Our Junior Chefs had a great time making a delicious and easy Spinach
Ricotta Lasagna. We crafty moms are always looking for new ways to include more
veggies in meals for our kids, and this recipe is a yummy way to do just that.
Easy enough for a weeknight meal, and special enough for company this recipe is
a keeper.
We started on the spinach ricotta filling. The kids took turns adding and
measuring the ingredients into the mixing bowl. A great opportunity to learn about numbers and build awareness of quantity!
They especially liked the hands on approach to squeezing the water out of the spinach (and a few mamas learned a new trick!).
They especially liked the hands on approach to squeezing the water out of the spinach (and a few mamas learned a new trick!).
What you need:
4c of part skim ricotta
2 packages frozen spinach - thawed and with water squeezed out!
1/2 cup Parmesan
1 tsp salt
1 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp pepper
3 eggs, whisked
The Junior Chefs then moved on to assembling the lasagna! We added layers and the little ones had fun guessing what came next. They soon discovered that there was a pattern involved.
Sauce (1/2c)
Pasta
Spinach Ricotta mix
Sauce
Pasta
Spinach Ricotta mix
Sauce
Pasta
Sauce (approx 1 cup to cover the surface of the pasta layer)
2c shredded mozzarella
Our beautiful lasagna was covered with foil and went into the oven at 350 degrees for 45min. The foil was removed and it baked for 10 minutes longer. The highlight was being able to taste test what we had made - YUMMY! It was unanimous with our group of Junior Chefs - everyone loves pasta!
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