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It’s always a good day to celebrate with pasta, but on National Lasagna Day, it’s practically required! If your lasagna recipe is gathering dust, why not update it with some new ingredients? Pasta doesn’t have to be taboo!
Uncooked noodles
Many of my friends were surprised that I prepare my lasagna with uncooked noodles. It turns out perfectly every time, and it saves me the step of dealing with slippery pasta! Try uncooked Explore Cuisine Organic Green Lentil Lasagne noodles for the added benefit of protein and nutrients. Explore Cuisine offers organic, non-GMO, gluten free pasta that can be easily added to your favorite recipes. I like that these are hearty with protein, making them a great choice for lunch and dinner options.
Deconstructed Casserole
The image of a steamy 9×13 pan is probably your idea of lasagna, but the flavors can be easily replicated by using other pasta shapes. Try red lentil penne for a change! This is especially helpful when you have leftover pasta to use up.
Vegetarian Lasagna
Vegetable lasagna can be a great way to incorporate this delicious favorite into your menu rotation. We were given permission to share this vegetarian recipe with you! Mushrooms are a great substitute for ground beef. Doesn’t this look hearty?
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Spinach Mushroom Lasagne
INGREDIENTS:
- 16 oz cottage cheese
- 1/2 c fresh basil, sliced into ribbons
- 1/2 c fresh parsley
- 1 t garlic salt
- 1 t Italian Seasoning
- 1 egg
- 1 T oil
- 2 c fresh mushrooms, quartered
- 2 c fresh spinach
- 8 oz of uncooked lasagna from Explore Cuisine
- 32 oz of spaghetti sauce
- 2 cups (or more) of shredded mozzarella cheese
- Garnish: additional basil cut into ribbons
DIRECTIONS:
- In a medium bowl combine cottage mix, basil, parsley, garlic salt, Italian Seasoning and egg. Mix together and set aside.
- In a skillet over medium heat, warm the oil. Saute the mushrooms until they soften and they are starting to shrink. Add in spinach to wilt.
- Combine mushroom and cottage cheese mixture.
- Using a 9X13 baking dish pour 1/3 of the sauce into the bottom.
- Add half the uncooked noodles, top that with 1/2 the mixture and 2/3 c of cheese. Repeat. You will end with a third layer of sauce.
- Cover casserole dish with foil. Bake at 400 degrees F for 45 minutes.
- Remove the foil after 35 minutes.
- Garnish with remaining/additional cheese and basil.
- Let sit and rest for 15 minutes before cutting into squares.
Giveaway
Explore Cuisine is sending one lucky reader a box of Green Lentil Lasagne to try. The giveaway is open to US readers ages 18+. Void where prohibited by law. Good luck!
I did look at the recipes. I would love to try the Lasagna Soup recipe.
I would love to make the recipe Organic Brown Rice Pad Thai Noodles With Peanuts And A Spicy Sauce
I would love to try the ONE POT TACO SPAGHETTI recipe.
Salmon Teriyaki Black Bean Spaghetti Noodle Bowl does sound fantastic to make.
I would love to make the pumpkin ricotta lasagne. Looks delicious!
The Spinach Mushroom Lasagne does seem like a wonderful recipe to try.
That looks like a recipe I’d like to try. I love mushrooms.
They have a nice selection of recipes. I’d like to try their recipe for Spinach Mushroom Lasagna.
I think I would certainly enjoy trying the Vegetarian Lasagna recipe.
I make a pretty mean lasagna that I have been making for years for my family. They always ask me to make it when the weather turns a little cooler outside. I found it years ago in a microwave cook-book from the seventies.
I would like to make One Pot Taco Spaghetti soon!
I would enjoy making this recipe from their site; VEGETARIAN BOLOGNESE – A TWIST ON CLASSIC BOLOGNESE
My family would enjoy making CHICKPEA FUSILLI WITH EGGPLANT, TOMATO, GREEN ONION RECIPE
This recipe sounds great to try: Green Lentil Penne with Deconstructed Pesto
I really don’t like lasagna, but you gave so many good options I just might have to try it again. I love pasta so it’s weird how I don’t like lasagna!
I love spinach and mushrooms. This recipe sounds good!
Lasagna is one of my favorite foods! It has ingredients I like all in one sitting! I definitely would try these no cook noodles! They sound healthier and I bet they taste great! The noodles would soften under the hot tomato sauce anyway. I love spinach, mushrooms, green peppers, and more. Thank you for sharing!
This looks so delicious! I bet those noodles are very tasty! I havn’t tried them yet but they sound wonderful to add in the lasagna .
@tisonlyme143
We find a mixture of beef and italian sausage makes for a good lasagna!
I’ve used uncooked noodles and they come out fine. In fact, they absorb any excess liquids from the meats and sauces so the lasagna isn’t too unset.