Trader Joe's Sweet Potato Lasagna
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1/2 pounds ground turkey
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 2 25 oz. jars Trader Joe’s organic marinara sauce
- 1 16 oz. pkg. Trader Joe’s no-boil lasagna noodles, use half of the box
- 1 bag (12 ouncebaby spinach
- 3 cups mashed, cooked sweet potato
- 1 container (16 ouncewhole milk ricotta
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 pound mozzarella cheese, grated
- 1 cup grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400Place a 13×9.x2 inch baking sheet on top of a rimmed baking sheet.
- Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the turkey, garlic, oregano, red pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring frequently, until the turkey is lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Add the marinara sauce and simmer over low heat while preparing the remaining ingredients.
- In a large skillet, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat, and cook the spinach with the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt until wilted, about 3 minutes.
- In a medium bowl, combine the sweet potato, ricotta, eggs and black pepper.
- In the bottom of the baking dish, spread 1 1/2 cups of the meat sauce, and top with a layer of 5 noodles. Spread half the sweet potato mixture over the noodles and top with all of the spinach. Start another layer with 1 1/2 cups of the sauce, then half the shredded mozzarella, 5 noodles, and the remaining sweet potato mixture. Top with another 1 1/2 cups sauce, the remaining shredded mozzarella, and finally the parmesan.
- Cover the dish with foil. Bake in the center of the oven on top of the baking sheet (to catch any drippingfor 25-30 minutes. If you made the meat sauce and sweet potatoes in advance and they were added cold, bake an extra 15 minutes.
- Remove the foil and bake until golden and bubbling, 10-15 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes prior to serving and slicing.
Notes
Adapted from Run Fast. Eat Slow. By: Shalane Flanagan & Elyse Kopecky
I like to line a cookie sheet with foil and bake sweet potatoes at 425 until cooked and soft. It depends on how big they are. It can take anywhere from 40 minutes to 1 hour. Also optiona to peel and boil the sweet potatoes.