Butternut Squash Lasagna
Equipment
- 9x13 inch baking pan
Ingredients
- 15 Lasagna noodles, no-boil
- 15 oz ricotta cheese
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tsp salt divided
- 1/2 tsp pepper divided
- 1 large butternut squash, peeled, seeded cut into 1/4-1/2 in slices
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 bunch swiss chard, chopped
- 5 tbsp butter
- 5 tbsp flour
- 2 ½ cups milk
- 2½ cups Italian cheese blend, shredded divided
- 2 tsp Italian Seasoning Homemade recipe link here
Instructions
Ricotta Mixture
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine garlic, 1/2 tsp salt & 1/4 tsp pepper, with ricotta cheese. Set aside.
Swiss chard
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add Swiss chard and sauté about 5 minutes or until wilted. Remove from heat and set aside.
White Sauce
- Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and whisk continuously for about 1 minutes as roux thickens and slightly browns.
- Slowly add the milk, whisking as milk is added. Simmer about 3-5 minutes to thicken sauce.
- Remove from heat, stir in 1½ cups of the shredded cheese, Italian seasoning, remaining salt & pepper. Set aside.
Lasagna
- Preheat oven to 375° Fahrenheit.
- Layer bottom of prepared pan with ½ cup of white sauce.
- Layer 5 lasagna noodles on top of sauce.
- Spread ⅔ cup of ricotta mixture (half of mixture) on noodles.
- Layer with half of sliced butternut squash over ricotta mixture.
- Then spread half of cooked Swiss chard over squash.
- Then add 1 cup white sauce over top of Swiss chard.
- Repeat layers (noodles, ricotta mixture, squash, Swiss chard, sauce).
- Top with 5 lasagna noodles. Then remaining white sauce. Top with 1 cup shredded cheese.
- Cover pan with aluminum foil that has been oiled.
- Bake covered 1 hour. Remove from oven and remove foil. Brown in oven additioanl 5-10 minutes, if needed.
- Allow to cool for about 15 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
**If you do not have no-boil lasagna noodles, use regular lasagna noodles and cook according to package directions before preparing lasagna.
***Try this Homemade Italian Seasoning Mix - recipe link here
Nutrition
Serving: 8gCalories: 463kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 24gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 58mgSodium: 529mgPotassium: 740mgFiber: 4gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 12644IUVitamin C: 31mgCalcium: 353mgIron: 2mg
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