Whole Wheat Skillet Lasagna Recipes

WHOLE-WHEAT SKILLET LASAGNA AND ESCAROLE SALAD

Steps:

• Heat a pot of water for pasta, season with salt and cook pasta to al dente.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F or broiler.
• While pasta water comes to a boil, heat 2 tablespoons oil in a high sided skillet over medium-high to high heat. When the oil smokes, add the pancetta, sirloin and bay leaf and caramelize the meat, 5 to 6 minutes, season with salt, pepper and allspice. Add grated vegetables and garlic, rosemary. Cook 7 to 8 minutes, stir in stock. Add tomatoes and break up with a spoon. Drain pasta and add to sauce then stir in ricotta. Top pasta with a layer of mozzarella and place in oven. Cook 5 minutes to melt and bubble mozzarella.
• Dress the escarole and onions with the lemon juice and 3 to 4 tablespoons oil, season the salad with salt and pepper.

WHOLE WHEAT LASAGNA WHEELS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch glass baking dish with cooking spray. Cook noodles as directed on package. Drain; rinse with cold water to cool. Drain well; lay noodles flat.
• Meanwhile, spray 10-inch skillet with cooking spray. Heat over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and zucchini to skillet; sprinkle with pepper. Cook 5 to 8 minutes, stirring frequently, until vegetables are very tender. Remove from heat. Drain; return to skillet. Stir in ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese and basil until well blended.
• In baking dish, spread 1/2 cup pasta sauce. For each wheel, spoon 1/3 cup vegetable mixture on center of each cooked noodle; spread to ends. Carefully roll up from short end, forming wheel. Place wheels, seam-side down, in baking dish. Spoon remaining 1 cup sauce evenly over tops of wheels.
• Cover and bake 30 minutes or until sauce is bubbly. Serve warm, spooning sauce from baking dish over top of each wheel.

WHOLE WHEAT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Brown meat slowly; add next 6 ingredients to meat and simmer uncovered about 30 minutes.
• Cook lasagna noodles about 6 minutes.
• Combine cottage cheese with next five ingredients.
• Place 1/2 noodles in 13x9x2 inch baking dish; spread 1/2 cheese mixture over noodles, add 1/2 mozzarella cheese and 1/2 meat mixture.
• Repeat layers.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.

FAVORITE SKILLET LASAGNA

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, cook sausage and onion over medium heat until no longer pink, breaking up sausage into crumbles; drain. Stir in spaghetti sauce, noodles, water and zucchini. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 8-10 minutes or until noodles are tender, stirring occasionally., In a small bowl, combine ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese and parsley. Drop by tablespoonfuls over pasta mixture. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese; cook, covered, 3-5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.