Sausage Spinach Lasagna | Hearty Italian Dinner

directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350˚F degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil and set aside.
  2. In a bowl whisk together the ricotta cheese, eggs, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Set aside.
  3. Brown and crumble 1 lb Swaggerty’s Farm sausage over medium heat in a large skillet. Add by handfuls the chopped spinach to the skillet with the browned sausage crumbles. Cook until the spinach is wilted, stirring into the sausage as it cooks. Set aside to cool for a few minutes.
  4. To layer lasagna pour 1/3 of the pasta sauce over the bottom of a 9 x 13 casserole dish.
  5. Add a layer of 4 no-boil lasagna noodles overlapping if need be.
  6. Dollop 1/3 of the ricotta cheese mixture over the noodles.
  7. Layer 1/2 of the sausage-spinach mixture over ricotta cheese dollops and sprinkle 1/3 of the shredded cheese over all.
  8. Repeat layering…another 1/2 of the pasta sauce, 4 more no-boil noodles, 1/3 of the ricotta cheese mixture, remaining 1/2 sausage-spinach mixture and another 1/3 of the shredded cheese.
  9. Top with final layer of remaining 1/3 of pasta sauce, 4 more noodles, final 1/3 of ricotta cheese mixture and remaining 1/3 of the shredded cheese.
  10. Cover loosely with foil and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until center of lasagna is hot and bubbly. Remove from oven.

6

servings

20 min.

prep time

35-40 min.

cook time

ingredients

1 lb Swaggerty’s Farm roll sausage

3 cups chopped fresh spinach

1 Box no-boil lasagna noodles

1 – 15 oz. container of Ricotta cheese

3 eggs

2 Tbsp dried Italian seasoning

Salt and black pepper

1 large jar of your favorite pre-made pasta sauce

2 cups shredded Italian blend cheese

Level of complexity

Easy to intermediate

Ingredients

8

Special kitchen tools

Pairs well with

A simple green salad

to serve

Let sit for 10 minutes before serving.