8 lasagna with rotini pasta Recipes

rotini pasta or 1 lb pasta shells or 1 lb macaroni, ground beef or 1 lb bulk italian sausage, browned and drained, ricotta cheese, pre-shredded mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, spaghetti sauce (i prefer classico), olive oil

penne or 3 cups rotini pasta or 3 cups other large pasta, lean ground beef, chopped onion, grated carrot, prepared pasta sauce, italian seasoning (oregano or basil), hot pepper flakes (optional), light ricotta cheese, egg, grated part-skim mozzarella cheese, grated parmesan cheese

rotini pasta, pasta sauce with tomato chunks, egg, lean ground beef, ground sausage, olive oil, parmesan cheese, italian breadcrumbs, mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese, eggs, parmesan cheese, parsley flakes, salt, freshly ground black pepper

eggplant, ricotta cheese, eggs, onion, garlic, dry oregano, dry parsley, dry thyme, nutmeg, salt, spinach, parmesan cheese, rotini pasta

spaghetti sauce, recipe below, penne or 1 lb rotini pasta, egg, beaten, ricotta cheese or 1 small curd cottage cheese, reduced-fat cream cheese, softened, shredded mozzarella cheese (reserve 1/2 cup for top), freshly grated parmesan cheese (reserve 2 tsp. for top), salt and pepper, fresh parsley, finely chopped (or use 1 tsp. dried parsley), extra virgin olive oil, onion, chopped, garlic cloves, finely chopped, ground beef (i substitute ground turkey or italian sausage), pepperoni, chopped (optional), crushed tomatoes, water, tomato sauce, tomato paste, parmesan cheese, fresh basil (or use 1 tsp. dried basil), fennel seed , and, crushed red pepper flakes, ground, bay leaf, salt, pepper

burger, spaghetti sauce (i like ragu- mushroom, green pepper ), tub of lowfat cottage cheese, grated parmesian cheese, grated mozzerella, pasta (i like rotini, but any variety of short will do), salt, water