Make pasta night a hit with this healthier take on meat lasagna!
Ingredients: · 6 whole-wheat lasagna noodles (about 4 ounces total), broken in half · 1 tablespoon olive oil · 1 medium onion, chopped · 1 small eggplant (1 pound), peeled and cut into ½-inch pieces · 2 garlic cloves, minced · Coarse salt and ground pepper · ½ pound ground sirloin · 1 can (10.75 ounces) tomato puree · 1 pint (1 percent) cottage cheese (2 cups) · ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan (1 ½ ounces) · ½ cup shredded part-skim mozzarella (2 ounces) |
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Place noodles in an 8-by-8-inch baking dish, and cover with hot tap water; set aside to soften.
2. In a 5-quart Dutch oven or heavy pot, heat oil over medium-high. Add onion, eggplant, and garlic, season with salt and pepper. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until eggplant is very tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Add sirloin, and cook, breaking up meat with a spoon, until no longer pink, 3 to 5 minutes. Add tomato puree, and cook until thickened, 3 to 5 minutes. Season meat sauce with salt and pepper.
3. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine cottage cheese and 1/4 cup Parmesan: season with salt and pepper. Remove noodles from baking dish, discarding water.
4. Spread about 1/4 cup meat sauce in bottom of dish, and top with 4 noodle halves. Layer with 1/3 cheese mixture, then 1/3 sauce. Repeat twice with remaining noodles, cheese mixture, and sauce. Sprinkle with mozzarella and the remaining 2 tablespoons of Parmesan. Bake until lasagna is bubbling, and cheese topping is golden, 30 to 35 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting and serving.
Source: “Healthier Meat Lasagna.” Recipe. www.marthastewart.com. N.p. 16 May 2017. Web. 8 Apr. 2024.
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