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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
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• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat oven to 375°. | 2. Use a 9x13 GLASS pan. | 3. Brown ground beef or sausage with onion and garlic. | 4. Drain off fat. | 5. Return beef mixture to skillet. | 6. Stir in spaghetti sauce and water. | 7. In a small bowl, combine ricotta, Parmesan and parsley; set aside. | 8. In 13x9" glass pan, layer 1/3 of sauce. | 9. Layer half of uncooked lasagna noodles. (I often stagger the noodles from end to end as well as overlap them a bit. Centering the noodles in the middle instead of to one end.). | 10. Layer one half of ricotta mixture and half of mozzarella. | 11. Cover with 1/3 sauce. | 12. Repeat layers, ending with sauce mixture. | 13. Cover tightly with foil. | 14. Bake 1 hour,. | 15. Uncover, sprinkle with extra parmesan . Let stand 10 minutes before serving. | 16. For Florentine, omit meat and parsley. Stir onion, garlic and one 10 oz. package frozen chopped spinach that has been thawed and drained and 1/8 teaspoons nutmeg into cheese mixture. Layer as above. I often use steamed, chopped fresh spinach. | 17. Microwave directions: ( I have never used these) Prepare as above except use plastic wrap and vent corner. Microwave on high for 10 minute or until sauce boils. Microwave at 50% power for 30-35 minute or until pasta is tender, rotating dish after 15 minute Uncover: top with parmesan cheese. Let stand 10 minute before serving. These directions were for older microwaves, so be careful with the times. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
beef	1	lb	ground	898.1139999999999	0.0	88.0877	57.7424
onion	1/2	cup	chopped	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
garlic clove	1		minced	4.47	0.9918	0.1908	0.015
spaghetti sauce	1	jar		-	-	-	-
water	3/4	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
wide lasagna noodle	8			-	-	-	-
ricotta cheese	1	cups		431.52	7.5392	27.9248	32.1904
parmesan cheese	1/2	cup		37.0	4.0	4.0	0.5
parsley	1	tablespoon	chopped	1.368	0.2405	0.1129	0.03
mozzarella cheese	3	cups	shredded	-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese	2	tablespoons		37.0	4.0	4.0	0.5

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.