{"id":29308,"date":"2026-11-05T19:35:53","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T00:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/?p=29308"},"modified":"2026-11-05T19:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T00:40:04","slug":"sausage-and-spinach-lasagna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/?p=29308","title":{"rendered":"Sausage and Spinach Lasagna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8 oz. uncooked sausage and or chopped meat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3\/4 cup chopped onion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4 cloves garlic, minced<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 (15 oz.) can Huntz tomato sauce (not pasta sauce)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 cup jarred roasted sweet peppers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 tsp. snipped fresh basil or 2 teaspoons dried basil, crushed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 tsp. snipped fresh oregano or 1 teaspoon dried oregano crushed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/4 tsp. black pepper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 box lasagna noodles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 (15 oz.) ricotta cheese&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 (10 oz.) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and well drained<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 large egg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 cup Shredded Fresh Mozzarella Cheese<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nonstick Cooking Spray<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Directions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preheat oven to 375.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remove sausage from castings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For meat sauce, in a large skillet combine sausage, onion and garlic;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">cook over medium heat until meat is brown and vegetables are tender,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">stirring to break sausage. Drain off fat, if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stir tomato sauce, roasted red peppers, dried basil (if using), dried oregano (if using)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and black pepper into meat mixture in skillet. Bring to boiling;reduce heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cover and simmer for 10 minutes, stir occasionally. Stir in fresh basil, and fresh oregano if using.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, cook lasagna noodles according to package directions, except omit the cooking oil and salt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drain Well. For ricotta mixture, in a medium bowl stir together ricotta cheese, spinach and egg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lightly coat a 2 quart rectangular baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Place two cooked lasagna noodles in a prepared baking dish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spread with one-third of the ricotta mixture. Top with one-third of the meat sauce and one-third of the mozzarella cheese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Repeat layers twice, except do not add the last layer of mozzarella cheese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Serves: 4-6 people<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 oz. uncooked sausage and or chopped meat 3\/4 cup chopped onion 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 (15 oz.) can Huntz tomato sauce (not pasta sauce) 1 cup jarred roasted sweet peppers 1 tsp. snipped fresh basil or 2 teaspoons dried basil, crushed 1 tsp. snipped fresh oregano or 1 &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3635],"tags":[4317,3376,3347,4316,3343,3351],"class_list":["post-29308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes-photography-homemade-fish-pasta-meat-vegetable-pork-soups-chili-chicken-dessert-snack-peanut-free","tag-lasagna","tag-meat-recipes","tag-sausage","tag-sausage-and-spinach-lasagna","tag-sausage-recipes","tag-sausage-soup-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29308"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29315,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29308\/revisions\/29315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}