Super-Fast Spinach, Pesto and Cheese Lasagna

Name: Super-Fast Spinach, Pesto and Cheese Lasagna
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3 cups ricotta cheese; 1 cup parmesan cheese, shredded; 1 large egg; 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry; 1 (7 ounce) container pesto sauce; 4 cups chunky tomato pasta sauce, from jar; 12 no-boil lasagna noodles; 2 cups Fontina cheese, grated; salt and pepper

Submitted by Jean R

"No-boil noodles makes this delicious lasagna super speedy to put together. I use a potato ricer to quickly squeeze the spinach dry. Love eating my spinach this way!"

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Ready In:: 1hr 15mins
Ingredients:: 9
Serves:: 8

ingredients

3 cups ricotta cheese
1 cup parmesan cheese, shredded
1 large egg
2 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
1 (7 ounce) container pesto sauce
4 cups chunky tomato pasta sauce, from jar
12 no-boil lasagna noodles
2 cups Fontina cheese, grated
salt and pepper

directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Blend ricotta and Parmesan in a medium bowl. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper; stir in egg.
Blend spinach and pesto in another medium bowl.
Brush a 13x9x2" glass baking dish with oil. Spread 1 cup of the prepared pasta sauce in the dish. Arrange 3 noodles side by side on top of the sauce. Spread 1 1/4 cups ricotta cheese mixture over the noodles in a thin layer. Layer 1/3 of the spinach mixture on top of that. Repeat layering sauce, noodles, ricotta cheese mixture and spinach mixture 2 more times. Top with remaining 3 noodles and 1 cup of sauce.
Cover lasagna with foil. Bake for 35 minutes. Uncover, sprinkle with Fontina cheese. Return to oven and bake until heated through and cheese on top is melted, about 15 minutes.
Remove from oven and let stand for 10 minutes.

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Jean R

My husband, Paul, and I enjoy travel, good food and spending time with family. We have six fun, busy kids (blended family). I adore greyhounds but don't currently have one. They are sweet, calm dogs. I can highly recommend adopting a retired racer. Update - We did recently adopt a Staffordshire/Shepard mix from a rescue group. He's lovable and sweet, though needs to be much more active than our old greys did. <img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e110/flower753/Food/my3chefsnov2008.jpg"> <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/adoptedspring08.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/IWasAdoptedfall08.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> I have lived in California, Pennsylvania, New York, Oregon, Colorado, North Carolina, Austria (you know, The Sound of Music) and Germany (ahh Bavaria!)

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