Meat/Vegetable Lasagna

Meat or Vegetable Lasagna
You can skip the ingredients and method for 1 if you are making it vegetarian.

Ingredients

1) Ingredients for chicken:

Ground chicken 2lbs.
Onion 1 medium sliced thin
Tomatoes (Roma) 2 chopped small
Cilantro/coriander Leaves 1 small bunch chopped
Thai Chilies/Green Pepper 4 small as is (don’t cut)
Oil Olive oil 2-4 tbsp.

Spices for chicken:

Salt 1 tsp. Sea Salt
Paprika 1 tsp. (National brand preferably)
Turmeric powder ¼ tsp.
Cumin powder ¼ – ½ tsp. (Optional)
Ginger paste 1 heaped tbsp.
Garlic paste 1 heaped tbsp.

2) Ingredients for sauce mix:

Pregu chunky vegetable sauce mix 1 regular bottle
Ragu chunky vegetable sauce mix 1 regular bottle
(Or any other brand)
**(If you can’t find these sauces, use the ones you used for Spaghetti or get 2-4 crushed tomatoes cans/bottles)
Mushrooms 2 small cans or 1 regular can
Yellow bottleneck squash 2 (Chopped up into small pieces)
Zucchini 2 (chopped up into small pieces)
Ketchup 1/2 cup or as needed
Ground Chicken As cooked above (remove the Thai Chilies/green peppers before adding to the sauce)

Spices/Herbs/Oil for sauce mix:

Black Pepper A pinch
Parsley Flakes(dried) 1 tsp.
Oregano (dried) 1 tsp.
Basil (dried) 1 tsp.
Olive oil 4tbsp. or as needed
Garlic Powder ½ tsp.
Salt ½ to 1 tsp. or as needed

3) Cheese for Lasagna layers:
Ricotta Cheese 15 oz. or as needed
Mozzarella Cheese (Shredded) 12 oz. or as needed
Parmesan Cheese (grated) 4 oz. or as needed
2 eggs

4) Ingredients for Pasta:

Lasagna Pasta (Jovial Gluten Free) 1 box (good for 5-6 people)
(Easy No-Boil)
A deep pan (whichever deepest you have or get a 9”X13” lasagna pan)

Steps

Method for cooking chicken:

Heat oil in a medium pot on medium heat
Continue heating until sizzling slightly
Add chopped onions and continue coking
When onions turn brown and soft, add garlic
Stir and mix until sizzling stops
Add ground chicken
Stir and mix until lightly brown
Add tomatoes and mix
Cook until tomatoes get slightly mushy
Add ginger, all the spices and cilantro
Mix everything and cook until slight oil appears on surface

Method for Sauces & Pasta:

Preheat oven to 375
In a bowl, mix all the sauces, garlic powder, oil, spices & salt
In another bowl, combine eggs & ricotta cheese
Start layers as follows
Cover the bottom of the pan with the ½ to 1 cup of the sauce mix
Spread 1/3 of the ricotta mix on half of the uncooked lasagna pasta from the box and layer the pan
Add chicken or the vegetables or both depending on whatever kind of lasagna you are making
Cover with ½ to 1 cup of the sauce mix again, ¾ cup of mozzarella and ¼ cup of parmesan cheese.
Add another layer of sauce mix (1/2 to 1 cup)
Add the rest of the lasagna pasta with the ricotta mix as the next layer
I next add whatever sauce mix and cheeses are left as the topping
Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 50 minutes or so.
Uncover & pat down the noodles gently to flatten the top.
Bake uncovered for another ten minutes or until brown.

Serving

Let stand for 10 minutes before serving
Can get some kind of bread rolls to serve with it.