Spinach and Ricotta Lasagna

Ingredients

• 1 onion – diced and sauteed in EVOO
• Garlic – minced
• 1 can crushed tomatoes
• 1 can tomato sauce
• 1.5 C water or chicken broth
• Lasagna noodles – cooked
• 1 LB Ricotta cheese
• 3 eggs
• handful of minced scallions
• Grated Parmesan and Swiss cheese
• salt, pepper, parsley (chopped)
• dash of grated nutmeg
• Spinach – cooked or sauteed

Step by Step

1. Prepare Ricotta Mixture
   – ricotta, 3 eggs, salt, pepper, scallion, parsley, nutmeg – mix well
2. Prepare Sauce
   – Mix onion, garlic tomatoes, water or broth – simmer 8 minutes
3. In a baking dish put 1/2 C sauce in the bottom
4. Add a layer of pasta sheets to cover the sauce
5. 1/2 of ricotta mixture
6. pasta sheets to cover
7. 1/2 C sauce
8. layer of spinach
9. pasta sheets to cover
10. remaining ricotta mixture
11. pasta sheets to cover
12. remaining red sauce
13. grated Parmesan and Swiss cheese
14. Cover baking dish with foil
15. Bake 400º for 45 minutes
16. Remove foil
17. Bake an additional 15 minutes
18. rest 5-10 minutes before cutting