Lasagna With Spinach

Photo: flickr user miikkahoo

Ingredients

1/2 pound lasagna noodles

2 cups cooked spinach

2 lbs. pork sausage

2 cloves garlic, crushed

1/2 cup chopped onion

1 teaspoon seasoned pepper

1 can (6 oz.) tomato paste

Drained mushroom liquid

1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

1/4 cup flour

1 1/2 cups milk

1/2 cup dry white wine

1 teaspoon seasoned salt

1/2 cup chopped parsley

1 can (4 oz.) sliced mushrooms, reserve liquid

1/2 lg. cottage cheese or ricotta cheese

Preparation

Boil lasagna in salted water until almost tender, drain and rinse. Brown sausage in large skillet, drain off fat. Add garlic, onion, seasoned pepper, tomato paste and mushroom liquid to sausage. Simmer 15 minutes.

Meanwhile prepare white sauce; melt butter in saucepan and blend in flour until smooth. Gradually add milk, stirring constantly until smooth and thick. Then stir in wine, seasoned salt, parsley and mushrooms.

Pour 1/2 cup of white sauce in 12 x 8 x 2 baking dish. Cover sauce and strips of cooked lasagna noodles. Spread 1 cup cooked spinach over noodles, then 1/2 of sausage mixture, then spoonfuls of ricotta or cottage cheese. Pour on one half of white sauce. Repeat layers, ending with white sauce and top with Parmesan cheese.