Beef lasagna Classico with greens
A box dinner that just needs a pan and ten minutes of hands-on time. The kit does the heavy lifting while you add colour and substance with a handful of leafy greens. Toss it all together and you're fed.
About 160 calories a serving, 10 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate, 14 g fat. From USDA figures for 100% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.
To buy
- 2 to 3 cups fresh spinach or arugula
From your shelf
- 1 box beef lasagna italian style dinner kit, Classico
Staples
- 1 tablespoon butter
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta from the kit and cook according to package directions, stirring occasionally, until tender. While the pasta cooks, heat 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add 2 to 3 cups fresh spinach or arugula to the warm skillet and stir until wilted, about one minute. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
- When the pasta is done, drain it and add it to the skillet with the greens. Stir in the sauce from the kit and the ground beef from the kit, then toss gently until everything is heated through, about two minutes.
- Divide between two bowls and serve.
Note Swap the greens for diced zucchini or bell pepper if you like. Leftovers keep refrigerated for three days and reheat gently in a skillet. Serve with grated Parmesan and crusty bread, or toss with more greens as a light lunch the next day.
On the label
INGREDIENTS: MARINARA SAUCE (DICED PLUM TOMATOES [PLUM TOMATOES, TOMATO JUICE, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM CHLORIDE], WATER, TOMATO PASTE, ONIONS, OLIVE OIL, GARLIC (WATER, GARLIC, SOYBEAN OIL, CITRIC ACID], SUGAR, SALT, SPICE, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVORS); ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE [IRON], THIAMIN MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID); SEASONING BLEND ([PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), CELLULOSE POWDER TO PREVENT CAKING POTASSIUM SORBATE TO PROTECT FLAVOR], GARLIC POWDER, DRIED BASIL, OREGANO).
Classico, pizza mixes & other dry dinners, serving 112 g, package 551 g. Ingredients as printed on the label.
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