Embracing a Healthy Family: Valentine's Day Dinner at Home with Lasagna

Are you one of the brave ones who goes out to dinner on Valentine's Day or do you put your culinary skills to work? I prefer to make my own meals even though going out every now and then is nice. This year, it's just the girls and I so I'm planning on making lasagna. I had no idea what I would make until I received an e-mail with this delicious sounding recipe for Johnsonville Italian Sausage Lasagna. I'm already drooling as I love sausage and I love lasagna. This will make the perfect family meal for myself and my two little Valentine's!

There is even a video to help you make this wonderful dish. Watch as Joe shows how incredibly easy it is to make a home cooked meal from scratch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHyBIO1EseI

Just click here for the Johnsonville's Italian Sausage Lasagna recipe or you can copy it from here:

Italian Sausage Lasagna

Submitted by: The Kitchen at Johnsonville Sausage

Makes: 6-8 servings

Cooking Time: 45m

WHAT YOU NEED:

lasagna noodles, uncooked
olive oil
(16 oz.) Johnsonville® Italian Ground Sausage
onion
garlic, chopped
(24 oz.) marinara sauce
ricotta cheese
egg
Parmesan cheese, grated
fresh spinach, lightly packed and chopped
mozzarella cheese, shredded
dried oregano

PREPARATION:

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook pasta until al dente. Drain, lightly oil and set aside.
In a medium sauce pan, sauté the sausage, crumbling with a wooden spoon, until no longer pink.
Add onion and garlic and continue sautéing for another 4 minutes until the sausage is cooked through.
Add marinara sauce to the sausage mixture and set aside.
In a medium bowl, blend ricotta cheese, egg, ó cup of the Parmesan cheese and the chopped spinach; set aside.
Coat a 9x13” baking dish with olive oil and spread 1 cup of the sauce mixture on the bottom.
Top with 3 lasagna noodles.
Spread the ricotta cheese mixture on the noodles and layer on 1 cup of the sauce mixture.
Sprinkle ½ cup mozzarella cheese over this. Repeat this process three more times starting with the noodles and finish with the remaining ó cup of Parmesan cheese.
Sprinkle with oregano.