Vegetarian

Baked "Lasagna" Penne is for Dinner.

Baked "Lasagna" Penne takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Baked "Lasagna" Penne takes 20 minutes to cook.

Baked "Lasagna" Penne makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Baked "Lasagna" Penne are:

1 box pasta: I used Ronzoni Smart Taste Penne @ 170 calories per 2 oz dry, 12 oz in the box.
15 oz low fat ricotta
8 oz part skim mozzarella shredded
2 tbsp parmesan
3.5 cups spaghetti sauce
2 egg whites
1/4 tsp garlic powder
red pepper flakes, salt, black pepper to taste

Here is how you make Baked "Lasagna" Penne:

Boil pasta & drain as usual.Mix ricotta, egg whites, seasonings with 4 oz of the mozzarella. After draining the pasta, mix it in this cheese mixture until coated.Preheat oven to 450.Use olive oil sprayer to mist a 13x9 glass baking dish. Spread 1 cup sauce on the bottom of the dish. Spread 1/2 the pasta mixture on top of the sauce. Spread 1 cup sauce on the pasta. Spread rest of pasta on the sauce, then top with remaining sauce. Sprinkle parmesan and remaining 4 oz of mozzarella on top. Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes. Remove foil and bake additional 10 minute.Allow to stand for 2-3 minutes, then cut into 8 pieces. It should hold fairly firm and remove from dish easily.Serving Size: 8Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SMERRIMAN7.

The nutritional information for Baked "Lasagna" Penne is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 312.5

• Total Fat: 8.7 g
• Cholesterol: 16.0 mg
• Sodium: 724.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 40.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 5.3 g
• Protein: 14.5 g