Cooking for yourself can be a chore, but when you are elderly or disabled living on your own, it be can even more difficult to maintain a healthy diet, which can lead to serious health problems. Hartford HealthCare Independence at Home offers a number of nutritious freezer meal recipes that are the perfect solution for those who are not able to visit their elderly or disabled loved ones on a frequent or regular basis. These meals save time and ensure that your loved one always has something to eat that is delicious and easy to prepare.
Lasagna
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp. Cheese, Mozzarella
- 16 ounce Beef Meat Sauce
- 4 ounce Ricotta Cheese
- Pasta Sheets Lasagna
- 8 ounce Tomato Sauce with Beef
- 1-3/8 tbsp Water
- 1/8 tsp Spice, Oregano, Dried, Crushed
- 1 tsp Sugar, Granulated
- 1 tsp Spice, Basil, Leaves, Dried, Crushed
- 1 tsp Parsley, Fresh, Chopped
- 12 oz. Can Crushed Tomato
- 4 oz. Cooked Ground Beef
Directions
Preheat oven to 350F.
- Spray 200 pan with nonstick spray.
- Spoon ½ cup of tomato sauce to cover bottom of pan and spread evenly.
- Add layer of pasta sheets.
- Add ½ cup of Ricotta cheese and spread evenly.
- Add 1/4 cup of Tomato sauce and spread evenly.
- Add layer of pasta sheets.
- Add 1/4 cup of Ricotta filling and spread evenly.
- Add 1/4 cup of Tomato sauce.
- Add layer of pasta sheets.
- Add 1/4 cups of Ricotta filling and spread evenly.
- Finnish with 1 cups of shredded Mozzarella.
- Bake in the oven for 45 minutes approximately 1 hour or until lasagna bubbles and internal temperature reaches 165F.
- Remove from heat uncover and let rest to allow noodles and cheese to set.
- Wrap individually pieces in plastic wrap, label and freeze.
- Reheat lasagna from frozen in microwave oven. (Time depends on power of microwave oven).
Notes:
- Reheat the frozen lasagna within three months.
- Microwave on high power for 10 minutes.
- Continue cooking at 50 % reduced power for additional 5 minutes.
- Rotate half way through cooking.
- Let stand in microwave oven for 5 minutes before serving
