Guilt Free Greek Lasagna

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 5 sun-dried tomatoes (not oil-packed)
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 1/2 cups chopped red onions
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 1 1/4 lbs extra-lean ground turkey
• 8 ounces lean italian turkey sausage
• 1 cup packed grated unpeeled zucchini
• 2 cups your favourite pasta sauce, tomato
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomatoes with mixed italian herbs, undrained, chopped
• 1 tablespoon dried italian seasoning
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup minced fresh basil leaf
• 2 cups light ricotta cheese
• 2 ounces crumbled feta cheese with herbs
• 1 (8 ounce) package frozen spinach, thawed, squeezed dry and chopped
• 1 egg
• 12 whole wheat lasagna noodles
• 1 1/2 cups four cheese blend, shredded

Recipe

• 1 pour 1/2 cup of boiling water over sun-dried tomatoes and let soak while you prepare the sauce.
• 2 to make sauce, heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a large pot. add onions and garlic. cook and stir until onions have softened, about 4 minutes.
• 3 add ground turkey and sausage, breaking up any large pieces. cook until meat is no longer pink. add zucchini and cook for 2 minutes. add from pasta sauce to ground black pepper inclusive. when sun-dried tomatoes are soft enough, drain and chop them (fine) and add to sauce. bring sauce to a boil.
• 4 reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes. stir in minced basil and remove from heat.
• 5 combine ricotta, feta and spinach in a bowl. refridgerate until needed.
• 6 cook lasagna noodles according to package directions. drain well.
• 7 preheat oven to 375ºf. to assemble lasagna, lightly spray a deep 9 x 13-inch casserole dish with cooking spray. spoon some meat sauce over bottom of dish.
• 8 arrange 4 noodles over sauce and layer as follows: 1/3 meat sauce, 1/2 4-cheese blend, 4 noodles, 1/3 meat sauce, all of the ricotta/spinach mixture, 4 noodles, 1/3 meat sauce, 1/2 4-cheese blend.
• 9 cover loosely with foil and bake for 30 minutes. uncover and bake 10 more minutes. let lasagna stand for 10 minutes before serving.