Lighter Lasagna Corn Carne Recipes

LIGHTER LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Mix the spinach, cottage cheese, and egg in a large bowl.
• Place a large skillet over medium-high heat, and coat with nonstick cooking spray. Cook the onion, garlic, mushrooms, and carrot until the onion is soft, about 5 minutes. Add the ground turkey, and stir until cooked through, about 5 minutes. Pour the pasta sauce and water into the skillet. Season with rosemary,oregano, and basil. Simmer sauce for 10 minutes.
• Spray a 9x13 baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Spread 1/3 of the sauce on the bottom of the pan, and top with 3 noodles. Spoon an additional 1/3 of the sauce on the noodles; top with the spinach mixture. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese. Top with remaining 3 noodles and the rest of the sauce. Pour the vegetable juice evenly over the lasagna, and top with the remaining mozzarella. Cover the dish with foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Remove foil, and bake for an additional 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let lasagna rest for 10 to 15 minutes before serving.

LIGHT LASAGNA

Steps:

• cook meat in a large saucepan over medium heat untilbrowned, stirring to crumble; drain and set aside. Wipe pan with a paper towel.
• Coat pan with cooking spray; add onion and garlic, and saute for 5 minutes. Return meat to pan.
• Add 2 tablespoons parsley and next seven ingredients; bring to boil. Cover reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes. Uncover; simmer 20 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Combine 2 tablespoons parsley, cottage cheese and next 3 ingredients on a large bowl; stir well, and set aside.
• Spread 3/4 cup tomato mixture in bottom of a 13x9 pan coated with cooking spray.
• Arrange 4 noodles over tomato mixture; top with half of cottage cheese mixture, 2 1/4 cups tomato mixture, and 2/3 cup provolone.
• Repeat layers ending with noodles. spread remaining tomato mixture over noodles. cover, bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees.
• Sprinkle with remaining provolone; bake, uncovered, for ten minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Garnish with oregano, if deisred.

LITE LASAGNA

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Brown the turkey meat, drain and rinse and season with desired seasonings (I find Italian seasonings and garlic work best).
• Simmer the spaghetti sauce on low heat, covered. Stir in chopped onions, scallions, and bell pepper as well as seasonings (basil, salt, pepper).
• Stir in the cooked and rinsed turkey meat and allow to simmer until bubbling.
• Prepare a lasagna pan (14 by 9, I believe) by placing one layer of 5 lasagna noodles, a layer of sauce, a layer of cottage cheese and then a layer of cheddar cheese.
• Repeat for a second layer.
• Bake in the oven for one hour, removing during the last ten minutes to sprinkle more cheddar cheese on top.
• Serve with garlic bread and salad and enjoy!

CORN LASAGNA

Steps:

• Use part-skim mozzarella and nonfat ricotta.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Spray 9"x13" baking dish with nonstick vegetable spray.
• In mixing bowl, combine mozzarella, corn, ricotta, egg, oregano, salt, and pepper.
• Line bottom of baking dish with 3/4 c sauce.
• Layer half of noodles and top with half of cheese mixture.
• Repeat and pour remaining sauce over top.
• Carefully pour water around edges and sprinkle with mozzarella.
• Tightly cover pan with foil and bake 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Let rest 10 to 15 minutes before serving.

MEXI-CORN LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Brown meat in a large skillet; drain. Add corn, tomato sauce, salsa, chili powder, and cumin. Simmer, stirring frequently, 5 minutes.
• In a mixing bowl combine cottage cheese, eggs, Parmesan cheese, oregano, and garlic salt; mix well.
• Arrange 6 tortillas on bottom and up sides of lightly greased 13x9x2-inch baking dish, overlapping as necessary. Top tortillas with half of the meat mixture. Spoon cottage cheese mixture over meat. Arrange remaining tortillas over cottage cheese, overlapping as necessary. Top with remaining meat mixture.
• Bake in preheated oven at 375°F about 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Remove from oven; sprinkle with Cheddar cheese.
• Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Great with additional salsa, sour cream, and/or guacamole.