Tasty Tuesday: Classic Lasagna

 Today's Tasty Tuesday Recipe comes from one of our favorite Housewives'; Bethenny Frankel. As if you ddin't know, I'm such a big Pasta Freak! I love pasta as if my life stated I needed it to survive. So, this week I decided to give back to one of my favorite dishes and try to make it on my own. I choose Bethenny's Recipe, due to the fact this Chef can cook her soul into anything. Bethenny's food is always hearty and healthy. Well of course pasta isn't but a bunch of sauce and carbs, but Bethenny has a way to curb all of those calories & fatens. Thanks Bethenny, for allowing us to try this deelish DISH! <3 *Recipe After The Jump*


Ingredients


•8 ounces whole wheat lasagna noodles

•1 pound turkey sausage (take it out of the casing)

•16 ounces any tomato sauce (don’t be a hero--just buy the kind in a jar)

•1/2 cup chopped fresh Italian (flat leaf) parsley

•2 tablespoon chopped fresh basil

•15 ounces part–skim ricotta cheese

•1 teaspoon salt

•1 teaspoon pepper

•4 ounces shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese

•1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
 
Preperation
 
1.Preheat the oven to 350. Cook the noodles according to package directions. Set them aside.


2.Brown the turkey sausage in a nonstick skillet with cooking spray. Stir in the tomato sauce. Set aside.

3.In a bowl, combine the parsley, basil, ricotta cheese, salt, and pepper. Set aside.

4.Spray a baking pan (9x13 inches) with cooking spray. Ladle about 1/3 of the tomato meat mixture into the bottom of the pan. Cover with half the noodles. Spread half the herb-ricotta mixture over the noodles. Repeat with another 1/3 of the sauce, the remaining noodles, the remaining ricotta-herb mixture, then cover the whole thing with the remaining sauce. Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese and the Parmesan cheese over the top.

5.Bake for 30 – 45 minutes or until heated through and bubbling
 
Website: Bethenny's Classic Lasagna