Pasta - lazy lasagna
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Recipe highlights Serves: 10
- Good source of calcium, fibre, folate, iron
- Suitable to freeze
- Store covered in fridge (under 5°C)
- Egg free
- Nut free
- Low salt
- Vegetarian
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Ingredients
- 500 g frozen spinach, thawed, drained
375 g reduced fat ricotta cheese
375 g reduced fat cottage cheese
1 X 500g jar reduced salt pasta sauce
3 cups water
300 g lasagna sheets
1 X 440g can lentils, rinsed and drained (see Notes)
2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 clove garlic, crushed
Cooking method
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1. Mix spinach with cheese, herbs and lentils.
2. Alternate 3 layers of pasta sauce diluted with water, uncooked lasagne sheets and cheese mixture ending with the sauce.
3. Cover with foil and bake for 75 minutes.
Notes: For variety you can substitute lentils with 3 bean mix, kidney beans or chickpeas, drained.
Most of the standard dried varieties of wheat pastas do not contain egg - but always check the ingredients list to be certain. Use egg free pasta if you are preparing food for people with an allergy to egg.
Nutritional facts
 | Average quantity per Serving | Average quantity per 100g |
| Weight (g) | 249.29g | 100.00g |
| Energy (kJ) | 1443.25kJ | 578.95kJ |
| Protein (g) | 26.56g | 10.66g |
| Total fat (g) | 5.13g | 2.06g |
| - Saturated fat (g) | 2.59g | 1.04g |
| - Polyunsaturated fat (g) | 0.62g | 0.25g |
| - Monounsaturated fat (g) | 1.18g | 0.47g |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 20.63mg | 8.27mg |
| Carbohydrate-available (g) | 42.70g | 17.13g |
| CarbohydrateSE (g) | 42.70g | 17.13g |
| - Sugars (g) | 5.21g | 2.09g |
| Water (g) | 156.31g | 62.70g |
| Dietary fibre (g) | 9.42g | 3.78g |
| Thiamin (mg) | 0.29mg | 0.12mg |
| Riboflavin (mg) | 0.25mg | 0.10mg |
| Niacin (mg) | 2.29mg | 0.92mg |
| Niacin equivalents (mg) | 7.19mg | 2.88mg |
| Vitamin C (mg) | 18.85mg | 7.56mg |
| Total folate (ug) | 115.74ug | 46.43ug |
| Total vitamin A equivalents (ug) | 255.45ug | 102.47ug |
| Retinol (ug) | 27.75ug | 11.13ug |
| Beta carotene equivalents (ug) | 1349.89ug | 541.50ug |
| Sodium (mg) | 285.85mg | 114.67mg |
| Potassium (mg) | 969.17mg | 388.77mg |
| Magnesium (mg) | 97.03mg | 38.92mg |
| Calcium (mg) | 193.36mg | 77.56mg |
| Phosphorus (mg) | 400.44mg | 160.63mg |
| Iron (mg) | 5.64mg | 2.26mg |
| Zinc (mg) | 2.43mg | 0.97mg |
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Source: International Diabetes Institute (1997),
Diabetes, eating for health recipes, Caulfield.
This recipe was orginally published as:
Lazy lasagna
Recipe publication date on: 08/09/2001
Last reviewed on: 01/10/2013
