Spinach Lasagna

1 lb, extra lean ground beef

2 Tbsp, Onion

1/8 tsp., Spices, garlic powder

1 cup Spaghetti, meatless, canned or jar

8 oz, cream cheese

1/8 tsp. pepper

10 oz. Frozen Spinach – thawed, chopped, drained

4.00 oz, Mozzarella Cheese, shredded

2 Tbsp, Cheese - Parmesan, shredded

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Brown ground beef with onion.  Drain off fat.  Mix in the garlic powder and spaghetti sauce.  Soften the cream cheese in a medium-size microwaveable bowl for about 40-60 seconds.  Stir until creamy.  Beat in the egg and pepper until well mixed.  Blend in the spinach.  Spread half of the meat mixture evenly in the bottom of a greased, 8 x 8 glass baking pan.  Spread the spinach mixture over the meat.  Top with the rest of the meat.  Sprinkle the mozzarella over the meat.  Bake about 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.  Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.  Let stand 3-5 minutes before serving.  Serves 6

Comment:  This is a really good dish that has low carbs due to it having no noodles (which aren’t really needed).  I started to cut the recipe in half but that just wouldn’t be very practical, so I froze half for a later date.  Add a small salad and you have a great meal.  This is also an inexpensive meal with the main cost coming from the ground beef.  The spaghetti sauce I used was in a jar, so I used half refrigerating the rest for another dish.  The estimated cost of this was $4.00 for the ground beef, $2.00 for the full jar of spaghetti sauce, $1.00 for the frozen spinach, $2.00 for the cream cheese, the cheeses I always have on hand and buy on sale, so the cost of the cheese was $2.00 using only about ¼.  Total cost was just under $6.00 which equaled about $1.00 per serving.  Not bad for a delicious, healthy dish.

Nutrition Facts
Servings 6.0
Amount Per Serving
calories 325
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 13 g	20 %
Saturated Fat 5 g	23 %
Monounsaturated Fat 1 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 54 mg	18 %
Sodium 232 mg	10 %
Potassium 98 mg	3 %
Total Carbohydrate 5 g	2 %
Dietary Fiber 1 g	5 %
Sugars 0 g
Protein 32 g	65 %
Vitamin A	15 %
Vitamin C	4 %
Calcium	20 %
Iron	9 %