Instant Lasagna

This easy weeknight interpretation of lasagna was a great use of a few leftovers.  We'd made pizzas a few nights earlier, using about half a container of ricotta.  Ricotta is one of those ingredients that tend to linger, half-used, in the seventh layer of refrigerator purgatory until they turn green or qualify for a science fair. Trying to avoid that waste, I was on a mission for a quick-use solution.

We layered some spinach leaves in the bottom of the dish.  Spooned the ricotta in, added hot noodles and half a jar of spaghetti sauce, usually found doing penance next to the ricotta.

Toss, and serve.

It lacked the bubbly layer of melted cheese on the top, but that's probably not a bad thing in the middle of the week! 

A little ground pepper really rounded out the flavors of this one.  See our new page, Who Knew? Wacky Combinations for more about that!