and lightly browned, about 25 more minutes. Let lasagna stand 5 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Cover the bottom of a rectangle pan with sauce (just enough to cover.) I use the large deep foil pan. It is best to use a pan deep enough to leave room at the top, so that foil doesn't touch the lasagne and get stuck on the cheese.
• Put a layer of lasagna noodles (uncooked)--kind of overlap them. I usually overlap 4 to fit across the pan.
• Now put a layer of ricotta cheese. Spread thinly across the noodles.
• Pour on sauce.
• Then spinach and more sauce.
• Repeat: Noodles, ricotta, sauce, spinach, sauce. Noodles, ricotta, sauce, spinach, sauce.
• End with noodles.
• Pour sauce over.
• Then really end with grated mozzarella.
• Cover pan tightly with foil, put in oven at 350 degrees and cook about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Serve with a salad and some french bread (whole wheat is best!) and you have a great meal.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large pot over medium heat saute spinach, onion, oregano, basil and garlic in the olive oil. Pour in spaghetti sauce and water; simmer 20 minutes. In a large bowl mix cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, parsley, salt, pepper and egg.
• Place a small amount of sauce in the bottom of a lasagna pan. Place 4 uncooked noodles on top of sauce and top with layer of sauce. Add 4 more noodles and layer with 1/2 sauce and 1/2 cheese mixture, noodles and repeat until all is layered, finishing with sauce.
• Cover with foil and bake in a preheated oven for 55 minutes. Remove foil and bake another 15 minutes. Let sit 10 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute garlic in oil for 1 minute. Add spinach and almonds; saute 2 minutes longer or just until spinach is wilted. Sprinkle with cheese.

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage, breaking into smaller pieces, in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Mix noodles into sausage.
• Pour crushed tomatoes and tomato sauce over sausage-noodle mixture; bring to a boil. Cover skillet, reduce heat, and simmer until noodles are cooked and sauce is thickened, about 25 minutes. Add spinach, ricotta cheese, and mozzarella cheese; cover skillet and remove from heat. Let lasagna stand for 5 minutes; top with Parmesan cheese.