I should put a warning on this recipe: if you want leftovers, do not make this. Well I guess if you have a Monkey Boy of your own this warning would apply. He’d probably stage a revolt if I stopped making this. He’s a lasagna junkie and this stuff is like candy to him.
Freezer Meal – Chicken and Spinach Lasagna
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb shredded chicken
- 1/2 yellow onion (, finely chopped)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 {24 oz} jar of spaghetti sauce or 3 1/2 cups homemade tomato sauce
- 2 cups cooked spinach leaves
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 {1 lb} tub cottage cheese {you could use ricotta if you’d rather}
- 2 tbsp parsley
- 4 oz lasagna noodles (, cooked then placed in cold water to cool)
- 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese {I sometimes bump this up to 2 cups}
Instructions
- In large skillet, mix onions, salt and garlic powder {I add a dash of olive oil} and cook until onions are translucent. Add spaghetti sauce and chicken, and simmer for 10 min, stirring occasionally. While sauce is simmering, combine spinach, cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese and parsley in a separate bowl. Mix until combined and set aside.
- Next up, you’ll layer the lasagna. I use 3 layers, but you could do more or less, depending on preference. I always coat the bottom of my 9×13 pan with a bit of spaghetti sauce to keep the noodles from sticking. Then layer a single row of noodles, followed by about 1/3 of your sauce/meat mixture and then 1/3 of the cottage cheese mix {try to spread this out a bit}.
- Then add 1/3 of the mozzarella cheese. You can reverse the cheese, cottage cheese mixture layer. I’ve made it both ways & didn’t notice a difference. Just make sure you end with mozzarella cheese on top of your top layer. It browns up nice and bubbly! Repeat 2 more times.
Notes
To Cook: Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until cooked through. To Freeze: Cover with foil and place lasagna pan on a cookie sheet so it freezes flat. When ready to use cook from frozen for 60 -75 minutes at 350 degrees.
Looking for more easy freezer meal ideas? See the full list of freezer meals HERE. Here are a few of my favorites:
- Roadside Sliders Recipe
- Easy Freezer Meal Meatballs
- Peach Crisp Recipe
- Cilantro Lime Chicken
- Chicken Cacciatore
- Chicken Casserole with Mashed Potato Topping
Links to freezer pans I commonly use:
- Aluminum Foil Pan Containers with Lids 8.5″ x 6″ x 3″
- Aluminum Foil Deep Pans 9″ x 13″
- Round 9 Inch Aluminum Foil Pans with lids
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Nicole says
Where do you buy these nice disposable pans?
Mavis Butterfield says
The Costco business center. You might also be able to find them at a Sam’s Club, Cash and Carry or the Dollar Store.
nichole says
I looked all over for those large pans with lids and could not find them. I plan to wrap my lasagna pan with foil and then cover with the plastic top that came with the pan. I am doing this to prevent “freezer burn” Hopefully this will not happen for 6 mo or less.
Paul says
You can find thesefoil pans with clear lids at the Dollar Tree. If you don’t have one. I think there email address is
http://www.dollartree.com. I think you can find what you are looking for in foil pans threre. the stores have all kinds.
Shannon says
This recipe sounds amazeballs! I’m going to be having surgery soon and this will be a great meal to toss in the oven when I don’t feel like cooking. You don’t specify if the chicken is raw or cooked, I’m assuming raw?
Pat Gaston says
Hi, sounds delish! Just wondering ..have been following you for a few years and I do not hear you mention the MB . I think the girl lives with you in Maine , right ? What happened to MB?