Healthy Skillet Lasagna
This healthy skillet lasagna that is so good and simple to assemble. It's the perfect fake out for a "fancy" dinner where you let the stove top and oven do all the work for you.
Ingredients
Meat Sauce
- 1.5 lb Ground chicken
- 1 cup Mushrooms chopped
- 1 cup Spinach chopped
- 1/2 cup Onion diced
- 1/2 tsp Garlic chopped
- 1/4 cup Mozzarella
- 1 jar Tomato sauce
- 1 can Tomato sauce 8 oz
- 3 Lasagna noodles broken
Seasonings
- 1/2 tsp Oregano
- 1/2 tsp Basil
- 1/4 tsp Black pepper
- 1/8 tsp Salt
- 1/8 tsp Red pepper flakes
Cheese Mixture
- 7 oz Ricotta cheese
- 1 Egg white
- 1/4 tsp Oregano
- 1/4 tsp Basil
- 1/4 tsp Parsley
- 1 tsp Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In a large skillet, heat the pan to medium heat and spray with Pam or use a light extra virgin olive oil
- Drop your ground chicken in the pan and brown on both sides before breaking it up into smaller pieces. Once your ground chicken is cooked through, drain off the excess fat
- While the ground meat is cooking, chop your vegetables including the mushrooms, spinach and onions
- Return the skillet to the heat and add your chopped vegetables and sauté until softened and add the garlic
- Next add your ground chicken back to the pan and add your seasonings including: black pepper, salt, Italian seasoning and red pepper flakes. Stir to combine
- Add your jar plus one can of tomato sauce and allow to come to a slow bubble. Next break your pasta noodles and add to the tomato and meat sauce
- While the pasta cooks, in a small bowl, mix the ricotta cheese, egg white, basil and parsley together until smooth
- In the meat mixture, create spaces to drop the ricotta cheese filling into. Once you have placed all of the cheese transfer the skillet to the oven and bake for 15 minutes
- Remove the skillet from the oven and top with part-skim mozzarella cheese and return the skillet to the oven. Let bake for an additional 20 - 25 minutes or until the noodles are cooked to al dente and the cheese has browned on top.