About the Recipe
Ingredients
1 jar tomato Sauce or of choice
fresh or dried oregano, basil, thyme, rosemary (any combination of Italian spices) to taste if dried 1 tsp each, if fresh you will need more
Salt & pepper to taste
Fresh chopped garlic 4 -5 cloves
Choice of meat. (I use spicy Italian sausage) optional
1 container of ricotta cheese
1 cup fresh spinach
Choice of lasagna noodle broken up
Béchamel optional (you can buy pre made or make a batch yourself)
Preparation
Par boil broken lasagna noodles set aside
Pan fry choice of meat in 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add half the fresh garlic and half the fresh spices in the last few minutes of cooking
Add sauce and simmer for 5 minutes
Mix ricotta with remainder of spices and garlic, add spinach. salt and pepper to taste. Set aside
In a large bowl mix noodles with meat sauce spread on large sheet pan.
Dollop ricotta mixture randomly on noodle mixture
Drizzle with béchamel
Bake in 380 degree oven for 20-30 mins or until lasagna has its crispy edges (my fave!)