LAZY LASAGNA

Ingredients:

  • 1 Tbl. olive oil
  • 1 onion, minced
  • 4 cloves, garlic, minced
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 5 cups spaghetti sauce
  • ½ tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1 cup zucchini, chopped
  • 1 cup spinach, chopped
  • 4 oz. mushrooms, sliced
  • 9 sheets of uncooked oven-ready lasagna noodles
  • 8 ounces (1 cup) mozzarella cheese, finely grated
  • 8 ounces (1 cup) Parmesan cheese, finely grated

Directions:

  1. Heat oil in a large skillet or Dutch oven over medium-low heat.
  2. When oil is hot, add onion and garlic. Stir 3 minutes.
  3. Add ground beef.
  4. Cook, stirring, 5 minutes longer.
  5. Reduce heat to low and add spaghetti sauce, red pepper flakes, zucchini, spinach, and mushrooms.
  6. Simmer 5 minutes.
  7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  8. Oil a 10×13 casserole dish.
  9. Layer…
    ¼ sauce , 3 sheets of noodles, 1/3 of grated mozzarella , 1/3 of grated Parmesan, repeat (using all ingredients), top with last ¼ of spaghetti sauce.
  10. Cover and bake for 30 minutes,
  11. Uncover and bake 10 minutes longer.
  12. Let stand outside the oven for 10 minutes.

Dehydrate:

  • Use spatula to break up the noodles and spread on covered dehydrator trays.
  • Dehydrate for 5 ½ hours at 145 degrees.

Yield: Serves 4 (weight 1 dehydrated serving = 5 ounces)

Rehydrate:

     Cover with water just above level of food in pot, boil, stir, and serve.

Freezer bag cooking:

  1. Cover with hot water.
  2. Set in cozy 20 minutes.

Serving Suggestion: Serve with Parmesan cheese and garlic bread croutons.

Calories: 950