Categories: Pasta

Ingredients

• 1lb whole wheat lasagna noodles (fresh or no boil)
• 6 cups homemade pasta sauce (or jarred sauce)
• 1lb italian chicken sausage, casings removed
• 8 oz part skim ricotta cheese
• 4 tbsp grated parmesan, divided
• 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
• pepper
• fresh parsley

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375

2. In your skillet, saute sausage in olive oil on medium heat, breaking up into small chunks

3. Remove cooked sausage and set aside

4. Ladle one cup of pasta sauce into the bottom of the skillet, spread around in a thin layer

5. Break up lasagna sheets into 3-4″ strips, lay strips across the bottom of the skillet, creating one layer

6. Spoon half the sausage mixture on top of the noodles

7. Sprinkle with 1 tbsp parmesan

8. Top with 1.5 cups sauce

9. Add another layer of broken noodles, making sure to cover the sausage completely

10. Spread remaining sausage across the layer of noodles

11. . Top with one tbsp parmesan

12. . Top with 1.5 cups sauce

13. . Add the final layer of broken noodles, making sure to cover the sausage mixture

14. . Top with another cup of sauce

15. . Sprinkle remaining parmesan on the top

16. . Using a tablespoon, spread dollops of ricotta equally across the top of the lasagna

17. . Season with pepper

18. . Cover with tinfoil and bake for 20 minutes

19. . Uncover and bake an additional 5 minutes

20. . Serve sprinkled with parsley

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