Lasagna from the shelf, finished fresh
A weeknight rescue: you've got a shelf-stable lasagna dinner that just needs assembly and a quick heat through. Bake it with fresh ricotta and cheese to make it taste like you did more than open a can. Dinner in thirty minutes.
About 720 calories a serving, 42 g protein, 49 g carbohydrate, 40 g fat. From USDA figures for 100% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.
To buy
- 8 ounces ricotta cheese
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
From your shelf
- 1 package italian-style lasagna with meat sauce, italian-style (Market Pantry)
Staples
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- Heat your oven to 375°F [190°C]. Coat a small baking dish with 1 tablespoon olive oil and break the lasagna into large pieces to fit the dish, layering as you go.
- Spread half the ricotta cheese over the first layer of broken lasagna, scatter one third of the mozzarella on top, then repeat: more lasagna, the rest of the ricotta, and half the remaining mozzarella.
- Top with the last of the mozzarella and a small pinch of salt and pepper. Slide the dish into the oven and bake until the cheese is bubbling and the top is golden, about twenty minutes.
- Let it rest for two minutes while you set the table, then serve warm from the baking dish.
Note Swap ricotta for good cottage cheese if you have it. Leftovers keep covered in the fridge for three days and warm well in a low oven. Serve with a green salad and garlic bread if you have time to toast it.
On the label
SAUCE: TOMATOES, TOMATO JUICE, TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), COOKED MEAT (GROUND BEEF, GROUND PORK), WATER, SUGAR, OLIVE OIL, SOY SAUCE (WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT), DEHYDRATED ONION, BREAD CRUMBS (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, YEAST, SUGAR, SALT), GARLIC PUREE (GARLIC, WATER), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, SPICES, GUMS (GUAR, XANTHAN), CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, YEAST EXTRACT. COOKED PASTA: ENRICHED SEMOLINA (SEMOLINA, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER. CHEESES: RICOTTA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED WHEY, CREAM, VINEGAR, SALT), LOW MOISTURE PART SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WATER, SKIM MILK, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SUGAR, SALT, GUMS (GUAR, XANTHAN), GRANULATED GARLIC.
Market Pantry, frozen dinners & entrees, serving 215 GRM, package 38 oz/1.08 kg. Ingredients as printed on the label.
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