Sausage Lasagna

A healthier take on lasagna indeed. Found this on the Food Network. Seriously, if you have an iTouch, iPhone, or iPad check out the Pulse News app. It's a compilation of different types of news sources that you can choose personally based on your interests (sports, politics, health, food, science, etc.). Naturally, I have the Food Network's Dish dialed into my Pulse News preferences. And they feature some great recipes here and there. Here's one.

Zack and I made a really great tall, restaurant-style lasagna awhile back, but this was a different (in a good way) take on your basic lasagna. Not only did I get to use my new food processor again, but we got to pack this lasagna with some goodness. How about an incredible marinara made from crushed tomatoes, red wine, garlic, crushed red pepper flakes, and fresh sprigs of basil? Plus, part-skim ricotta and part-skim mozzarella, in addition to spinach and Italian chicken sausage. Talk about light and fresh, with big flavor.

Find the Sausage Lasagna recipe here through the link. We left out the cottage cheese (because we're not big fans) and replaced it with more ricotta, but keeping it probably would have added to the health factor. And we simply used chicken sausage instead of turkey sausage because it was what we happened to find at Trader Joe's. We're learning to put our own spin on things.

Great flavor, delightful texture, and the ricotta/spinach/basil pureed mixture is incredible.