Healthy Turkey Lasagna
Ingredients
- 1 cup of chopped onion
- 1 cup of chopped fresh mushrooms
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 pound of ground turkey
- 1 jar of your favorite tomato sauce
- 1 box of no-boil lasagna noodles
- 1 egg
- 1 15 ounce container of reduced fat ricotta cheese
- 4 cups of reduced fat shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Combine the beaten egg, ricotta cheese, and two cups of shredded mozzarella cheese in a bowl and set aside.
- In a skillet sauté the ground turkey for about 5 minutes, drain and return to the pan.
- Add the chopped onions mushrooms, and garlic and continue to sauté for another 5 minutes. Then mix in a few tablespoons of tomato sauce and set aside.
- Begin to assemble the lasagna in a baking dish. Spread 1 cup of sauce on the bottom and layer 4 uncooked lasagna noodles {they will overlap a bit}. Next, add half of the ricotta cheese mixture, half of the ground turkey mixture, and 1 cup of tomato sauce. Repeat this again.
- For the top, add another layer of lasagna noodles, the remaining sauce, shredded mozzarella, and parmesan cheese.
- Bake covered with foil for 30 minutes.
- Uncover and continue to cook for another 10 minutes.
- Let stand for 15 minutes before serving.