Chicken And Spinach Lasagna

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 6 pieces lasagna noodles, uncooked
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 1/2 cups cooked chicken breast halves, chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried basil, crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 cups skim milk
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained
• 1 (15 ounce) carton part-skim ricotta cheese
• 1 beaten egg
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 (8 ounce) package shredded mozzarella cheese

Recipe

• 1 in a medium saucepan, cook onion in butter until tender.
• 2 stir in cornstarch, basil, garlic powder and nutmeg.
• 3 add milk all at once.
• 4 cook and stir until thickened and bubbly; stir in spinach.
• 5 in medium bowl, stir in together ricotta and egg.
• 6 add mozzarella and half of parmesan; mix well.
• 7 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 8 arrange three of the uncooked lasagna pieces in bottom of a greased 12x7 rectangular baking dish.
• 9 top with half of spinach mixture, half the cooked chicken and half the ricotta mixture.
• 10 repeat layers.
• 11 top with remaining parmesan cheese.
• 12 now tent the baking dish with foil and seal well (you don't want the foil touching the top of the lasagna). bake for 60 minutes or until mixture is bubbly.
• 13 let stand 10 minutes (with this method you will never need to precook lasagna noodles again) enjoy!