Vegetarian Lasagna

Lasagna

Ingredients:

• 1 package lasagna noodles
• 1 container  marinara sauce
• 8 oz mushrooms, sliced(optional)
• 1 red onion chopped
• 4 oz jalapenos (optional)
• 4-5 oz olives
• 2 /10 bags baby spinach
• 1 /15 container ricotta cheese
• 1 packag shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2  garlic paste
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4th tsp pepper
• 1.5 tablespoon olive oil

 

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Heat the olive oil over medium low heat in a large pan. Add one bag spinach and cook until wilted.
3. Remove and place spinach in a bowl and then cook remaining bag. Set cooked spinach aside.
4. Add 5 tbsp olive oil to the pan and cook mushrooms, onion, jalapeno until tender and then add tomato .Set aside in a separate bowl.
5. In another bowl mix together the ricotta cheese, minced garlic, salt and pepper.
6. Spray oven tray  with cooking spray and pour in about a fourth cup of pasta sauce to cover bottom. Lay three uncooked lasagna noodles over top. Add a layer of the ricotta mixture, then a layer of spinach, followed by a layer of mushrooms, onion and tomato and sprinkle of mozzarella cheese. Finish each layer with a fourth cup of pasta sauce then repeat with three more noodles.
7. Make two more additional layers of noodles, ricotta, spinach, mushrooms, onion, tomato, jalapeno, cheese and sauce then finish with a final layer of noodles, the rest of the sauce and more mozzarella cheese.
8. Cover very loosely with tin foil and bake for 50 minutes.
9. After baking, let lasagna cool for 15 minutes before digging in!