Hi ladies! I am making lasagna tonight because I have been craving it like crazy and I bought the oven ready noodles to save me the step of pre-cooking them. Has anyone else used these and are there any special things I should know? I assumed you just layer them straight from the box into the pan. LOL
These were just Giant Eagle store brand noodles. I thought I remembered that you could do the uncooked ones with regular noodles too, but then when I saw the "oven ready" ones, I questioned myself and bought them anyway. LOL
I am using Aimee's Lazy-Day Lasagna recipe, but I am making some changes to it. I am using my noodles not whole wheat, and using really lean ground beef instead of the soy crumbles. I will drain and rinse the meat before mixing it into the sauce. I also am using LF mozzarella cheese instead of swiss because we like Mozzarella better. Oh, and I am using FF cottage cheese instead of ricotta. I will use all Aimee's ingredient amounts and baking time though.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine the crumbles, sauce and water. In a small bowl, combine ricotta cheese and egg substitute. Spray a 9X13 pan with nonstick cooking spray. Spread 1 Cup of sauce in the bottom of pan. Arrange 4 noodles over the sauce. Spread another cup of sauce, then 1/3 of the ricotta mixture. Add another cup of sauce, and repeat the whole process until you end with a layer of sauce. Cover and bake 70 minutes. Uncover and place cheese slices on top, then bake for another 15 minutes uncovered. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
Oh my gosh u just made me sooo hungry. That must be in the cook book I borrowed out to a friend. And only 3 points per serving!! that rocks. Thanks so much for posting it.
Uki, the only thing I remember about not cooking the noodles first was that you added extra liquid. The box should have a recipe that you can use as a guide. That does sound good.
