Creamy White Sauce Lasagna
If you’re not a fan of traditional lasagna, this white sauce lasagna will be your new favorite. With its creamy texture and flavor explosion you’ll be making this lasagna recipe over and over for your family and friends!
Ingredients
1 1/2 pounds Mild Italian Sausage
1 small onion, diced
4 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 cup flour
2 cups milk
2 cups power greens (spinach, beet greens, arugula…)
2 cups ricotta cheese
3 eggs
2 tbsp Italian herb blend
4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1 cup shredded parmesan cheese
1 pkg lasagna noodles, cooked and cooled
Olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
For the Salad:
6 cups power greens
1 small onion, thinly sliced
1 cup sliced strawberries
1 avocado
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
salt and pepper to taste taste
Instructions
1
Heat a large sauté pan on the stove and brown the mild Italian sausage with the diced onion and minced garlic.
2
Sprinkle the browned sausage with flour and stir to incorporate the flour. Stir in the milk and continue stirring while you bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes while gently stirring.
3
Spray a 9x13 baking dish with vegetable spray and ladle some fo the sauce into the baking dish and spread it around the bottom of the dish.
4
Add the power greens to the sauce (in the pan) and stir to incorporate them allowing them to wilt into the sauce.
5
In a large bowl, whisk the ricotta cheese, eggs and Italian seasoning together to combine. Add salt and pepper to taste.
6
Begin to assemble the lasagna by add a layer of the cooked noodles into the bottom of the pan. Ladle some of the Italian sausage sauce over the noodles followed by some of the ricotta cheese mixture followed by a handful of the shredded mozzarella cheese.
7
Continue building the layers until the ingredients are gone. I like to finish with noodles on top and then sprinkle them with shredded mozzarella cheese, shredded parmesan cheese and a little bit of the Italian herb blend.
8
Bake the lasagna in a preheated 350 degree oven for about 1 hour or until the filling is bubbling and the top has browned. If the top is browning to fast, loosely tend it with some aluminum foil.
9
While the lasagna is baking, assemble the salad on large plate with the greens, thinly sliced onion, strawberries and avocado (i like slicing the avocado in thin slices and adding on top).
10
Drizzle the salad with the extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Sprinkle the salad with salt and pepper.
11
Remove the lasagna from the oven, let it cool for 10 minutes slice and serve with the delicious green salad and enjoy!
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