Life Changing: Spicy Spinach Lasagna

It's been a little hectic with the Christmas holiday coming and it seems like it's always harder to have time to eat a proper meal. Let's face it, the holiday is expensive enough without having to spend more money eating out. I found this spinach lasagna recipe and tweaked it a bit to what I already had in the fridge. Less money spent if you use what you already have, right?!

Baking Time: 45 minutes

You'll need:
1 bag of spinach
15 or 16 oz of ricotta cheese (part skim)
1 egg
1 tsp or more crushed red pepper (I added a full tbs)
Some black pepper
1/2 cup of low fat mixed cheese or mozzarella
1 cup of tomato sauce, low sodium if you have it
8 ounces of whole wheat or regular lasagna noodles

Set your oven to 350 degrees and put a pot to boil and add your lasagna noodles. Start mixing together the spinach, ricotta cheese, egg, crushed red pepper, and black pepper. If you can stand the heat, add more red crushed pepper. It's been proven that if you eat something spicy daily, your metabolism will speed up. Don't forget, if you're a heart transplant patient or helping one, make sure you wash the spinach in vinegar first and rinse under cold water before adding any other ingredients!

Soon enough you're ready to spray your baking dish with cooking spray and start layering your noodles. Add your mix above it and some more noodles above that. Finally add your sauce and your cheese. Like I said, I tweaked this recipe for the items I already had instead of going to buy more ingredients.